Interesting. I have a very good condition 1985 Suzuki SJ413 KJA with documented 93k miles, super rare & insured for £15k on an ‘agreed valuation policy’. Iv been to 3 WBAC huts (just for a laugh, the car is not for sale) - We don’t buy cars of that age or that type. Owning a Land Rover is a love hate relationship. You love it til brakes down & then hate it because of the amount of work involved. I have had Land Rovers & RRCs, had a Defender or top spec D2 as a company car for 8 years. With proper use they’d last 6 months before something stopped working, normal serious with the D2. Keep the faith Man. Having a Land River is it’s own religion, or cult if You prefer.
I don't know what they do with them but they must make a fortune even sending them to auction. I know of one chap who sold a fairly valuable car to them becuase it had expensive problems about to rear their heads. At least he could sleep at night knowing he hadn't mis sold it to an enthusiast. 🤷
Looks great! Thanks for your comments in your previous video, really appreciate it. I am finding you fix one thing with a LR D2 and it rewards your hard work by providing you with a new problem. Its the car that keeps on giving! :)
Can't believe nobody is shocked at you paying 25 quid for a wash. You must be near London lol. Great price from them. I was offered 80 quid for a shogun that was really tidy😢
I'm about an hour from London on the south coast. I think the wash price was inflated due to writing off their rags 😂 that's a joke about the shogun, I'm assuming you told them where to shove it?
@Final_Drive yeah. Got 700 quid in the end. Clutch was at the top and it had an oil leak. Didn't want to spend on it as I bought a merc. I'd had it seven years without much drama
I know someone who took a mechanically knackered Espace to WBAC and got £1200 for it! Body wise it was perfect with no scratches or dents - they got offered £1200 online and then took it to the local WBAC dealer who couldn’t find any issues and wrote a cheque for the offered amount. About a month later they got a phone call from someone who had bought the car at auction and the gearbox had gone bang while they drove home, they denied any problems with that car and didn’t hear anything again!
Pity it's got modified suspension, a young vehicle like that would be worth a lot more as standard. I run 2 D2s, both are valued between 8-10 k by insurance company. One is year 2000 and other 2001. Getting very sort after vehicle's now, I've had 2 strangers wanting to buy mine in last 3 weeks at fuel pumps. And offering big money, will never sell.
Tell me about it! It was lovely when I bought it the first time in 2012. There's a pic in episode 1. The suspension is reversible but unfortunately to fit those wheels and tyres I had to trim the body and that's a one way ticket. Saving it from being scrapped is about all I can now do! Now is definitely the time to be buying a loved one like yours! 👏
@@lawrencemonaghan926 It has an MOT on it still from when I bought it back. I should have mentioned that it in EP1! I've got a few months to get it ready for its next one 🤞
