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extra_strong_mint

Active Member

• Dec 8, 2011

• #1

We are about to buy a new Land Rover Defender 110 xs. Is that a mistake? Should we be looking out for a good used one instead?

We thought to get new, 'cos they don't seem to depreciate like other cars...and we have never had a brand new car before either.

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Trewey

Cockernee, Pasty munchin bastid.

• Dec 8, 2011

• #2

I bought my 110 XS UW new 2 years ago.
No regrets - 3 years worry-free motoring.

 

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extra_strong_mint

Active Member

• Dec 8, 2011

• #3

Trewey said:

I bought my 110 XS UW new 2 years ago.
No regrets - 3 years worry-free motoring.

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Oh thanks for that Trewey. You have reassured me.

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jamesie

Well-Known Member

• Dec 8, 2011

• #4

You've got too much free and available funding, don't buy it on tick the interest exceeds the amount saved on lower depreciation.

 

Trewey

Cockernee, Pasty munchin bastid.

• Dec 8, 2011

• #5

jamesie said:

You've got too much free and available funding, don't buy it on tick the interest exceeds the amount saved on lower depreciation.

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I paid cash, no tick.
I took a £12k hit on the 2 year old Nissan Pathfinder that I P/X'd.

 

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extra_strong_mint

Active Member

• Dec 8, 2011

• #6

No, nothing on tick.

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IGP50

Active Member

• Dec 9, 2011

• #7

If you can afford it buy new but shop around , there is a ridiculous difference in price and attitudes to discount, then as a check look at one year old vehicles from the same and don`t just look at main dealers even for new.
I bought a one year old 110 TD5 XS which had been part exchanged in, with 3086 miles on the clock and all the options which cost a fortune - I definitely saved money on the options against new, they had almost no effect on the price of the car at 1 year old versus comparables, but 9 years (and 85000 miles) on I still kind of wish I`d foregone the options and bought new, would have been about an £8k differential back then.