Buying 1st Disco

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Originally Posted by lisian

So I know you are all saying to buy as late a model as we can afford but:( what if we found a 91' V8 Manual Disco with 171 000klm on it and lets say its $2999 and when we have a look at it, it's a fairly good honest car :angel:,
What do you think? Run in the other direction or think about it ;).
As it's sort of on the way to looking at a 95' Disco.
Wadda reckon, huh huh :D

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I reckon if you want a 94-99 model then you shouldn't be looking at a 91 model. It might be the same shape but just about everything else is different.

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Originally Posted by aquarangie

Is that the one on e-bay?? In the pics it looks pretty decent and for $3K you can't go too much wrong. Even if you had to spend that again on repairs it's still a good cheap Disco.

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Personally I would think $3k is too much for a 91 model. $6k is just ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by Utemad

Personally I would think $3k is too much for a 91 model. $6k is just ridiculous.

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You miss the point. What I was refering to even if you spent another $3K on the Disco you still would have a great vehicle that will last you 10 years that's all. But if like me it's DIY you can easily half that :D

By the way, I haven't seen a 91 Disco for less than $3K, unless it's a real dunga and destined to the wrecking yard :eek::eek: But then I would be intersted :twisted::twisted:

I agree, $6K is waaay too much for an early Disco. there's one at Slacks Creek in Brissie for $9K and it's an early 3 door. Like Darrel Kerrigan would say "tell him he's dreamin' " :lol2::lol2::lol2:

Trav

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Originally Posted by aquarangie

You miss the point. What I was refering to even if you spent another $3K on the Disco you still would have a great vehicle that will last you 10 years that's all. But if like me it's DIY you can easily half that

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Yes I suppose if you can't do any work yourself. But then you shouldn't be buying an old Land Rover:D

I guess the thing is once a car gets down to $3kish then it can't drop too much further as people would sell the parts off instead of the whole car. However for slightly more money you could get an update model (or less money if you are lucky).

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Originally Posted by Utemad

Yes I suppose if you can't do any work yourself. But then you shouldn't be buying an old Land Rover:D

I guess the thing is once a car gets down to $3kish then it can't drop too much further as people would sell the parts off instead of the whole car. However for slightly more money you could get an update model (or less money if you are lucky).

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So true, it's a sad state of affairs but that's the harsh reality. I've seen good 94 updated dash, etrc.. for less than $5K and these to be honest are a better buy :)

As an example of vehicles dropping to a point that they're worth more in parts, look at the scareness of the old 2 door Rangie now. 5 or so years ago there was a heap of then getting around but now you hardly see any. grabbed my 76 Rangie at the right time and it's a real gem too :thumbsup:

Trav