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| Gasket Member Since: 30 May 2020 Location: Manchester Posts: 629  |
you can certainly buy an older vehicle for that sort of money but it depends on how much work you're willing to spend and how flexible you are on spec.
If you're looking to buy and use a TD5 XS without much work then I think your budget might need to grow to closer to £16/£17k - even then you'll still need to hunt for one. I'm not normally one for suggesting finance, but given that Defenders hold their value or increase then I might suggest taking your budget to an independent specialist, picking the best vehicle for you and topping up that shortfall with a HP agreement. To answer your question, I'd guess at £13k you could find a nice commercial/hard top model that would do the job well. A genuine station wagon is always a bit more. An XS even more still (in puma form they are very common, less so for TD5s). TD5s also have a bit of a premium that skews the pricing over earlier 300TDIs and pulls them disproportionately close to 2.4 TDCis. If you aren't married to the idea of a TD5 XS, I would simply find any Ninety or Defender 90 with a really good chassis and bulkhead with a good service history and then I wouldn't bat an eyelid whether that vehicle was from the 80s, the 90s or the 00s. They all have their charms, just that pre-1999 vehicles were a bit slower and pre-1990s diesels were a lot, lot slower. Factory 2.5 and 3.5 petrols are very pleasant to drive and are always worth buying - even more so nowadays that diesel is being pushed out. Don't discount 110s either. I always end up getting SWB land Rovers and I regret it every time. Final piece of advice is to really check where you want to drive it and what that area's low-emissions plans are. There are growing areas of the country where it is difficult to justify having a Defender. Its a bit confusing but in simple terms, most Defenders are category N1 (commercial vehicles) which tend to fall foul of emissions regs in LEZs. Some (but not all) station wagons are M1 (an estate car) which tend to get through LEZ areas unharmed - but their road tax is far, far higher. I live in manchester so specifically picked a 2010 SW as this was in the window where they were classed as cars. However my road tax is £50-odd every month... and they've just delayed the introduction of the LEZ. Edit: just seen you're in Styal. So yup, you're in the same boat as me - the LEZ was due to come in in March, then May but has been put under review. The vast majority of Defenders in your price range (non-factory station wagons) would be N1 and mean that if they continue with their plans as described then you'd have to pay £10 a day to take it off your drive so its worth physically checking the V5 document before you part with cash. This is out of date, but might be worth a read: https://urbanaccessregulations.eu/countrie...manchester |
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30th Jun 2022 5:46pm |
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| Poulstonb Member Since: 30 Jun 2022 Location: Styal Posts: 88 
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Thanks for the reply .
I’m not dead set on the xs , as this will be a second car for running the kids around when my partner has the main car I just wanted a few creature comforts . I would ideally like air con , my budget can be pushed up to £17 for the right vehicle so hopefully that might open up more options . The clean air zone is right next to where I live so will be a massive consideration even though it won’t be a daily driver . T |
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30th Jun 2022 10:31pm |
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