Thread: Looking at a Discovery 1997 in Canberra

Hi there,

well after chatting with the car yard they say they will replace the cracked windscreen with a new one and drop the price to $7990.00

The missus wants me to bargain the price down further before she lets me have it. Just asked for another drop but the guy doesn't seem too keen.

Ive been told what a car yard doesn't make on one car they pick up on the next. Does anyone support that statement?

Also have been doing some outside investigation and have found some very good things about this particular car but keeping it close at the moment until I can secure a decent price. Will let you all know in due course whether I buy it or not. stay tuned.

I can feel maybe becoming a landrover owner again is not too far away. However the missus reminds me that the wedding this year isn't going to be cheap.

Tony
(previous owner 93 Discovery, Series III 109 ex-army Long Wheel Base )

8 grand seems fantastically expensive for 97 TDi, have seen them listed in the marketplace on here for less than that. I reckon there's a fair bit more room for negotiation in that price yet, particularly given it's a base spec S.

[Edit] Just looked at RedBook, and trade price is $1600-$3400. I'd definitely be looking to knock at least $2000 more off their selling price

Hi Doug,

Thanks for the response mate. Will keep haggling away and see what happens.

Will keep an eye out for what is around. Just noticed a guy selling a Disco series 2 with 300k full service history for $7,500 up in Sydney. Maybe that might be worth a look too.

Regards
Tony

Hi guys,

Waiting for a response from the car yard. Having looked at the red book as previously mentioned I am going cold on the car.

I have managed to find the full history of the car and went around to the garage and also spoke to orginal owner. It has had very regular services and saw the full history going back to 2002.

Shifted my eyes to a Series 2 for $7500 in Sydney. It does have another 44k on the clock than this old series one but it is a 2001 model as opposed to the 1997. Called the guy and he is going to give me first chance of a test drive this Saturday. To get the right car I suppose I have to drive quite away. Early morning start from Canberra to up north of Sydney and back in a day. Been awhile since I drove that far. We do get a bit lazy with driving down here in A.C.T.

Do you think I would be best focussing on a series 2 private sale?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

There is also something to be haggled out of that private sale. I love my D2 but I think that 300k is a few kms. Is it an auto? Rebuild could be expected as they don't last for ever.

Good luck which ever way you go.