Just wondering what your opinions would be on FFRR's for sale at Auction Houses , would you buy a FFRR from them or do you think you would be better buying from a well known garage / dealer .

And for talking sake you had about £40k to spend would this get you a better specced / newer model than from a dealer.

Toying with the idea of going to one of these but having looked at some sites over the last two days not seen any with FFRR's up my way.

the biggest issue is warranty, you dont get it with auctions [afaik] and with the range rover ,things do go wrong. ... - .- -.




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a lot of dealers get there stock from the auction so it should save you a few bob plus if you want warrenty you can always buy that seperate
mine came from the auction "RANGEISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED"
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If you don't really care what spec, colour, mileage etc then auctions can be great to save £ 1000's
But be prepared for the hassle to find out any service history and repair things yourself.

Read their terms small print before bidding - some auctions do not allow any returns, some only give 24 to 48 hours to return vehicles if something big goes wrong.

All you can do is find one selling what you want, go there & view it the 5 mins before they sell it off & hope for the best.

Probably best to stick with ex-fleet / repossesions / ex-rental. I wouldn't touch a private sale or stolen recovered one going through auction.

Auctions are daunting experience even for Dealers and personally I avoid them like the plague. There simply is not enough time to properly inspect the cars as the doors are only opened when the drivers sets off for the sale hall.

Prices are sometime inflated by private buyers bidding against dealers and in general prices are not as low as you may think.

As stated above Main Dealer PX Auctions categories are a lot safer but as the dealer is not selling the car but simply sending it off to auction they are not that bothered what they take in so it is no guarantee of a good car I am afraid.

Most A1 cars do not get to auction for many reasons so if you decide to try and get a bargain be very careful and be prepared for substantial private buyer fees on top of hammer price!

My tuppence worth.

Mate of mine bought one last year at auction it was a Vogue and was 2007 TDV8 . There was 110K miles on it when he bought it it had everything done timing belt at 105 K miles etc with full history. Hes now at 130K and it has not missed a beat. He paid 28k Euro for it not bad as car was 3 years only and cost 120K + new. Present :2008 TDV8 HSE
Gone Audi A5 2.7TDI
Gone Discovery 3 HSE
Gone Mercedes CLK
Gone Range Rover 2.5 DSE

I am not saying that good cars cannot be had just that its a risky business. Lots of people will not buy private let alone auction. If you're up for it give it a go...

It was basically just an idea really to try , not saying that i would , knowing my luck i would get one that breaks down more than cheryl cole ….

If you see something locally I'll go along with you Mick, I've had plenty practice

my dads been buying cars from the auction for years infact id say as long as ive been alive and i can only ever remember 1 that was a problem and that was a ringer "RANGEISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED"
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googsy2 wrote:

Mate of mine bought one last year at auction it was a Vogue and was 2007 TDV8 . There was 110K miles on it when he bought it it had everything done timing belt at 105 K miles etc with full history. Hes now at 130K and it has not missed a beat. He paid 28k Euro for it not bad as car was 3 years only and cost 120K + new.

he may be reffering to the tensioners  "RANGEISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED"
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supershuttle wrote:

googsy2 wrote:

Mate of mine bought one last year at auction it was a Vogue and was 2007 TDV8 . There was 110K miles on it when he bought it it had everything done timing belt at 105 K miles etc with full history. Hes now at 130K and it has not missed a beat. He paid 28k Euro for it not bad as car was 3 years only and cost 120K + new.

I've got a TDV8 3.6, I didn't think it had a timing belt that needed replacing just a timing chain - does than need replacing?
What intervals?

Yep believe so at 105 K miles the in the garage I bought from said it had a chain but its confirmed here that its a belt . Would be nice to know costs im sure its comparative to Disco3 . Present :2008 TDV8 HSE
Gone Audi A5 2.7TDI
Gone Discovery 3 HSE
Gone Mercedes CLK
Gone Range Rover 2.5 DSE

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Sorry

Super see below for Timimng Belt post


http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic6316.html?highlight=timing  Present :2008 TDV8 HSE
Gone Audi A5 2.7TDI
Gone Discovery 3 HSE
Gone Mercedes CLK
Gone Range Rover 2.5 DSE