Hello young dude !
BearDy89's info for you is spot-on....
For two grand, unless you're buying from a very generous relative, it is only going to get you into a world of grief and hassle that you will live to regret, probably very soon after parting with it.
At 17 - a Landrover is probably not
the most ideal vehicle.. most of your peers will be looking at Saxo's, Corsa's, 206's, Polo's at the 1 litre, to 1.1 / 1.2 sizes.
But hell yeah, I sure wouldnt talk you out of it.
Your insurance is going to be the ballache here, - I'm 30 yrs older than you with a 30 yr impeccable ( accidents / claims wise, anyway ) driving history, and my 90 costs me about £ 275 to insure fully comp, so you will be lloking at somewhere in excess of £ 1200 depending on where you live. Thats a lot of petrol for a 1.1 206.
but again, do not be put off ...
if you're going to do it ... do it !
you need to be thinking in terms of upwards of maybe £ 3 1/2 Grand.. and if you can wait thill the threat of snow is gone - the prices drop a little bit... until the onset of winter when they'll begin to rise again.
And bear in mind - as soon as you turn the key, the thing will start to eat money like an airport lounge bandit ... fuel, OIL !!, servicing components, maintenance components, 'glitzy add-ons' ( we all do it ! ).. be it CB's, 'Raptor Dash's' etc etc.. thats all part of the fun of ownership .... but you'll need to factor that in to your budgetting.
Thats before you get near roadtax, MOT, etc etc.
Just go into it with your eyes very wide open ... its a money pit, and a very deep one, at that.
However, thats the 'logic' side of it .. the right-brain thinking .....
the 'imagination / intuitive' left-brain part is much more fun .. with 'obatining' ( lets assume for a second that you are successful in getting one at an accptable price ), - so begins a 'love affair , well perhaps more accurately a 'love/hate' relationship that will last for a huge number of years, all being well.
some days you'll curse its very existence, other times.. you will love it as only a 'mother could'. thats normal....
but....
ALL DAYS cost. and cost heavily.
Thats the same with all vehicles, with all mechanical apparatus that combusts a fuel, ....in fact with almost all activities you ever embark on ... they cost money, one and all.
The only thing you ever get 'free' - is abuse.
& be assured, you're in the right place for that
Good luck, and come back & tell us how you get on, ok ?
