Defenders on "Car Sales."

Ha ha ha :) I try to be a Hipster but every time I grow my beard with my Italian heritage and ethnic looks, I end up looking like a terrorist. :(

I think I look Hip everyone else is in shock :o

My reasons for selling slightly differ, the first time around the vehicle had worn me down after two years of traffic. This time money was the motivation and a combination of the comfort levels, which I was trying to overcome with engine and transmission transplants.
I'm still keeping my eye on the ball though and will buy another that I can do the transplants with.

Forza Defender :D

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Would it be fair to say that most of the f those changing hands at are those from dealers? I've noticed the last three to be sold were at dealers, probably the reason being that you could offset your purchase with a trade in without having to find say $70K of spare change to buy privately?
It looks to me that the private sale of Defenders is stagnating, which is also why I elected the trade up route than wait around trying to sell privately when a truck I wanted came up.

There's a yellow 04 Defender with 295K for $45K !!! Now they are dreamin! Even with the list of accessories! ...unless it's gold plated

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There's a yellow 04 Defender with 295K for $45K !!! Now they are dreamin! Even with the list of accessories! ...unless it's gold plated

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Just a typing error,should be a 1 not a 4:p:D;)

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There's a yellow 04 Defender with 295K for $45K !!! Now they are dreamin! Even with the list of accessories! ...unless it's gold plated

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Why are they dreaming? You new Puma blokes are not seeing the big picture with Defenders. You think it's about being newer and low mileage, like they are a Commodore or Camry

It's not. It's about what is becoming collectible and what does/will appeal to the enthusiast, now and over the next decade or two. Not everyone interested in Defenders aspires to own the Ford version.

Australia is just starting to catch up with what's happening in Europe and the US.

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Originally Posted by steane

Why are they dreaming? You new Puma blokes are not seeing the big picture with Defenders. You think it's about being newer and low mileage, like they are a Commodore or Camry It's not. It's about what is becoming collectible and what does/will appeal to the enthusiast, now and over the next decade or two. Not everyone interested in Defenders aspires to own the Ford version. Australia is just starting to catch up with what's happening in Europe and the US.

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Good point. Thumbs up

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Well if you're right Steane and Babs, no one can complain about high Defender prices across the board.

Does this mean end of thread ❓

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Well it looks to me that Defender prices on carsales have settled at a level similar to the most comparable vehicle - Landcruiser 76 4-door workmate. There are around twice as many Toyotas 120ish compared to Defenders 60ish. It will be interesting to see whether that changes, but yes the thread is probably about a non issue now, unless Defender prices rise or fall significantly.

Per my last post in this thread I've seen a noticeable change in price for 2007-2012 models with a few now sitting under 40k and as low as $33k for nice examples where recently these were $45k+