Hi

I bought an almost identical 4.2 a month ago with 103k on it, I paid quite a bit less than that from a dealer so you should be able to haggle a bit I would think...
ps they are great though

Regards
Ben

Hi

I thought as much. It's hard to sometimes put a price tag on these given that a good condition s/c is rarer than other models...and give or take a few hundred quid at this price bracket it's neither here more there.

But like you say...it should be less.

Cheers for the advice.

Martin 1992 Defender 90 200 TDI
2001 Defender 110 TD5
2001 Range Rover 4.6 Vogue
2006 Discovery 3 2.7 TDI

price is over the top for the mileage, Is it a private sale or a dealer ? either way I think ther'e just chancing there luck to see what happens you'd be lucky if you were offered 5K for it part ex So 8.5k me thinks, make an offer I think it will sit around a while at that price. SC myself to pre 07 though and they are nice if its a good one. Range rover 4.2 SC 06MY.

Hi

It's a dealer so he has his margin. I'm thinking £8500 too but I want to see all receipts for work carried out otherwise I'll look around. I don't want to walk into £2/3k maintenance costs in the first 1000 miles.

Thanks for your feedback. 1992 Defender 90 200 TDI
2001 Defender 110 TD5
2001 Range Rover 4.6 Vogue
2006 Discovery 3 2.7 TDI

If its a dealer he'll have a big margin in that trust me has he a lot vehicles on the pitch or just a few
if it's only a few he might want a quick turn over . Go see it and the paper work if all is good sus him out be pleasant and make him a one off offer don't waver tell him its all your budget and you'll walk if not accepted
you may well end up pleasantly surprised, were all on the forum but in the real world of general car sales they'e not an easy motor shift hence the older models going to trade for nothing really at auctions. good luck.  Range rover 4.2 SC 06MY.

I agree. I'll check it out shortly and see what can be done.

He's got a few cars so not sure how desperate he is but I'll assume he picked it up for around £5k/£6k max!! 1992 Defender 90 200 TDI
2001 Defender 110 TD5
2001 Range Rover 4.6 Vogue
2006 Discovery 3 2.7 TDI

probably less than 5K me thinks you'll have listen to salesman bull***t unless he's decent though
always the same patter worthless/ hard to sell when p/xing super rare and hard to find like this when your buying
but be prepared to walk away and leave a contact number. Range rover 4.2 SC 06MY.

I recognise the background and have an inkling who the dealer is and where they are. Woking area?

Cannot recommend a (good) 4.2SC highly enough.  Si. <This is my name.

I eat rat poison.

A man ain't truly been insulted until he stands buck naked in front of a woman and she didn't even notice. Or care.

Hi Guys

Yes it's Cobham. Baker Brothers.

Had a look at it. I didn't make an offer on it as he was still waiting paperwork to show service history. The receipts that I did see where mostly for consumables so that's ok but I was more looking out for bigger item...and as I havent got all the receipts I cant pass judgement on the mechanical side. However with 156k miles mu instinct tells me there will be a variety of items that will need attention. What gives me this feeling is that on the pics the car looks good ish but upclose there are many imperfections, evidence of some paint work here or there etc. Also little things like a bug being caught in the front light cluster so can be seen when looking at it. I know this is minor and largely irrelevnat but it will irritate me. There were quite a few scratches around the door step etc and from the description i was given it was used as a family mule. They live part UK and part elsewhere...which is weird because looking at the receipts the car was last serviced in may 2015 with 130k on clock so in the last 30 months it has still been actively used as an every day motor covering 26k miles. As there are no service receipts present I suspect there is another round of servicing and maintanence to do...although he says hes waiting on the service book and receipts to arrive as they have been requested from the workshop blah blah.

On a plus it had freshly refurbed alloys and nearly new crossc contact tires so thats nice.

What also got me excited was that for a 2007 the black interior with black panels and black/piano wood trim looks fantastic. I've had a few X5's of late and whilst very nice too, I have to say I think I prefer this cabin.

I have been looking further and now I'm also wondering if its worth waiting/spenidng more on a 2010 model with the newer interior and dash...arghhhh. But to be fair my budget was anywhere between £8k and £13k depending on what comes up and I cant see many 2010 models available with my kind of spec...

Once I find one I'll be looking forward to playing in it...we have already planned doing the Northcoast 500 at the end of August in it so that will be something to look forward to!! 1992 Defender 90 200 TDI
2001 Defender 110 TD5
2001 Range Rover 4.6 Vogue
2006 Discovery 3 2.7 TDI

Martin

For that kind of money, I would expect the car to be in really excellent cosmetic condition but from what you have written, it sounds far from that. Of course, the mechanical condition is important but bodywork/paintwork issues can be so expensive to put right properly.

I would also expect to see a fairly detailed folder with maybe some bigger items like alternator, water pump, air suspension struts, air suspension compressor - that type of thing.

You know the sort of spec you want and the colour combo that you like so my advice would be to walk away from this one and wait for the right car to come along. There likely will be other disappointing cars along the way but if you phone ahead first and specifically ask about the bodywork/paintwork, stuff like that, you should be able to weed out some of the duff ones. Don't get too hung up on items like piano black wood - you could swap these out later if you cannot find a car with them already fitted.

It is also definitely worth keeping an eye on the for sale section on this forum because there are some lovely cars that come up from time to time.

Good luck with your search mate. Current Cars:
MY11 5.0 SC Stornoway - sold
MY06 TD6 Zambezi - sold
1997 BMW E36 M3 Evolution Convertible Estoril

Now that looks a good car but only you can see the detail of it. I just don't get the mudflap thing, I know they're functional but for me it totally destroys the look of the car.

Keep looking.

Steve.

To be honest...it's in fab condition...but he wants £12500.

Should I be paying that??

I can hold out for a 2010 model if I stick another grand or two in.

Have to say for a 07 model it's in great nick and has all the right bits like tires etc.

Paintwork is very good. Interior is very good. 1992 Defender 90 200 TDI
2001 Defender 110 TD5
2001 Range Rover 4.6 Vogue
2006 Discovery 3 2.7 TDI

I'm surprised it's so hard to find a black on black S/C - that's explicitly what I didn't want when I was looking a few months ago, which caused me no end of hassle as at the time I was finding the vast majority of S/C's were in black!