Reply With QuoteMy dealer told me last week my 110 was in the system to be built on Christmas Day, no doubt there'll be holidays disrupting the schedule so I'm hoping it's 2016 build now.
Master
Merry Christmas everyone! Santa brought me a shiny new set of Maxtrax. He knows me too well.
Hope everyone is having a safe and happy day.
Cheers.
Fossicker
SupporterMy dealer told me last week my 110 was in the system to be built on Christmas Day, no doubt there'll be holidays disrupting the schedule so I'm hoping it's 2016 build now.
YarnMaster
I believe MY16 would have commenced in July 2015. My my15 was built 7/7/14
By all means get a Defender. If you get a good one, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
apologies to Socrates
Clancy MY15 110 Defender
Clancy's gone to Queensland Rovering, and we don't know where he are
Fossicker
SupporterYeah, I mean build date rather than model year. It makes zero difference to the actual vehicle but is just then registered as a 2016 rather than a 2015.
Master
Well, according to online tracking my car's ship (the Asian King) is due to dock in Fremantle on 17 January. My dealer is still telling me mid-Feb for delivery, but I'm optimistic that it might be sooner than that. I'm getting excited now! Less than a month to go.
Also, Barbagallo's has 3 used Defenders in its lot at the moment - all of which are listed at well above RRP. If they're actually selling at the prices that are being asked, then I've made about $10k in the time I've waited so far. Not bad!
Master
That Asian King gets about as mine arrived in Fremantle on it back on 8th October. It will be well worth the wait.
Master
SupporterThere are a bunch on carsales atm, all over $70k! Are these really selling for this? Blimey, I bought my new 110 just a year ago for just under $50kOriginally Posted by Andrew86
Fossicker
I suspect that what people are asking and what they are getting are two completely different things.There are a bunch on carsales atm, all over $70k! Are these really selling for this? Blimey, I bought my new 110 just a year ago for just under $50k
The guy advertising the Heritage for $85k last updated the advert on 9th December with:
A month later and it looks like he's neither sold, reduced price or started driving it...
...more smoke and mirrors. A beautifully restored series 1 for $85K hmm maybe. There may be a little bump in Defender prices over the next year due to mild shortage, but anyone thinking their vehicle is going to appreciate in value is dreaming really. Maybe if he keeps it immaculate and doesn't drive it for 30 years...it might be worth $85K+ in 2046. But by then a new car will be $250K.
Master
You've said yourself though that the Defender has always been pretty good value at $50-60k, compared to other 4x4s on the market.
Now that they're no longer available to buy new, there isn't the RRP price ceiling that there was before and the market gets to determine their true value. I don't think 70, 80 or even 90k is that ridiculous for a car like the Defender that we'll never see anything like again.
There are definitely some dreamers out there though, I don't disagree.
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