Looking into getting a defender 90 in a couple months - advice welcome

Now I've finally finished college, found myself a full time job... I can finally start saving for my own Defender 90, preferably a 200tdi.

My budget is around £4000, possibly £5000 if I decide to sell my current car. I've been on a few garage's sites, such as Nene Overland which is relatively local, but their prices are all around 10k which is just not affordable for me right now.

I may just use private selling sites such as gumtree, which I've also been browsing and found a fair few within my price range. The question is though - will these actually be any good, with not too much work required?

Any general advice would be much appreciated!

Hi

Have a search on here mate, theres quite alot of advice about buying a defender.

For 4-5K you should be able to get a decent enough 300tdi 90 (1994-1998)

Best advise would be to take someone along who knows about defenders, rust the main issue.

all the ones on gumtree will be tip top motors in amazing condition and cheap aswell

cos gumtree aint full of scamming tossers is it

Here is an excellent example of why not to buy from Gumtree

1996 Land Rover Defender 110 300 Tdi County station wagon in London | Used Land Rover for sale | Gumtree.com

Where a abouts are you? And what use do you want your fender for? Just being nosey that's all

945823 said:

Where a abouts are you? And what use do you want your fender for? Just being nosey that's all

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nosey fecker

945823 said:

Where a abouts are you? And what use do you want your fender for? Just being nosey that's all

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I live in norfolk, near hunstanton.
I wanna use it for everything really, general use, bit of green laning .. The usual stuff haha.

My mate is thinking of getting a discovery next year, so some grand adventures will be in order!

I'd speak to a specialist like Nene as they will prob know of a few good used Land Rover dealers in the area, you should pick up a nice 200/300 90 station wagon for your price range!

I'd avoid gumtree as there's a lot of ****e on there but occasionally a bargain could be found if your lucky

Josh3662 said:

I live in norfolk, near hunstanton.
I wanna use it for everything really, general use, bit of green laning .. The usual stuff haha.

My mate is thinking of getting a discovery next year, so some grand adventures will be in order!

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Buy mine, its in north essex so not far and is an excellent truck, 200TDi, 24spline running gear, lifted with proper pucka gear (£1500 Extreme4x4 lift kit), winch & quality bumper, all the guards needed, a Pressbrake rear cross member and a solid chassis, mud tyres, raptor dash, the list goes on... looking for £4500 and trust me, you couldn't build one of this spec for anywhere near that!!!

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945823 said:

I'd speak to a specialist like Nene as they will prob know of a few good used Land Rover dealers in the area, you should pick up a nice 200/300 90 station wagon for your price range!

I'd avoid gumtree as there's a lot of ****e on there but occasionally a bargain could be found if your lucky

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Doubt he'll get a nice SW for that price..and for f*cks sake stay away from Nene..

SCOTSSTAG said:

Doubt he'll get a nice SW for that price..and for f*cks sake stay away from Nene..

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i second that