Thread: How much extra

I don't think there's any formula, you can't recover costs of vehicle mods; an untouched original vehicle with the same km would probably fetch more, in fact the accessories suggest that the vehicle has had off-road and outback use carrying heavy loads. I'd just choose a price that you'd be prepared to accept based mainly on condition and recent sales.

Pod , I note your comments about the extras on the vehicle indicate offroad use to some tyre kickers.

FFS , what is the vehicle for?

I advertised a D2 with over 350k and fully set up for offroad as. most of that mileage was. I hung up on anyone that asked if it had been offroad.

Not meaning to attack you Pod. , but subject matter.

To be fair, when you have the option of buying one that has had an easy life compared to one that has had a hard life... its a fair question. When it has all of the fruit, it has probably had a hard life. The unicorn is the decked 4WD that had 1 trip to Barrington Tops.

Much like with my Disco2, its worth far more to me than anybody else.

both ways have their merits I guess. Personally I'd prefer to do the mods myself, but this particular car has some very good bones to build on. I would also expect that a Defender would have done Defender things. Let['s face it, an unmodded Deefer could have spent its life towing three tonnes of horsefloat.

A big driver of price for me is a well documented service history and the condition of the underlying vehicle. A vehicle that has been heavily used for off-roading tends to show it. A few sensible mods with quality kit done well ,which these appear to be, may not add much to the price but would sweeten the deal to the right buyer. Provided there hasn't been any hack-and-slash fitting the mods, they can always be reversed. I am sure a new buyer could swap an ARB bull bar for a standard bumper bar if they wanted an original look (I have one if they they are interested ).

Originally Posted by Tins

both ways have their merits I guess. Personally I'd prefer to do the mods myself, but this particular car has some very good bones to build on. I would also expect that a Defender would have done Defender things. Let['s face it, an unmodded Deefer could have spent its life towing three tonnes of horsefloat.

On short trips.
Look at the milage taxis attain, all because they never get cold started.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

On short trips.
Look at the milage taxis attain, all because they never get cold started.

I had one. EF. well over 800,000.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Pod , I note your comments about the extras on the vehicle indicate offroad use to some tyre kickers.

FFS , what is the vehicle for?

I advertised a D2 with over 350k and fully set up for offroad as. most of that mileage was. I hung up on anyone that asked if it had been offroad.

Not meaning to attack you Pod. , but subject matter.

I would never purchase a 4x4 that has any visible signs of 4x4ing, I would never buy one that has a redarc in it either, even though I heavily mod ALL of my 4x4s for the sole purpose of taking them offroad, why on earth would anyone want to buy one that could have been thrashed offroad, or towed an enormous caravan all over the country. No thanks, I'll buy one that has been treated like a baby it's whole life.