Marmaduke
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Give him a bell and go and have a look at it first Dan, I've learned from experience that these things are never as described. The last one I bought was supposedly mot'd but there's no way it would've passed one
Marmaduke
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Once you've driven one with a 5.9 v8 that had a few hundred quid of upgrades done to it nothing else and certainly not a diesel would do
JimS
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Worth it for the sound, the lack of hp/cu inch I can live withOnce you've driven one with a 5.9 v8 that had a few hundred quid of upgrades done to it nothing else and certainly not a diesel would do
Coffeelandy
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Get rid of the Disco they're gay. Julian Clary owns one.I have said defender
It's alright and has the usual tratter niggles ie wet leg, not particularly quiet and my future plans were galv chassis, bulkhead new doors and fairly soon a discovery transfer box.
Because I'm to tight and don't want to spend £100 on just a transfer box my plan was to buy a mot failure Disco and strip it sell off the bits and effectively get the transfer box for free. So I've just purchased this for £510 off ebay. View attachment 118755
I've just been to pay the guy and it looks rock solid and way to good to break. In fact I'll be taking it straight for its mot the day I collect it.
I'm also slowly doing up a 2a in theory to sell once it's done as I thought my kids would never be seen dead in a land rover, but evidently my youngest wouldn't mind driving the 2a if we keep it.
And so my dilemma..
Sell the Disco for the cash, do up the series to give me the funds to sort the defender and buy a kids run around or...
Sell my defender and keep the discovery and use the cash to sort the series and keep it.
I like having the ability to chuck basically anything in the back which would wreck the Disco and I couldn't justify keeping the defender and a series as they are pretty much the same.
Unlike some people a defender isn't my dream car sorry
Good or bad shed me some light of your endless wisdom
Marmaduke
Well-Known Member
Bit early to tell yet depends on fuel economy and the like but at the mo it stands a chance.
If selling my tratter means I can keep my 2a once it's restored then the tratter is history
danny6801
Well-Known Member
Bit early to tell yet depends on fuel economy and the like but at the mo it stands a chance.
That will brake more than your tratter. No would be nice to use a 2a for a daily.
If selling my tratter means I can keep my 2a once it's restored then the tratter is history
Marmaduke
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Magicgrotto
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Did you get wot you wanted ?? £wise ??
Marmaduke
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I think so, it was comparable to ones I've seen on ebay and gumtree and I've no sellers fees to pay. It was the friend of someone I was talking to in the queue at craddocks last week. 17 year old lad who's always wanted one. Got to crack on with my 2a now so I've got something loud and unrefined to drive again
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Am sorry to hear of yer sad loss.Not to tratter, I'm officially tratterless
Unless a series 2a counts
Marmaduke
Well-Known Member
No loss, I've gained a tidy Disco and a one day fully restored 2aAm sorry to hear of yer sad loss.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
I think all tratters and their owners should be on a tag. Just saying.And because I'm nice I gave him my skytag and told him I'll ring them next month to swap its subscription
Marmaduke
Well-Known Member
Couldn't agree more, unfortunately when I see people listing on here that theirs has been nicked and they haven't bothered fitting one then I have no sympathy. Surly defender owners know how many are stolen?
Anyway as I no longer own a tratter then it's no longer a problem, I very rarely locked it so I knew I wouldn't bother with wheel and pedal locks
ER1C
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Do you share the same viewpoint on
- health issues (smoking, cancers, heart conditions)
- Work issues (not working 100 hours a week)
- Personal issues
