Thread: Rangie HSE on Ebay. What to look for?

Originally Posted by p38arover

Yep, they are hard to stop when the booster pump (or accumulator) fails.

like i said even worse when you have no prior warning at all

still a bloody great car to drive though

The seller has zero feedback, provided no phone number, no invitation to come and inspect, no VIN or rego number to verify authenticity.

A Rangie for less than half private sale price could be true, or too good to be true.

I'm going with the latter.

I would not be surprised if in the current economic climate that the late P38A like this is not worth much at trade value. Maybe the owner went to a dealer and that's all they were offered. Maybe.

I am looking for a car for my wife and am seriously considering a late P38 after I saw a 2000 4.0 tumble on Carsales from $22k in Feb to $13,750 this month. I don't know what he got for it in the end, but I'm guessing it was cheap.

Just bear in mind that unless we have a economy turn around in the next five minutes, these cars are not going to be worth any more, that's for sure. They are getting old, are expensive to run and maintain.

I thought my D2 was a good buy at $12.5k in April, and now see one advertised just like it for $10k! I am not worried about its value at all as the D2 is a fantastic car and a keeper, but the point is there should be no rush buying one of these things, and I reckon getting a good one is worth spending the extra few thousand $$$ on. I know from personal experience that you can spend thousands more rushing to buy a 'cheap' Land Rover.

The hard part is trying to convince someone who's advertising a late P38A at $22k that their car is worth $15k at the most (I believe, anyway.)

From the mention of "moving o/s" i wouldn't be at all surprised if this was another example of the good old holding deposit scam....

Ebay listing very cheap - you get in touch to buy or hit the buy it now and wait.

Seller gets in touch and starts the sale process, only problem is they have already moved O/S.

Funnily enough they then ask for you to prove your commitment to buy and transfer a deposit amount to them to lock in the purchase, at which point they will fly back to Austalia/organise a relative/pay someone to come and meet you to complete the sale.

Needless to say you never see your deposit/payment/the car again....

Be VERY careful, this one rings the worlds largest warning bells to me - especially with no plates on the car in the pics making it even more difficult to trace.

The ebay ad has been removed now, so it looks like it was too good to be true.

Curses! I never got to see the advert.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Ahh. I was referring to a '95 model. I don't have eBay access here so I'll have to look when I get home.

Is this the one Ron


1995 RANGE ROVER 4.6 HSE AUTO NO RESERVE - eBay, Passenger Vehicles, Cars, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 24-Aug-08 13:52:35 AEST)

Aha. The one to which I referred was this one: 1995 RANGE ROVER P38 - eBay, Passenger Vehicles, Cars, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 20-Aug-08 18:59:42 AEST)

I had seen that one aswell.If i go this way i might send you a pm to see what you think of some i'm looking at.Wifes not keen on another car(Let alone a V8)but i think if i can get her to drive one this may change.