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Post by firemac on Sept 18, 2019 18:14:22 GMT
Check the last three letters of the reg ... LOL 😅 |
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Post by bigkev on Sept 19, 2019 9:01:13 GMT
Price is what the customer is willing to pay........sometimes. Bought wife’s three door manual in 2010 for just over £5k at 6 years old. Seller was having trouble selling it coz back then that was quite a bit above the going rate. I bought it anyway. It is sitting now at 55k miles, having done a whole 25k in the 9 years in our charge, and apart from routine sevicement and an aircon pipe repair, has cost us only petrol. Tyres were changed only through choice and time barrification.
Pro rata and allowing for inflation, deflation, and how the Tories have cocked up this country, I would GLADLY PAY £6000.00ish for this wee blue car. Underseal the life out of it, and probably get half my money back in ten years time. It is not a bargain, but it IS what this customer willing to pay. In my opinion it is very worthy of consideration as long as you are able to maintain yourself and keep costs down. Also VERY dependent on annual mileage done due to utter rubbish mpg of course.
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Post by firemac on Sept 19, 2019 9:36:22 GMT
Price is what the customer is willing to pay........sometimes. Bought wife’s three door manual in 2010 for just over £5k at 6 years old. Seller was having trouble selling it coz back then that was quite a bit above the going rate. I bought it anyway. It is sitting now at 55k miles, having done a whole 25k in the 9 years in our charge, and apart from routine sevicement and an aircon pipe repair, has cost us only petrol. Tyres were changed only through choice and time barrification. Pro rata and allowing for inflation, deflation, and how the Tories have cocked up this country, I would GLADLY PAY £6000.00ish for this wee blue car. Underseal the life out of it, and probably get half my money back in ten years time. It is not a bargain, but it IS what this customer willing to pay. In my opinion it is very worthy of consideration as long as you are able to maintain yourself and keep costs down. Also VERY dependent on annual mileage done due to utter rubbish mpg of course. Couldn´t have put it better meself, Oh Sage of the North! Somebody will buy it, maybe with a bit of a discount, but not much. Pity it´s a manual, though. |
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Post by bigkev on Sept 19, 2019 9:47:25 GMT
Price is what the customer is willing to pay........sometimes. Bought wife’s three door manual in 2010 for just over £5k at 6 years old. Seller was having trouble selling it coz back then that was quite a bit above the going rate. I bought it anyway. It is sitting now at 55k miles, having done a whole 25k in the 9 years in our charge, and apart from routine sevicement and an aircon pipe repair, has cost us only petrol. Tyres were changed only through choice and time barrification. Pro rata and allowing for inflation, deflation, and how the Tories have cocked up this country, I would GLADLY PAY £6000.00ish for this wee blue car. Underseal the life out of it, and probably get half my money back in ten years time. It is not a bargain, but it IS what this customer willing to pay. In my opinion it is very worthy of consideration as long as you are able to maintain yourself and keep costs down. Also VERY dependent on annual mileage done due to utter rubbish mpg of course. Couldn´t have put it better meself, Oh Sage of the North! Somebody will buy it, maybe with a bit of a discount, but not much. Pity it´s a manual, though. Seamus......if that was a Nottymatic, you and I and Charlie would be ootside the dealer having a wee fight for it......are youz Merrycans allowed guns over here, coz you would win.......? Lol.......shoot Charlie furst please.....Me surrenderise. |
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Post by firemac on Sept 19, 2019 9:58:37 GMT
Couldn´t have put it better meself, Oh Sage of the North! Somebody will buy it, maybe with a bit of a discount, but not much. Pity it´s a manual, though. Seamus......if that was a Nottymatic, you and I and Charlie would be ootside the dealer having a wee fight for it......are youz Merrycans allowed guns over here, coz you would win.......? Lol.......shoot Charlie furst please.....Me surrenderise. Surely not our Charlie. 3-dr prices always seem to put him off. 😅 |
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Post by charliefarlie on Sept 19, 2019 15:51:30 GMT
Seamus......if that was a Nottymatic, you and I and Charlie would be ootside the dealer having a wee fight for it......are youz Merrycans allowed guns over here, coz you would win.......? Lol.......shoot Charlie furst please.....Me surrenderise. Surely not our Charlie. 3-dr prices always seem to put him off. 😅 I wouldn’t be in the line up..... Sentiment is best left at home when buying cars. Especially old cars and that is with respect an old car.. Now IF it was a bargain price that would alter. But it just isn’t. Heres a thing. Someone put the reg number in WBAC and see what comes up. Im away playing diddicoy and internet access is hiss poor..... |
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Post by philip42h on Sept 19, 2019 16:12:11 GMT
Surely not our Charlie. 3-dr prices always seem to put him off. 😅 I wouldn’t be in the line up..... Sentiment is best left at home when buying cars. Especially old cars and that is with respect an old car.. Now IF it was a bargain price that would alter. But it just isn’t. Heres a thing. Someone put the reg number in WBAC and see what comes up. Im away playing diddicoy and internet access is hiss poor..... OK, if you insist ...  Valuations via What Car? - Dealer price = £2,646
