Thread: Defenders on "Car Sales."

Originally Posted by frantic

If the repair was done well, it could possibly be better than a factory delivered defender!
The reason written off vehicles where not allowed to be re-registered in NSW was cars being re birthed, so a blue XYZ gets crushed and a dodgy repairer buys the crushed vehicle as well as getting a thief to flog an identical year/model to which he fits the comp plate of the crushed car and changes or swaps the engine number/chassis numbers around. Now bingo here is a fully rebuilt XYZ worth 30-80k thats cost him the scrap value and the thief's fee.
Other more sophisticated ones would import the stolen cars to match the written off plates, and then onsell them.

If its being in a rollover, check the chassis for cracks/bends, but in reality a lot of defenders have their full weight resting on a tiny section of chassis rail when hung up offroad. It really comes down to the speed of the rollover and the attitude of the insurance company. There have been instances I've heard of a defender being written off because the rear chassis member was bent after being run into, when we all know its either a simple cut and weld in a new section , or buy a whole new galv one from the UK and replace, which would cost less than a complete write off.

Depending upon the quality of the repair, aim for about 10% to maybe more than 25% below an equivalent original defender.

This is what I was thinking really. He's agreed to $20k which is less than half the price most are advertised for which makes it tempting but also makes me suspicious! Cheers for the opinions and advice.

Guys Defender 2 is coming... LR has confirmed the design locked in. Yes it will be a Very different vehicle and some may hold that they prefer the older type... Fair one, but I reckon if people are willing to wait then Deefer 1 prices will settle lower. They will still, for good reason, hold good values but just not IMHO anything like what people are profiteering at now. Cheers

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Originally Posted by ozscott

Guys Defender 2 is coming... LR has confirmed the design locked in. Yes it will be a Very different vehicle and some may hold that they prefer the older type... Fair one, but I reckon if people are willing to wait then Deefer 1 prices will settle lower. They will still, for good reason, hold good values but just not IMHO anything like what people are profiteering at now. Cheers

IMHO, I think that what you are saying could well be true, but really depends upon how good the "New" Defender is.
Pickles.

Originally Posted by Geary

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http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars...defender-2018/

Thanks Tombie.

Originally Posted by ozscott

news/a31000/new-land-rover-defender-2018/

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Originally Posted by ozscott

I reckon if people are willing to wait then Deefer 1 prices will settle lower. They will still, for good reason, hold good values but just not IMHO anything like what people are profiteering at now.

You make it sound as though people buy Defenders because there's nothing better around. They've been totally obsolete for years but people still love them. I'm confident that wherever JLR takes the Defender name next will have little to no impact on prices of the originals

We must all wait and see. We are all just giving our best guess. Cheers