Hi everyone,

Am getting back into a FFRR but want some advice. I sold my 04 Vogue nearly a year ago & miss it massively!

My budget is c. £15k - more for an exceptional one but ideally less

That kind of puts me at the bottom end of a TD6 Facelift on a 05 plate or I could get a 54 plate pre-facelift but with the touch screen nav for about £3k less.

What do I do? Head says go for the pre-facelift & save the cash - even do a DIY facelift later on. My heart says I will always have that niggle in me saying "It's not a facelift "

What about resale value?

Any other pros or cons? I have seen 3 x pre facelift 54 plate touchscreen for around the £12k mark so do I save the £3k or go for a genuine facelift?

Decisions, decisions... Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

15 MY 110 XS USW

54 FFRR Vogue TD6 Touchscreen - Gone!
56 FFRR TDV8 VSE - Gone!

In case it helps I have a 2005+ facelifting kit available for £900....

Thanks Gary, looks like my Defender is going but as we all know, it's not sold till it's sold! Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

15 MY 110 XS USW

54 FFRR Vogue TD6 Touchscreen - Gone!
56 FFRR TDV8 VSE - Gone!

Gazellio wrote:

In case it helps I have a 2005+ facelifting kit available for £900....

I would go and get a pre-facelift thats been well cared for. If the look of it really bothers you, get the facelift done for little cost.

I know but I can't get that "niggle" out of my head!

The same sort of thing that would bug me had I bought a Boxster instead of a 911!

I think Jeremy Clarkson even calls it the Porsche Boxster syndrome!

I'll just go & have a look at the post-facelift first & then decide depending on how flexible the man is on price  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

15 MY 110 XS USW

54 FFRR Vogue TD6 Touchscreen - Gone!
56 FFRR TDV8 VSE - Gone!

Kensta wrote:

Gazellio wrote:

In case it helps I have a 2005+ facelifting kit available for £900....

Do you stock a alot of the facelifting kits as I may be looking for a one in the future?

you can usually get a lot more (low mileage) pre facelift for your money sub £15K than you can post facelift ...at least thats what I found about 18 months ago when buying

there was quite a premium on a post 05 car with same miles/condition

in the end I decided Id sooner have a better condition older car and havnt looked back since....I do about 25K miles a year though, so another year or so and will move up to a post facelift then  cheers
bogie