Thread: Resale value of Discoveries

I have 2 Discos, a 200Tdi and a 3.9 V8
I paid $3500 cash for the V8 where a Tdi of the same Vintage is around the 10 Grand mark.
I figure that if I keep the V8 for 2 years and flog it off I'm still in front on fuel.

Am driving a D1 V8 at moment - sounds great, actually accelerates when you put your foot down. Petrol's cheaper than diesel by about 10%. For time being until petrol goes through the roof it would seem a great cheap car for what you get. If the majority of your driving is in the city - not a bad choice for entry level - cheap!

I have a Rangie v8 and a D1 tdi. Depends on what you want to do with the vehicle. If I go for a longish run, ill take the tdi. For short bursts around the mud tracks and to drive around town, the v8 is the go (got mine on dual fuel - well 99% gas and reserve petrol tank). Although I drive the tdi around town a lot as well (baby seat is in that one) I feel as though I may be stressing the motor dou to the short distances (work is only 10min away).

Diesels hold their value alot better than petrols but overall they dont have a flash resale value. especially from new.

When I went to trade in my 04 V8, i was offered as low as $15000 for it when it was 2 1/2 years old.

Discoverys don't have resale value.
The diesel is better than the V8 for resale though as you'd expect. Same in any make.

No matter which one you buy you are going to lose. However with a V8 you have less to lose as they are much cheaper to start with.

Buy the one which suits you and live with the expense.

There was a beauty on E-bay that did not sell.
http://tinyurl.com/yquqrn

1999 Landrover Discovery ES 7, with Every option Registered with 144ks Full Logbooks history and allways serviced 7 Seats full leather Electric Front seats with Armrests Cruise Mutifunction steering wheel Bluetooth Kit Cd Stacker Bull Bar Tow bar Spot Lights Side Steps Dual Airconditioning systems Woodgrain ABS /ACE/ Airbag Suspension Realistic Price $10,500

The pictures look good

For $10.5K **** the fuel economy, that's a cheap rig, even if you had to spend a few dollars on it you're going to be in front.

Trav

Originally Posted by aquarangie

For $10.5K **** the fuel economy, that's a cheap rig, even if you had to spend a few dollars on it you're going to be in front.

Trav

Have you ever seen how much fuel a 4.0V8 goes through?

You may as well get a 20k loan, buy the diesel and save the extra in the first decent 2 or 3000km run on holidays.

If it was on LPG it would be a different story but not many converters like to do them and they are extremely exy to do an LPG convert to.

The TDI Discos, 97/98 seem to be the most popular as there were some build issues before 97 but they should all be sorted by now and they seem to be holding around the 10 to 18k mark depending on Ks and extras.

D1 V8s are cheap and have nothing in the way of resale, you will lose money on them but if you only need it for a short time, they arnt as exy to run as a 4.0 D2 but they do suck the fuel if you have a heavy right foot and as far as getting going blah blah blah, the V8 may sound like it's taking off quicker than the 300TDI but as soon as the boost comes in they are not much different in the go stakes.

TD5 D2's can be a bit of a lucky dip but again if it was going to break then it should have by now so most should be ok and they are worth the dollars if you dont mind eletronics.

Hope thats helpfull and not just long winded.