slightly off topic – but….
I’ve been having a look at used land rovers from various ‘specialist’ dealers, not sure if I will actually buy one, but my notional budget is £12-£18k ish, for a 90 station wagon.
From having a look around, it seems there are two types of vehicle in this budget from these ‘specialists’:-
– An older (late 90’s) vehicle , but apparently fully renovated model, usually built on a galvanised chassis. They look ,at least to the untrained eye, pretty smart, with a nice paint job, updated interior etc etc, high mileage usually >100k miles
-A newer (post 2005 ish) vehicle, looks to be in reasonable cosmetic condition,maybe not as nice as the renovated vehicle, but lower mileage 60k+.
Anyone got any views on these, what would the land rover cogniscenti do with my kind of budget? The purpose of it would be ‘just because I like them’,I have no need for any actual off road capability, and it wouldnt be an everyday car. I’m tending towards the newer vehicle, but interested in the views of the enthusiast.
I also have a caterham 7 ,which I like for the same reasons as the land rover, albeit them having totally different purposes,but am generally used to spannering etc.