Looking to buy Range Rover

I'm looking for a diesel Range Rover. Could be a classic or the 'Mk 2'
type. Have a budget up to £5,000. There's loads advertised in
autotrader.co.uk so I've a pretty good idea about what passes for value
these days and values certainly what I'm looking for. For that money I
expect a tidy example without stupidly high mileage, serious issues or
an abused interior. If anyone has something suitable for sale please do
let me know.


John Lubran

In message <[email protected]>
Moving Vision <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> I'm looking for a diesel Range Rover. Could be a classic or the 'Mk 2'
> type. Have a budget up to £5,000. There's loads advertised in
> autotrader.co.uk so I've a pretty good idea about what passes for value
> these days and values certainly what I'm looking for. For that money I
> expect a tidy example without stupidly high mileage, serious issues or
> an abused interior. If anyone has something suitable for sale please do
> let me know.
>
>
> John Lubran
>

As you are looking for a diesel, I'd have a look at a VM Classic.
The VM has a totally underserved bad reputation, and very low milage
"mint" eaxmples are around that will give you quite a lot of
change out of £5000 - but make sure the engine has not been messed
about with - the VM's bad name is alomst totally down to people
who don't know what they are doing working on them (e.g. only
changing on head gasket instead of all 4 etc).

Just a thought.

Richard

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In article <b76386b04d%[email protected]>, beamendsltd
<[email protected]> writes
>In message <[email protected]>
> Moving Vision <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I'm looking for a diesel Range Rover. Could be a classic or the 'Mk 2'
>> type. Have a budget up to £5,000. There's loads advertised in
>> autotrader.co.uk so I've a pretty good idea about what passes for value
>> these days and values certainly what I'm looking for. For that money I
>> expect a tidy example without stupidly high mileage, serious issues or
>> an abused interior. If anyone has something suitable for sale please do
>> let me know.
>>
>>
>> John Lubran
>>
>
>As you are looking for a diesel, I'd have a look at a VM Classic.
>The VM has a totally underserved bad reputation, and very low milage
>"mint" eaxmples are around that will give you quite a lot of
>change out of £5000 - but make sure the engine has not been messed
>about with - the VM's bad name is alomst totally down to people
>who don't know what they are doing working on them (e.g. only
>changing on head gasket instead of all 4 etc).
>
>Just a thought.
>
>Richard
>

Thanks Richard, I used to sell fishing boats with VM engines. They are
in fact Hispano Suiza built and generally a high quality manufacturer.
Nevertheless I'd still prefer a Tdi or later.


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On or around Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:55:15 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>As you are looking for a diesel, I'd have a look at a VM Classic.
>The VM has a totally underserved bad reputation, and very low milage
>"mint" eaxmples are around that will give you quite a lot of
>change out of £5000 - but make sure the engine has not been messed
>about with - the VM's bad name is alomst totally down to people
>who don't know what they are doing working on them (e.g. only
>changing on head gasket instead of all 4 etc).
>

and not following the correct procedure when torqueing the heads down...
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