Any update on this? Another week has gone by.

Don't worry too much about mileage, go on condition. 150,000 miles or more is fine if it's otherwise a good one. Obviously if you see one that's done less than 100,000 it's worth a look, but there's no guarantee that it will be any better than the 150,000 miler.

There's plenty for sale in that budget. Ebay doesn't look great though. Have a look on Auto Trader, currently a few nice looking TD5 County/XS Station Wagons around the £12-14k mark. Quite a few TDi's £12-14,000 but only a couple are genuine Station Wagons.

l hope someone rescues it. Remarkably it passed its last MOT in late 2023 with no advisories.

This one needs some love. The bulkhead has completely gone. But its certainly cheap, if you can change the bulkhead yourself. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186480804323?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=MlAT5FnqSom&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=Cj4IjO6GTG6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I guess not then. I had a look on Ebay this evening and it's awash with adverts for engine reconditioning, companies been on Ebay for years with hundreds of 100% feedback but when you look at the feedback it's for random stuff or doesn't come up "no relevant feedback available" is one message l...

Definitely agree, yes. May sell to someone in (say) London who had to dispose of their Defender TDCi

Well it's still for sale, l think the market for Defenders at this price must have dried up somewhat. lt certainly has round here according to my local LR specialist. Although l can't imagine you'd find a better TDCi Defender than this one.

You're right. And don't even start on the discussion as to whether the Puma "Utility" five seat 110 is a "Commercial Vehicle" with HMRC.

l've spoken with my accountant and it's not straightforward. The figures don't work very well for this exchange. lf l sell the new Defender Commercial now (it's worth around £46,000) l will get a tax bill of around £10,000. As it's owned by my Limited Company and l claimed tax back on the...

l assume it was taken over to France when new, and then given the French equivalent of an MOT every year. And then it had its first U.K. MOT when it was brought back to the U.K.

l have to say l am not a great fan of the Ford TDCi engine, had one in a Transit some years ago. The economy was poor, and it never really ran perfectly. However it was still going at 100,000 miles so not all bad.

lt's lived in France at a chateau and been serviced annually despite the low mileage. Over 1,000 of the mileage was just driving it to France when it was new, and back again on sale. l haven't actually viewed the vehicle, the seller is right down on the South Coast and l am in Manchester

Well, no but it seems to be the price you have to pay for the lowest mileage late model Defenders. For one with 70-100,000 miles the price is around £20,000

For sale, very low mileage looks almost new. Apparently has lived in France, owned by multi millionaire who kept it at his chalet. l am interested as it looks so nice, but don't have much experience with the Ford engine version. l've only ever owned TD5's Prices certainly seem to have dropped...

My local LR specialist regularly rebuild these ABS modulators so it certainly can be done. They recommend making the ABS trigger every few weeks as apparently it rarely does in normal Defender TD5 driving. Brake hard on gravel, grass etc. Stops the shuttle valve seizing up they said.

No CAT as standard until the 15p engine (if yours has the updated dash it's probably a 15p) lt's not really a CAT more a particulate filter. My 2005 sailed through the MOT every year with the pre-2002 front down pipe (no CAT) l tried a new CAT on mine as the original didn't seem to do anything...

SUPPLEMENTAL WHAT IF ANYTHING DO I MISS ABOUT MY OLD DEFENDER? Now l was thinking about this tonight while listening to my missus playing in a swing band. l was reading about a woman who was a Leprosy Doctor in Vietnam in early 1962, and she was kidnapped with her Land Rover. The vehicle was...

MAY UPDATE, NEW DEFENDER Well, the new Defender is still performing without issues. Mileage is now 12,000. l still find myself looking at late model Puma 110XS for sale while sat in the bath, but at the moment l am sticking with the new one. Looks like the Grenadier has finally been certified...

The advert has already disappeared from Auto Trader. Has it sold? That was quick, three hours