First Car!

Hello, I need a first car, and think a defender would be cool, as the insurance is sub 1k and can run on veggie oil, my dad and I would like advice on where to buy a defender, what we should look for, what kind of defender, etc. we have a budget to buy ok about 3k and I can pay for repairs.

Thanks in advance

Well, the great thing about Land Rovers is that most bits can be replaced, depending on how much time and money you've got for the project. You may have seen on here and elsewhere tales of people replacing whole chassis, doing engine swaps and the like, all of which is in reach for the dedicated amateur. Personally, I'd be most inclined to look for rust in the chassis and bulkhead, or at least try and avoid vehicles with lots of it, unless you like lying on your back in a puddle with bits of welding spatter going down the neck of your shirt every weekend for the next year or two.

Ham1lton said:

Hello, I need a first car, and think a defender would be cool, as the insurance is sub 1k and can run on veggie oil, my dad and I would like advice on where to buy a defender, what we should look for, what kind of defender, etc. we have a budget to buy ok about 3k and I can pay for repairs.

Thanks in advance

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Hi Ham1lton

This is what I bought for £2,750 a couple of weeks ago forget the monkey in the front

I've just turned 17 and I got my 90 last year. With buying a landy, think of a number and double it. I got mine for £1.5k and have spent over twice that on parts, but I knew that from the start. I bought mine to rebuild not to bodge.

Cornish, you landy looks amazing for that price, I can do easy repairs, like angle gring a bit off, and weld a bit on, it is when it comes to intricate engines and dismantaling an axel i would struggle!

Go a 1990 defender 90 as my first car last summer has been a goo machine ! Where are you getting insurance for sub 1K from is what i want to know ?

Aviva, If yours is a hard top, its classed as a van so change the details of the car to a van.

Ham1lton said:

Hello, I need a first car, and think a defender would be cool, as the insurance is sub 1k and can run on veggie oil, my dad and I would like advice on where to buy a defender, what we should look for, what kind of defender, etc. we have a budget to buy ok about 3k and I can pay for repairs.

Thanks in advance

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rust and rust,check every part of the chassis,bulkhead and floor(front foot wells) and chassis vin numbers match up

CameronW1996 said:

Go a 1990 defender 90 as my first car last summer has been a goo machine ! Where are you getting insurance for sub 1K from is what i want to know ?

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Aviva is the place to go, £900 for my first year and now £700 for my second, thats me as mine driver as well, so my NCB are building up.

insurance for under 1k. what company is that

landroverjack1 said:

insurance for under 1k. what company is that

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RTFN fred! :crazy: :crazy:

Oldseadog said:

RTFN fred! :crazy: :crazy:

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Say that again in English

Mine is a hard top. Pretty sure i went to Aviva for a quote and they said they wouldn't insure me. Only people that would insure me at a reasonable price was Adrain Flux or theri sister company Flux direct.

I'm 18 now, got my 2.5 petrol 90 last year for £350, for an mot it needed new light units all round, a new passenger footwell and a spot of weld on the tow bracket. Insurance through aviva for £1500 I think. I have loved my first year with it, especially after a tdi transplant and it's only stranded me twice and each time was for stupid little things.
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Aviva, a 2.5l TD from 1986 got reg of ebay, hard top, 3rd party fire and theft, both my parents as aditional drivers, with their no claims and no convictions, plus i think i have a good postcode, was £789.95 for the year! and my dad was looking at a diahatsu copen, buy it for 2.5k insurance for 1.5k so he is pleased with a defender, still need to know what to get, what to look for, and for 2.5k how much rust?

landroverjack1 said:

Say that again in English

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Dreadfully sorry old chap! It actually meant, "Please read the entire thread before asking a question which has already been answered"

Toodle pip.

Oldseadog said:

Dreadfully sorry old chap! It actually meant, "Please read the entire thread before asking a question which has already been answered"

Toodle pip.

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Ohh sorry haha. Didnt see that
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Ham1lton said:

Aviva, a 2.5l TD from 1986 got reg of ebay, hard top, 3rd party fire and theft, both my parents as aditional drivers, with their no claims and no convictions, plus i think i have a good postcode, was £789.95 for the year! and my dad was looking at a diahatsu copen, buy it for 2.5k insurance for 1.5k so he is pleased with a defender, still need to know what to get, what to look for, and for 2.5k how much rust?

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I'd be finding out how much the insurance goes up after you've passed you're driving test mate, you could be in for a shock.

I've got a quote for myself, for when I pass my test hopefully in the summer with my dad as a named driver for £990 and i'm 17

the quote i got was if it was my birthday yesterday and passed the day after...