Landrovers

[aguycalledsteve]

Mileage if well maintained and with a sound chassis should not put you off.

Currently 215K and still going strong.

 

[reb78]

Currently 215K and still going strong.

Yep, the 110 is on 250k now, the D2 is on 150k and the D3 only has 70K on the clock. The one i trust the most.... the oldest one with the highest mileage (once the gearbox is back in!)!

 

[addjunkie]

Well, looked at one a td5 earlier today. Wasted trip and an offended enthusiast. I wasnt wearing my rose tinted glasses, looked fine on the outside, shiney, alloys, new seats, checker plate, all sorts of other tat. Shame he missed the basics, like the rusty bits.

Oops put my finger through an out rigger, and I wasnt trying. There were a couple of other very thin patches, which to me, though no biggy, means it moves into the project category.

His dummy fell out when I suggested it was a project in need of a new chassis, insisted I was wrong.

 

[Robbie260]

Well, looked at one a td5 earlier today. Wasted trip and an offended enthusiast. I wasnt wearing my rose tinted glasses, looked fine on the outside, shiney, alloys, new seats, checker plate, all sorts of other tat. Shame he missed the basics, like the rusty bits.

Oops put my finger through an out rigger, and I wasnt trying. There were a couple of other very thin patches, which to me, though no biggy, means it moves into the project category.

His dummy fell out when I suggested it was a project in need of a new chassis, insisted I was wrong.

There are a lot of so called enthusiasts out there they walk like, us talk like us, but actually know nowt about landys all they have them for is the image. Hipsters is the popular term for them i belive. Avoid one with to much checker plate it can hide many sins and start the aluminium rotting badly found out due to mine being like this.

 

[owas]

The only place chequre plate is ok is on the bonnet and wings, it means you can walk on them.

Everything else is a bodge.

 

[CompoSimmonite]

Well, looked at one a td5 earlier today. Wasted trip and an offended enthusiast. I wasnt wearing my rose tinted glasses, looked fine on the outside, shiney, alloys, new seats, checker plate, all sorts of other tat. Shame he missed the basics, like the rusty bits.

Oops put my finger through an out rigger, and I wasnt trying. There were a couple of other very thin patches, which to me, though no biggy, means it moves into the project category.

His dummy fell out when I suggested it was a project in need of a new chassis, insisted I was wrong.

This is going to be very common unless it's had a new chassis. In fact I'd make it an essential searching aspect that a new galv chassis has been fitted if you want to avoid further wasted journeys. Forget "chassis fully repaired" as only brand new galv is worth considering if you aren't after a project.