"Tim Hobbs" <
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> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:09:31 +0000 (UTC), "Badger"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Huw" <hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>> "Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> On or around Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:18:58 GMT, "the ickys"
>>>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>>>
>>>>>Thought we'd give you guys first crack before sticking it on Ebay /
>>>>>Auto-trader for the rest of the world to have a go:
>>>>>
>>>>>Company car forces sale of beloved Discovery.....
>>>>>
>>>>>1998 R - TDi - ES Premium - manual
>>>>>Epsom metallic green
>>>>>full leather seats - all 7!
>>>>>air con
>>>>>full electric pack
>>>>>twin sunroof
>>>>>heated front seats
>>>>>driver & passenger airbags
>>>>>6CD changer / radio / cassette
>>>>>four reasonably new tyres
>>>>>Allisport upgraded intercooler
>>>>>FSH
>>>>>heated front windscreen
>>>>>rear access ladder
>>>>>104,000 miles
>>>>>taxed & tested
>>>>>(cam belt and tensioner done within last 12 months)
>>>>>
>>>>>From no-smoking & pet-free family!!!!
>>>>>
>>>>>Fantastic family motor - never, ever let us down....will be very, very
>>>>>sad
>>>>>to see it go.
>>>>>
>>>>>Looking for offers over £7,500.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> nice spec but I honestly doubt you'll get that much for it - disco Is
>>>> are
>>>> gogin very cheap now which is great if you're looking to buy but not so
>>>> good
>>>> otherwise.
>>>>
>>>> You have the advantages of spec and FSH and so on, which should help
>>>> it.
>>>
>>>
>>> It must be worth £6000 to £7500 to anyone looking for such a nice
>>> sounding
>>> and genuine vehicle. It is only just over seven years old and half worn.
>>> I
>>> have not looked up the book value but if I was in the market for one it
>>> would figure high in my list of ones to view.
>>
>>I'd disagree Huw, I shopped around and bought an immaculate DII 4.0V8 XSi
>>with a whole load of factory fitted extras, genuine 28k miles, "X" plate,
>>for just slightly over £10k a few months ago. My gut feeling is that
>>Austin
>>is correct with his comments, great for buyers but not sellers.
>>Badger.
>>
>
> V8 is worth a good deal less of course (about enough to pay for a gas
> conversion as I read it). Yours is the D2 as well, which is rather
> better in some areas than the 300 series.
That is the whole point Tim, I take the point re. diesel values against
petrol, but it shows the price that DII's can be picked up for if you shop
around, meaning that a D1 is obviously going to be considerably less by
virtue of the fact that it's an older model. The upper price being quoted
(£7.5k) is, I feel, a bit optomistic for the quoted mileage of 104,000, I've
seen early TD5's go for only a little more (£8.5-9k) with similar (110k)
miles. I feel that 6.5k should be achievable though, and to be honest anyone
paying over that simply hasn't shopped around well enough. I wish the seller
all the best of luck in securing a deal, but lets face it, there's a lot of
luck involved in getting the right deal these days and a lot of deals out
there to search through, in fact, what with ebay etc it's never been easier
to hunt a good used vehicle.
Badger.
