Thread: Whos looking for a 101 landrover ?

C'mon guys. Go easy on rangieman.
His little Willy is somewhat lacking compared to a 101.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

There is one in the markets section.

For those that told me I had to sell them mine, you'll pick it up for a fraction of what you'll need to pay to prise mine from me.

That ones sold now... bummer, I'd almost talked SWMBO into it as well...

Ah well, next time.

Originally Posted by Dave110HardTop

That ones sold now... bummer, I'd almost talked SWMBO into it as well...

Ah well, next time.

There are others for sale. How serious are you?
They're not worth $2k any more (yes, I know someone who paid that for his, lucky bugger). Are you prepared to pay the asking price?

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

There are others for sale. How serious are you?
They're not worth $2k any more (yes, I know someone who paid that for his, lucky bugger). Are you prepared to pay the asking price?

Thanks Mick,

I said I'd _almost_ convinced SWMBO :-)

In all seriousness, we know we're going to need something in the way of a 4wd truck for our place - the utes doing well, but some loads are going to be a little too much for it, and a rear drive truck wont cope. Another option might be a perentie 6x6, but I've always wanted a 101.

One of the principle hurdles is it has to be something that the other half feels comfortable driving - doesn't have to love it, but at least needs to be able to drive it. She drove my old 300tdi defer happily. Will drive the isuzu ute. Drives the disco3 happily. Doesn't like the series 3 at all as she doesn't like the gearbox, or anything else about driving it. Happy driving the tractor. She's a good driver in terms of performance stuff (was a mech eng and used to do a lot of testing for ford), but less so in terms of mechanical empathy for older/quirky vehicles. So, anything needs to be test driven by her first to see if its something she can adjust to - which means I then feel bad as I'm test driving something that I may end up not buying due to something that isn't a fault in the vehicle, which I feel isn't fair on the seller.

The one that came up in the for sale section came up a little too early if anything, theres a few vehicles here to be sold, and I'm still waiting on council to approve the extension to the shed to I can get the various vehicles under cover. But - the price was certainly fair, and not out of reach at all.

And that was a very long answer to a very simple question

cheers

Dave

Well how is the missus going to handle climbing up into the 101 and then handle the heavy steering - Ok on the highway but everywhere else - armstrong steering is required.

From what you have just said, while you might want a 101, it will not be suitable for your missus to be comfortable with.

Garry

Ah. To use on the farm.
Might I suggest you'd be better off looking for something like a Hino or similar. A mate picked up one at auction recently for about 10k. All he had to do was pay the rego transfer fee.

Originally Posted by garrycol

Well how is the missus going to handle climbing up into the 101 and then handle the heavy steering - Ok on the highway but everywhere else - armstrong steering is required.

From what you have just said, while you might want a 101, it will not be suitable for your missus to be comfortable with.

Garry

Umm... as someone who used to rock climb, and a (now retired) competitive kayaker, those are probably the two aspects she'd have the least problem with.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Ah. To use on the farm.
Might I suggest you'd be better off looking for something like a Hino or similar. A mate picked up one at auction recently for about 10k. All he had to do was pay the rego transfer fee.

You may well be right. This may not be the time for a hobby vehicle.