To sell or not to sell?

Hi all,
Un decided what to do now its coming to an end.
Still a few more things to finish off before MOT, but I reckon a couple weeks.
Me and the missus have our first baby on the way, so money will be handy.
The Landy is so clean and tidy it would be a shame to use it as I first intended, getting muddy in the woods!!!

More pics on original thread..

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f6/my-first-ever-land-rover-series-3-88-a-120214.html

Remember that a Landy is for life, not just a hobby!

I went a few years without one, and couldn't wait to be able to afford another bone-shaking, teeth rattling, spine jarring beautiful beast!

If you get rid, you will wish you hadn't ... It must be something that they put into the gallons of EP90 that we all go through as the ball wipers stop doing their job. Not forgetting the engine that always leaks oil which ensures that no-one else will park in 'your place'!

As a friend said, "You can always get another wife, but where will you get another Landy as good as the one you have?"

By the way, the best way of getting a baby to sleep is a short trip in a Landy!

OSD

How much?

I was faced with the same question with my last s2a, so I made it worth selling, I advertised it at top money thinking if it sold, I was quids-in, if it didnt, I still had a nice landy.
The thing sold first day in the paper!
Been 7 yrs till this one (S3) which I bought cheap enough to do the same again if I have to.
Next one will be an early CSW!

Don't do it, you will hate yourself and before long you will get the urge and end up doing another.

Jamesbil said:

I was faced with the same question with my last s2a, so I made it worth selling, I advertised it at top money thinking if it sold, I was quids-in, if it didnt, I still had a nice landy.
The thing sold first day in the paper!
Been 7 yrs till this one (S3) which I bought cheap enough to do the same again if I have to.
Next one will be an early CSW!

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How much did it fetch?

I know id regret selling, but im still not sure yet.
I only have a 1 bed house, and with baby coming need to think about moving to bigger..

nathan5346 said:

How much?

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Make an offer?

pegibson said:

Make an offer?

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50 quid n a mars bars

nathan5346 said:

50 quid n a mars bars

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Blimey, as much as that! I am quids in.

Oldseadog said:

Remember that a Landy is for life, not just a hobby!

I went a few years without one, and couldn't wait to be able to afford another bone-shaking, teeth rattling, spine jarring beautiful beast!

If you get rid, you will wish you hadn't ... It must be something that they put into the gallons of EP90 that we all go through as the ball wipers stop doing their job. Not forgetting the engine that always leaks oil which ensures that no-one else will park in 'your place'!

As a friend said, "You can always get another wife, but where will you get another Landy as good as the one you have?"

By the way, the best way of getting a baby to sleep is a short trip in a Landy!

OSD

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I can whole heartedly agree!!!!!!!!!
Don't put your centre seat in put a baby seat in and bolt it to the seat box, that's what I did with my first safari very safe and perfectly legal.
As far as do you sell or not sell will be your decision and your decision only, you will do what you will feel to be right at the time.
I sold my first landy to get married (and a shotgun, my wife sold her motorbike) it then took me 10 years and a sucession of terible cars before I got another one and haven't looked back since, it would be a shame after all the time and hard work you have put in to see it sold but you have to do what is right for you.

Good luck

Just seen the pics of your Landy, looks great, all that work, think you would regret selling it but the decision rests on your shoulders, could be years and a lot more hassle to do another like that though :ballchain:

Thanks for your support guys...

Don't sell it! You'll regret it. I sold a motorbike for a pittance when I was a kid and spent ten years looking for another one the same!

pegibson said:

How much did it fetch?

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Bought it at the time for €500, spent about 300 on it and it made €1900 which was great at the time, the guy bought it over the phone and trailered it away the same eve.

nathan5346 said:

50 quid n a mars bars

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I'll see your 50 quid and a Mars Bar and raise you 2 Snickers!

OSD

Oldseadog said:

I'll see your 50 quid and a Mars Bar and raise you 2 Snickers!

OSD

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Funny that, thats exactly what your misses said to me!!

pegibson said:

Funny that, thats exactly what your misses said to me!!

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Really amazing, as yours went for much less! Please remember that standards, I have! Low they may be, however standards they still are!!

OSD