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Using the LR words on here will get you into trouble :)

 

My advice would be to get yourself onto a specialist forum, that will tell you all the do's and don'ts when looking for one of these.

 

I bought a Discovery with 80k on the clock, done another 70k in last 6+ years and it's been a very good car regardless of what the antis have said on here.

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Purchased my 1998 90 about 9 yrs ago with a supposed 70 thou on the clock. Replaced the V8 3.5 fitted and the gearbox and fitted a 4ltr V8(3964) plus an LT85 box. Stainless exhaust, plus two CherryBombs. It gets used hard and has only required the needs of Green Flag twice. Once when the accelerator cable broke and once when the internal clutch mechanism fell apart. No fancy all dancing electronics to go wrong and on LPG it returns the equivalent of 34mpg money wise. In with Brian Tonks Land Rover for a new galvanised chassis next month. Not many places I can't go with it. It does curtail conversation on the motorway when cruising at the legal limit, so what?

When it gets dirty I just power wash it inside and out :good::yes:

Done close to 100,000 since I have had it.

 

Looking for a four barrel Holley for it now :yahoo:

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Walker 570, i'm not jealous at all :rolleyes: I like it!

 

Mine is an N reg 300tdi and ive had no issues other than advisories for th alst 4 MOTs about the rear crossmember. That was swapped this year. Other than that no problems for a 20 yr old vehicle.

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rimfire.... yep, your looking at close to four and a half thou with all the 'small' extras they find when they take it to pieces and there again it is sensible to have things done whilst it is in bits.... new front shocks for instance. Once these Jap motors start to rot, how are they going to refurbish those? The old Landies are like giant Meccano sets, they never die.

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Back to the original question. Go for a 90 not a 110. The 90 is far more agile and turns on a sixpence compared to the 110. Treat yourself to a American style square hitch and you can then make or have made a carrier for any deer you need to transport.

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I haven't been in a Landy for some years now. Until today that is. My Blingo wasn't man enough to get me and the mole traps down a steep, deeply rutted and slimy track. I'd been all over the fields, but the track was a step too far. The farmer had offered me a quad or Landy. As it was blowing a hooley and pelting it down with rain I opted for the latter and I was reminded of why I've never had one. Cockpit the size of an F1 car. Three foot of dead space over the gearbox. Dashboard where you can't see the dials. Rear seats or luggage space, but not both. And an engine that might have powered the Ark. They might have been great in the 50's, but things have moved on.

 

Buy a Jappy and be happy :)

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Somewhere in the UK and the rest of the world a Defender is saving someones life whether it be mountain rescue, police, coastguard or RNLI.

An ICON like no other. A family heirloom and member reflected in almost unkown positive residuals and they are reliable if driven sympathetically and maintained correctly.

E.G. My ten year old 90XS is now worth nearly what i paid for it and with a blast of water still looks like a recent vehicle.

Jap are good (i have a L200) but date annually and still using leaf springs and drum brakes so you can't say they have moved with the times either?

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It really depends on what you want!! They will all hold value, if you pay 5k and keep it nice it will be worth that in years to come.

Values are high at the moment, there are a lot of chancers out there asking silly money. Do some research and ask about the landrover forums, you will get a better idea than someone saying I had one once and to buy jap!!!

My personal preference is a late td5 csw, they are holding strong money as of late.

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When i was looking around, there were lots of chancers, including one that had a fresh MOT that day and some fist sized holes in the chassis rails!

 

I use Landrover UK forum. Great forum, similar spirit to PW.

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