New Land Rover needed!

[Jitterbug]

Hi

I am currently in Turkey as part of a big overland trip ending in Australia next year where I will be staying and working for a while.

The plan was to ship my 300tdi commercial Disco out there from Dubai but, given the cost and complication it is now looking like it will be easier and cheaper to quickly drive back to the UK (from Iran) and reluctantly sell the land rover and buy a new one in Aus to carry on the rest of the trip (despite the countless hours spent on it).

I really want to stay with land rover and fancy a 110 probably another 300tdi. How much am I looking at for one in decent condition, preferably with a few mods already done (snorkel, suspension, winch)?

I will be over in January and looking to buy anywhere in the country.

If anyone is interested details of the trip are on www.excellentadventre.co.uk

Thanks,

Dave

[Xtreme]

Understand your position Dave, met a French couple who shipped a 110 from Dubai to Perth recently and swore that they would never do it again.
Regarding purchasing in Australia, you shouldn't have too much trouble picking up a suitably equipped 110.
Following is a description of a 1993 110 that just sold for $10500 through our club magazine. And on the other end of the scale there was also a very well equipped 2000 Defender 110 Xtreme with a host of extras including L/R Fuel tanks, water tanks, dual batteries, cross axle diff lock, H/D springs and shocks, drawer system, roof rack etc etc.- sold for $35000.

200TDi 1993 2.5 litre turbo-diesel. Ex-navy 2 door troop carrier, good condition.
150,000 km, gearbox/transfer box recently reconditioned, clutch & rear oil seal replaced.
ARB bull bar and tow bar, Warn winch, extra 40 litre fuel tank, Kaymar swing-way spare carrier, 60 litre water tank, snorkel, dual batteries with isolator, aluminium roof rack. Fitted out with single camping bed/bench and 40 litre Autofridge eutectic refrigerator (original seats all available). 6 road tyres (4 low mileage) on original rims, 4 off-road tyres (low mileage) on disco rims with a spare rim. Overhead rack and rear mount suit HF radio.

It just depends what your budget will accommodate but there are usually quite a few 110's available - possibly even a few more will appear on the market 'at the right price' with the current financial situation.

Roger

BTW have you met up with any of the Land Rover enthusiasts from the clubs in Turkey? I believe they are a very friendly bunch.

[Jitterbug]

Thanks Roger,

I think my bedget is closer to the $10 to 15k mark rather than $35k!

The thought of getting the disco 'as clean as new' to get into Aus is definately a frightening one!

Not got in touch with Turkish Land rover club, the prop and front diff died a couple of days ago and we have been quoted nearly $4000 usd by land rover to sort ıt so we may be in 2wd for the rest of the trip!

Is the club magazine online? Could be usefull to start looking now. Can i subscribe?

Thanks a lot,

Dave

[Xtreme]

Thanks Roger,

I think my bedget is closer to the $10 to 15k mark rather than $35k!

The thought of getting the disco 'as clean as new' to get into Aus is definately a frightening one!

Not got in touch with Turkish Land rover club, the prop and front diff died a couple of days ago and we have been quoted nearly $4000 usd by land rover to sort ıt so we may be in 2wd for the rest of the trip!

That doesn't sound too good. Make sure you remove the front drive shaft and axles if you're going to drive around in 2WD, otherwise you will chewing a bit of metal up in the front end.

Is the club magazine online? Could be usefull to start looking now. Can i subscribe? See 2nd link below.

Thanks a lot,

Dave

The club does have a markets section but due to a recent change in webmaster all is not yet up to pace, shouldn't be long though.

A few areas to keep an eye on:
The Markets section of this forum where you'll get a much larger coverage and can place a 'wanted ad'
Complete Vehicles - Australian Land Rover Owners

The 'Members Market' section of the LROC (Sydney Branch) Inc.
Land Rover Owners Club of Australia (Sydney Branch) - Members Market

And a few Internet listings such as
www.carsales.com.au
and
www.drive.com.au

Good luck and keep in touch.

Roger

[Outlaw]

A good starting point other than the Markets in here would be

Trading Post - Buying and Selling Goods Online Australia wide
Used Cars - New Cars - Search New & Used Cars For Sale - carsales.com.au

[Shonky]

Whoa - another disco dave!

[Xtreme]

Whoa - another disco dave!

Three of them actually.
disco-dave
DiscoDave and
Disco Dave

Roger

[Jitterbug]

Cheers for the links.

I guess i should change to defender-dave when i get the new LR!

[spudboy]

Hey Dave - interested to check out your web-site but the URL you've got in your first post does this:


Oops! This link appears broken.
DNS error - cannot find server.

Can you re-post it?

Thanks
David

[martinozcmax]

Hey Dave - interested to check out your web-site but the URL you've got in your first post does this:


Oops! This link appears broken.
DNS error - cannot find server.

Can you re-post it?

Thanks
David

Typo - try ExcellentAdventure he accidentally missed out the u.

Regards


Martin