Thread: Army vehicle disposal

Hey Guys this morning I test drove this to see what they were like

Discounted Used 1989 Land Rover 110 (4WD) Green 4 Speed Manual Wagon - Cousins Motor Company, Oxley

My god it's like a truck compared to my current 4wd[Suzuki Sierra]

Battery was flat, then transfer would not engage high range[ was in neutral]

The driving position was great, very commanding, you sit nice and high, seats were ok..not uncomfortable at all, certainly better than my Dad's old series 3 109 seats

Shifting gears is not exactly easy[ like my sierra or a Toyota Corolla!]
The gears are very notchy and heavy[ I Missed gears a few times]
Not to mention the clucth is dam heavy! brakes were pretty average too!

The steering was a bit heavy at parking speeds, but no where near as heavy as I expected it to be..and it was fine once moving

The ride was not bad at all thanks to coils..quite good..but the interior was LOUD as! and the whole car feels extremely solid felt like a tank, quite a few vibrations too.

The Isuzu motor..felt very slow[ my sierra 1.3 felt quick in comparison]
But once moving it gets along fine..as long as your not in a hurry!
Reving the motor hard did't seem to make progress any quicker..
So long as each gear was in the torque band it was good

Would I buy one? HELL YES!

Hey 4x4 more iv been watching this one for sale for months, it's been getting steadily cheaper and cheaper. Think it was over 20 grand at first. it came from one of the first couple of auctions when people were paying ridiculous money for them. You may even beat them down in price or at least get them to replace all the batteries in it.

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Ben said they brought 15 of them from Gray's online,,

and that one cost them 19 grand

Originally Posted by 4x4 MORE

Ben said they brought 15 of them from Gray's online,,

and that one cost them 19 grand

They bid against their market. little bit of research will show what they paid for it.
They've still got the Air Defence I was bidding on against them.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

They've still got the Air Defence I was bidding on against them.

I would be interested to know what they paid for that one.
I bought an identical air defence at the July 14 auctions for $18.5k but with only 4700km showing since a Tenix rebuild. Seems like an expensive deal to me even with the price reduction.
Pete

Originally Posted by PeteFox

I would be interested to know what they paid for that one.
I bought an identical air defence at the July 14 auctions for $18.5k but with only 4700km showing since a Tenix rebuild. Seems like an expensive deal to me even with the price reduction.
Pete

You'd have to trawl through the old auctions. It had a distinctive tear in it.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

They bid against their market. little bit of research will show what they paid for it.
They've still got the Air Defence I was bidding on against them.

Yep think they got caught up in a bit of misinformed hype, bet it has cost them a few $$$

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Ah, Mr Sprint.
I was referring to a subset of loonies, the ones with cash. The loonies without cash do not buy Perenties. They move to Queensland.

Temporarily.

Every winter.

After buying a 3 litre Patrol or petrol Landcruiser.

And towing a $100k+ Taj Mahal on wheels.

At 70km/h.

EVERYWHERE.