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Kev1969

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Hi all new to the forum
I'm a potential defender buyer and looking for some sound advice.Never owned a defender before but had one as a work vehicle and it was great,allways wanted a defender of my own .I'm in the position of changing my current vehicle and have found a 1991 defender 90 with 200 tdi and 88k miles fish 2 owners for £8800 its at a land rover specialist.Don't need it as a daily driver just weekends ,my thinking behind buying the defender is ease of home mechanics and the vehicle holding on to its value more than opting for another hatchback car .I appreciate that the defender is 26 years old and will need keeping on top of mechanically but I don't mind if it's going to hold its value.Just wandering what the thoughts of more experienced defender owners think on this
 
With Defenders the best advise is to look a lots and lots, be prepared to WALK away from them all, You find a good one ! with your budget you should take your time and buy with your head not your heart

PS original is the most desirable
 
The best advice I can give for the potential Defender owner is .......................DON'T DO IT.......You will end up like the rest of us sad, afflicted, hopeless cases.
 
8.8k is serious money for a 200 and it wont hold that value as its to expensive to start with.
For that money I would expect a very nice late 300 and Im sure that could also be into td5 territory.
This ones auction still running but if someone told me they had paid 9k for a 300 this is what I would kind of expect to see,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rove...276428?hash=item3612a8a60c:g:Vj8AAOSwr~lYpHiK

8.8k will buy you a pretty top notch Series 2 that WILL go up in value, cost nothing in road tax and amazingly cheap to insure, 80 quid full comp!
Heres one on a galv chassis, its a 1962 109 and i have to admit the 88 always sell easier, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1962-Land...789624?hash=item465dd289b8:g:jmsAAOSwOgdYnxY0

With Defender/Series you have to be real careful as they can look simply stunning with a few bolt on goodies and be total dogs underneath, you really need someone to go with you whos got one and knows what to look for.
 
+1 On too much money.
I agree with every bit of advice above and it's from people who know. Don't rush in, take someone with you who knows, do lots of research beforehand.

And go to the introduce yourself section and say hello. We've all been far too lenient with the rules. ;)
 
Way too much. Could hit td5 for that money and still simple enough to work on yourself. No matter what you get eventually it'll need welding ect
 
Post a link and let us see the defender. Nut and bolt rebuild is worth the money but rattle can tidy up is not.
 
IamRobbie said:
Way too much. Could hit td5 for that money and still simple enough to work on yourself. No matter what you get eventually it'll need welding ect
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I agree it is too much. BUT is TD5 the way to go? For me it would have to be a 300 tdi. For the best compromise between driveability and ease of maintenance it has to be the 300tdi. I'm sure others will disagree but there's nothing on mine I can't "do". Anything later and you're into electronics and outside help.
 
I like the 300 however it's pretty much a 200.... Td5 is so much more modern than them both and not too hard to work on.
 
Making the leap from the L322 and Range Rovers in general over the last 17 years, I decided I need a simple life and to de-stress as much as possible, so I went for a 300Tdi 110 to sit alongside the girlfriends 300Tdi 110......

The reason is, they are soooooo simple to work on, parts are plentiful and cheap and as mentioned above, is not reliant on electronics and plugging into a computer when it throws a hissy fit.

I did think of the TD5, but the 300 won the day due to simplicity and costs.
 
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