Thread: Its Time :(

Originally Posted by Eevo

40 year old land rover would be a collectors item no?
the V8 would be at scrap value
so are most cars that are 20plus years old

A 40 year old series with a non-original engine isn't a collectors item. It's a hunting or farm wagon.
But regardless of age or brand, I haven't seen a diesel 4wd in road legal condition sold for less than $4-5k. I see plenty advertised for less with all sorts of minor to major problems (rust, illegal mods, engine, drivetrain problems etc).
We have some directly applicable data with the disco series 1's. 300tdi models in NZ have just reached that low price bracket for the worst road legal examples and given their age and diminishing numbers, I think they'll shortly see climbing prices for those kept legal and in decent condition.
The same vehicles in V8 go for a lot less, if indeed they sell.

The figures here show 17 years is the lowest price point in a vehicles life, beyond that they get scarce and price rises.
We have seen that already with classic rangies, the online auction price for pristine ones here is $10k and rising every time a new one comes up for sale.

fair enough, your opinion

I'd like to see a V8 pull a 2300 kg, 23 ft van for 4500 km around Victoria and return 13.5l/100 km combined. And still out drag the trucks up the hills.
Nuff said.
Regards
Robbo

Well took ownership of the td5 this afternoon. Although the ride isn't as smooth as the V8. I still like it.

Will post pics in the next few days.

In regards to the perpetual V8 vs td5 war of words, there are pro's and cons for both camps, at the end of the day when I started this thread, I didn't realise it would evolve the way it has.

Am I happy with my purchase... yes....

Do I now need to sell the V8..... yes



Cheers everyone

Matt

Originally Posted by mattadelaide1975

In regards to the perpetual V8 vs td5 war of words

just some friendly banter
thats all

Originally Posted by Eevo

just some friendly banter
thats all

If the D2 V8 owners would just accept that the only thing going for the V8 is the exhaust note there would be no arguments.









Seriously thought the V8 largely appeals the buyers looking for a cheap weekend plaything to mod or take off road. I suspect that you might see a situation in 10-20 years where a V8 in really good condition fetches decent money.

A V8 will always sell,, even in its dotage as there will always be young kids that want a V8 to go play,, wheras people that buy a rattler buy it for a totally different reason, and that reason will force then to buy something thats newer, something that has resale, something that their wallett can live with.

Interesting debate

I recently went through this decision making process to buy my first D2. I decided i would buy on condition and use the v8 vs td5 price difference to buy fuel if i found a v8. I have no bias either way.

I ended up with a diesel for a v8 kind of price.

In terms of resale, i can only give an observation. For D1s and 2s, at the auctions (manheim, pickles) the diesels sell ok, the v8s rarely even get a bid and i havent seen a bid for a D1 v8 over $2k.

On the plus side, its happy hunting grounds for buyers of the v8s, especially if they are a little rough looking