- Private sale = £2,352
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Post by charliefarlie on Sept 19, 2019 17:20:58 GMT
I wouldn’t be in the line up..... Sentiment is best left at home when buying cars. Especially old cars and that is with respect an old car.. Now IF it was a bargain price that would alter. But it just isn’t. Heres a thing. Someone put the reg number in WBAC and see what comes up. Im away playing diddicoy and internet access is hiss poor..... OK, if you insist ... Valuations via What Car? - Dealer price = £2,646
- Private sale = £2,352
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WBAC do come up with silly values ...  WBAC are thieves I’ve always said that. But even if you take the highest price in this case the dealers price of 2646 the rest is based on sentiment. OK let’s be real and admit a car of that age and mileage doesent come along every day. So let’s double the highest price..... There I rest my case. |
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Post by Paulus17 on Sept 19, 2019 18:22:20 GMT
Then there is THIS ONE with higher mileage at just under £6.5k which has sold already by the looks of it now from RRG Toyota  I did mean to put question marks in my title to see what you all thought of the price but I was saying bargain as it does seem to be looking at other much higher mileage three doors. How much would they be asking for it if it was an auto? |
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Post by davidwilson on Sept 21, 2019 15:44:17 GMT
I must be one of few on here that don't like them, I think the 5 door is a far better car then the 3, sorry but each to their own.
Funnily enough, The Boss and I were discussing this in the context of maybe getting another Land Cruiser (😳 yeah. I know, here we go again!) and we agree that the 5-door 4.2 is indeed the more practical option. Nevertheless the 3-door is a lovely and rather unique design. It's only real drawback is lack of space if you are carrying more than 2 people and their luggage, shopping, etc. I also wondered about another Landcruiser in the future! I don't suppose I will but you never know! My wife actually said she would drive the Landcruiser and I could have an MX5. I think there must be a pot of gold that I don't know about! I still look at the 3 door RAVs but they are obviously getting older all the time and the risk of trouble with one must be increasing. |
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Post by charliefarlie on Sept 21, 2019 18:45:41 GMT
You need deep pockets and a heap of enthusiasm/ sentiment to buy a Landcruiser.... Prices are incredible then the running costs are very high. Do we really need such a big old bus ?
I imagine as a tow car they are amazing but so are many alternatives like say a Mitsubishi Shogun ??
While we’re talking 3 door SUV I’ve always really liked that 3 door Shogun. Belting big 3.2 bulletproof engine !!
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Post by jasehutch on Sept 21, 2019 19:13:34 GMT
Sales Director at work is excitedly awaiting delivery of his new Landcruiser to replace his four year old LR Discovery.
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Post by charliefarlie on Sept 21, 2019 19:17:20 GMT
Sales Director at work is excitedly awaiting delivery of his new Landcruiser to replace his four year old LR Discovery. Not saying the Landcruiser is not a great car Jase but bugger me it’s one ugly pig of a car...... Hellish expensive to boot. I just don’t get it...... |
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Post by Paulus17 on Sept 21, 2019 23:09:35 GMT
Quite a few LCs round by us lately new and old, I wouldn't say no if those numbers come up  |
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Post by firemac on Sept 22, 2019 10:03:24 GMT
You need deep pockets and a heap of enthusiasm/ sentiment to buy a Landcruiser.... Prices are incredible then the running costs are very high. Do we really need such a big old bus ? I imagine as a tow car they are amazing but so are many alternatives like say a Mitsubishi Shogun ?? While we’re talking 3 door SUV I’ve always really liked that 3 door Shogun. Belting big 3.2 bulletproof engine !! Charlie, you couldn't be more wrong if you tried! We have had two LCs (120 & 150) and I can tell you from personal experience that they are definitely not expensive to run. We ran the 120 for 30K miles and the 150 for over 25K miles. Servicing at Mr T was never more than £250, insurance was only slightly more than it was on any of our previous RAVs, and Road Tax was less than £300 p.a. (they are still only £325 p.a. now). MPG averaged just over 30 no matter. And because of their total reliability, they NEVER needed anything spent on them by way of repairs. We also had a three door '65-plate Shogun and although I really liked that car, it wasn't a patch on the LC in terms of build quality, equipment or finish. As for running costs, the Shogun was a relative nightmare. The first service cost nearly £800! I looked into the costs of the future services and decided that it had to go, the second service was going to be over£1,000 alone. Yes, the 3.2 diesel is a fine engine and reasonably economical and the drivetrain is clever, allowing you to run in 2wd when you want but the Shogun doesn't have the long-term robustness of the LC. We are considering another LC now, mainly because of the comfort and space - the 3-door RAV is great but just a little bit too small sometimes. |
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