WTD: Guide price advice - 200tdi Discovery

I'm about to spend some very serious silly money on Grumble and as
these things go, there has to be some 'planning gain' with Charlotte.

Previous spendings have demanded a new kitchen and new bathroom
(bathroom promised, but not finished, so I'm on very thin bargaining
ground).

Charlotte wants a V8 Disco, with LPG as she has environmental
leanings, and 5 door (some regulars may see something of a
sychronicity happening here...)

So, her current Disco, 200tdi, K plate, Black, 3 door 240,000 odd
miles or so, may have to go.

A brief list of 'bits' done follow:

New Radiator
New Alternator
New Oil pump, Water pump and timing belt (Main Dealer fitted)
Replacement Ashcroft Gearbox
Replacement clutch
Replaced shockers
Tracker
Clifford 'virtual key' immobiliser thingumie
5 new monular rims and Wrangler tyres (pretty much no wear).
Terrain Master Steering guard and sill guards (not really off roaded
though, sadly)
Electric kit
Original LR Radio cassette with full speaker kit (bass thing in back
door)
CATS system
Sunroof
2 new (aftermarket) alarm keyfobs - 1 original
Main Dealer fitter LR Driving lights
Full Main dealer service history to 18 months ago, then full Warren
service history - which I trust more.
2 owners from new, incredibly reliable and NO oil leaks
Tax and MOT to end of December 2004
Jeremy J Fearn Intercooler (fitted by Jeremy)

I would strongly recommend replacing the rear discs.
The rear door lock spring is bust, but works on the key (this is not
as easy as it sounds to replace).
Bodywork reasonable for age - paint bubbling on window pillars, back
door etc. Door bottoms split but not any worse than many newer
models! Inside is tidy, if a little tatty and back a bit 'doggie'.

This has, like all of our Landies, been well maintained (proactive,
not reactive), looked after and proved - as I said above, remarkably
reliable. The milage is scary, but this vehicle has never let us down
and I'd put money on it not doing so if the purchaser maintains it as
we have (which doesn't actually have to cost much - last MOT was 100
quid or so I believe - including the test fee).

I've no idea what it's worth and wouldn't want to feel I'd be ripping
anyone off by asking -n- pounds, if you see what I mean?

Although I've been a frighteningly frequent 'buyer' on eBay, have
never sold anything, so may need guidance from others who have if I
decide to go down this route

So, a price range?


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"Mother" <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm about to spend some very serious silly money on Grumble and as
> these things go, there has to be some 'planning gain' with Charlotte.
>
> Previous spendings have demanded a new kitchen and new bathroom
> (bathroom promised, but not finished, so I'm on very thin bargaining
> ground).
>
> Charlotte wants a V8 Disco, with LPG as she has environmental
> leanings, and 5 door (some regulars may see something of a
> sychronicity happening here...)
>

Spooky!.... nooo really! SPOOKY!


I find there is only one problem with this plan when it come to fruition...
you will quickly run out of excuses to just pop out in the Disco.



Lee D

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:05:51 GMT, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I find there is only one problem with this plan when it come to fruition...
>you will quickly run out of excuses to just pop out in the Disco.

Yebut, I've insured Grumble for business use - so Charlotte can now
use him for work ;-)


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from: http://links.solis.co.uk/Geek/X4_Land_Rover/
I also have a little Land Rover site biased toward
my beloved 101 "Grumble", at: http://www.101fc.net


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On or around Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:05:51 GMT, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> enlightened us
thusly:

>> Charlotte wants a V8 Disco, with LPG as she has environmental
>> leanings, and 5 door (some regulars may see something of a
>> sychronicity happening here...)
>>
>
>Spooky!.... nooo really! SPOOKY!

well... I got mine for 1800 and it cost me another 900 plus a few days
crawling underneath to buy and fit the gas conversion.

excellent 80-litre tank form Mr. Perfect, mind, dead easy fitting with 4 big
bolts through the floor.

slightly more hassle to fit the Allisport petrol tank, but that went in OK
in the end, needs a couple of solid bits of anlge iron welded onto the
chassis as brackets.

granted that decent V8 discos for 1800 are thin on the ground, you should
still get a decent example (if you don't mind the "200" type) for well
sub-3K.

gas conversion is open loop but with ecomax device, and has cunning injector
harness gadget to cut the petrol - 2 of these, with wiring - they have a
thing with 8 plugs in pairs, 4 male, 4 female. you run the wiring along one
side and the pairs of plugs line up with the injectors, unplug the wire from
the injector, plug it to the harness, plug the other plug from the harness
to the injector. on the other end is a delay-relay, which cuts the petrol a
second or so after the "gas" wiring goes live. this is alleged to stop it
running lean in the changeover period. more recent ones have adjustable
changeover delay as well.

these bits are part of why the kit costs 900 quid - the main part being the
big under-floor tank and the ally petrol tank, which between 'em add 400 or
so to a basic kit - but are well worth it for hassle-free installation.

I've yet to decide whether to put a relay in to cut the supply to the petrol
pump; on the plus side, it'd stop the pump whirring away to no purpose while
running on gas, on the minus side it'd probably mess up the changeover to
petrol, since the petrol pressure might be low. however, it doesn't take
long for the pump to get the pressure back up, so I might do that in the
end, when ICBA.

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On or around Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:05:51 GMT, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> enlightened us
thusly:

>> Charlotte wants a V8 Disco, with LPG as she has environmental
>> leanings, and 5 door (some regulars may see something of a
>> sychronicity happening here...)
>>
>
>Spooky!.... nooo really! SPOOKY!

well... I got mine for 1800 and it cost me another 900 plus a few days
crawling underneath to buy and fit the gas conversion.

excellent 80-litre tank form Mr. Perfect, mind, dead easy fitting with 4 big
bolts through the floor.

slightly more hassle to fit the Allisport petrol tank, but that went in OK
in the end, needs a couple of solid bits of anlge iron welded onto the
chassis as brackets.

granted that decent V8 discos for 1800 are thin on the ground, you should
still get a decent example (if you don't mind the "200" type) for well
sub-3K.

gas conversion is open loop but with ecomax device, and has cunning injector
harness gadget to cut the petrol - 2 of these, with wiring - they have a
thing with 8 plugs in pairs, 4 male, 4 female. you run the wiring along one
side and the pairs of plugs line up with the injectors, unplug the wire from
the injector, plug it to the harness, plug the other plug from the harness
to the injector. on the other end is a delay-relay, which cuts the petrol a
second or so after the "gas" wiring goes live. this is alleged to stop it
running lean in the changeover period. more recent ones have adjustable
changeover delay as well.

these bits are part of why the kit costs 900 quid - the main part being the
big under-floor tank and the ally petrol tank, which between 'em add 400 or
so to a basic kit - but are well worth it for hassle-free installation.

I've yet to decide whether to put a relay in to cut the supply to the petrol
pump; on the plus side, it'd stop the pump whirring away to no purpose while
running on gas, on the minus side it'd probably mess up the changeover to
petrol, since the petrol pressure might be low. however, it doesn't take
long for the pump to get the pressure back up, so I might do that in the
end, when ICBA.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
In Touch: Get in touch with yourself by touching yourself.
If somebody is watching, stop touching yourself.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.