Defender sub 5 grand?

You certainly don't have to go as high as some people think to get a defender 200/300 tdi ute .... or a tdi disco (there was a registered 2 door 300tdi manual at Pt Macquarie recently for $1500).

There are 200/300tdi utes available under $7k (take a look on gumtree Land rover Defender 110 ute | Cars, Vans & Utes | Gumtree Australia Tweed Heads Area - Tweed Heads South | 1030221277), and 1993 Land Rover Defender Ute | Cars, Vans & Utes | Gumtree Australia Bega Valley - Wolumla | 1030152282, even down to $5k, but as others have pointed out, they could be well used and a wise buyer would expect it to need some $s spent on maintenance. But as bluemin pointed out above - it doesn't all have to be spent at once - you can spend it over time.

The major problem may well not be cost but rather whether the one you want will be available at the time that you are ready to buy.

There was a defender 90 for sale in Brisbane for $2300 yesterday.

Need a new clutch. But 2.5 Diesel Turbo
No rust in the chassis

Got so close to buying it but with 5 landies already could not justify it. Was proud of myself that I walked away from it.

Waiting for the person that bought it to appear on here

Even V8 counties in good roadworthy condition seem to go for more than $5k!

As others have said, your best option would be a late D1 Tdi. Even then you will need to budget for some work. Our '97 D1 has needed a new head, alternator and clutch in the last 18 months, plus a few other bits.

Buy a corolla and rent a nice Prado when you need 4x4...oops :)

I dont mind if I need to spend a little on an old defender over time, to be honest I rarely use a car as it is. generally its for camping.

looks like I need more around 7grand than 5 grand as a starting point and accept that it will be rather rough. . .

first thing is first though sell the 90 and see if I will have anything to put towards something, as I need to remove my debt.

Leroy

The trouble with purchasing a cheap Landy, is it usually requires a fair bit of expense to get it to a reasonable condition.
My County cost me $4000 the day I bought it. Within 12 months it had totalled something like $9000. But had I known what I do now (and listened to more advice) I could have saved at least $2500 from those first twelve months of expenses.

i reckon mine is only worth $5k..........so there should be others around

BTW mine is not fore sale..........

ditch the trailer plans to keep the defer.....

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Originally Posted by weeds

i reckon mine is only worth $5k..........so there should be others around

BTW mine is not fore sale..........

ditch the trailer plans to keep the defer.....

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don't worry trailer plans have now been ditched, this all sort of happened a bit all of a sudden and was un-expected but I don't really have a choice.

the trailer project may be up for sale soon aswell, I have about $550 or so in it so deciding if its worth keeping int he shed to finish when things pick up again or to try and sell as an unfinished project.

Ill wait and see what I can get for my 90 to see if ill be able to get into an old defender that needs some love or weather ill be carless for a while (will still have the motorbike so will be able to get places)

Leroy

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Originally Posted by Leroy_Riding

will still have the motorbike

Leroy

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Is the CORRECT answer !!!! :D:arms::clap2::woot:

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Originally Posted by VladTepes

Is the CORRECT answer !!!! :D:arms::clap2::woot:

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Agree!!!