Thread: Defenders on "Car Sales."

Originally Posted by Eevo

on the subject of buying cars, ive never paid asking price. 75% is about what I usually pay. its a buyers market.

Yes x2 the same
And when im selling i always allow for the barter knowing it is easier to go down in price than up

I'd walk away if I thought a vehicle was 25% overpriced

Originally Posted by mrb505

I'd walk away if I thought a vehicle was 25% overpriced

i take it you never been to south australiar to buy a car

I see a Heritage at $107500,.....I believe the owner will have it for a very long time.
Pickles.

G'day guys,
I'm keen to hear your opinions on the orange Defender 110 adventure edition currently advertised on carsales for $86k. It's 2015 model with 9 thousand km. Unmodified n never been off-road. The likely price when purchased new from dealer is 78k so the owner is making some profit. Price is firm. First owner. Vehicle based in Eastern suburbs of Sydney ie next to the beach.

Considering its limited edition n low mileage n unmodified , I'm considering it. But the price is a bit steep IMHO. This would be my first defender n first LR, so hoping to leverage some wisdom n experience from this forum. Let me know what you think! Many thanks,
tom

Mate if you have money to burn and dont care that even the RRP for the limited edution was insane then go for it. Personally I think the price is a bad joke.

Cheers

contacttom123. Well, I reckon, if you like it,.....buy it.
Low K Defenders are fetching pretty good money as you can see by what's on car sales, not saying they're all making the asking price, but I know a couple of Defenders that've been sold for well over new price, and they weren't limited editions like this one is.
A friend of mine, who's on this forum has one the same as the one you're looking at, and He loves it. Beautiful leather interior. He's done a beautiful job of fitting side steps too!
We're on our first Defender too, but we've had a few "nice" cars, and if we've bought something S/H, then it has to be low k, original, with books etc, just like "your" Defender is.
I'm not sure about the new price, I think there might've been a bit of variety there, I'm sure some were sold over retail, but if you're a serious buyer you'll be wanting to see the purchase docs, invoice etc, so you'll be able to find out.
Anyway, that's just a few of my thoughts. Go & have a look,..AND BUY IT!!!....and keep us posted.
Good luck with your decision.
Pickles.

Originally Posted by rangieman

Yes x2 the same
And when im selling i always allow for the barter knowing it is easier to go down in price than up

That reminds me of when I was selling a ute a few years ago. I was asking $25k and the guy on the phone asks if I'm negotiable on the price. (This was after his son had taken it for a test drive and had a good look over it, as his Dad was remote). I told him "yes of course I'm negotiable - everything is negotiable really. But I won't go over $27k … I'd be embarrassed to take any more than that." He laughed … we settled on $22.5k.