no local ones available
that suit our criteria
preferably 1-2 year old low mileage with warranty
not black
silver at a push
up to 20k

anyone have any clues/tips on where to look?
TIA

Moving to the dark (long) side are we.

Have you tried doing a National search on http://www.autotrader.co.uk/, there looked to be plenty about.

Hope that helps.

Hi Tony

What's your budget? I found that 1-2 year old ones were overpriced. Picked up a 6 month old one with 7000 miles with GKN overdrive for 22,500. I reckoned that the extra warranty, lower mileage were worth the difference.

Cheers

Steve

Autotrader only threw up 2 110 XS's less than 2 years old for me..


*multi-photos (6) 2005 LAND ROVER DEFENDER LANDROVER DEFENDER 110 XS 15,000 miles, Landrover Defender 110 XS Java Black Leather seats/steering wheel/Air con/heated seats screen/ABS traction control/Patriot roofrack ladder/uprated transfer box power chip/23months landrover . . . . (private)
£ 19,999
34 miles

*multi-photos (6) 2005 LAND ROVER DEFENDER 110 XS Station Wagon 2005 / 05 plate, metallic Zambezi Silver, black XS half leather interior, only 6000 miles, 1 owner, heated front and rear screens, 9 seats, London congestion charge free, electric front windows, central . . . . (trade)


Cheers

Steve

i would ring Tim

Has Val gone mad?

Winston Pincombe in Chulmleigh may be worth a call, seems to have the Farming trade tied up on Exmoor.

Will

20kish budget
We missed the yeovil L/R one
silver is way down on colour choice
black definatley out
Red ideally
thanks for the pointers
shame the red one is in Cumbria!
a tad to far to go and look if it isn't the one.
tried Autotrader but none matching the criteria as yet.
will try a few more dealers tomorrow

mmm, think you will find , this one sold on e-blag Here

!! had it on autotrader at 21k sold ?? for 23500 !!! hope he gets paid !!

Your,s was cheap/good deal Steve !! no px if i remember ?? Tony, mine free after Belgium National !! still the cheapest 110 XS SW on autotrader !! and the Yeovil one was vat 20k + vat !!!

Yeovil one was £19995 inc vat when I called
no mention of vat in any of their adverts on top ot the asking price.
will do some chasing around tomorrow.
If these people are advertising cars at a price and not mentioning VAT to be added they can sod off for my money

Think you will find was +vat, did check with them, when they listed it for sale, know them quite well as bought a few Lr,s from them, also Exteter had one as well, but did not mention the vat !!

I've got a late model td5 110 Double cab on a Galvanized chassis, with 300 Tdi axles, no doors, but everything else is there seats brand new heated screen, 02 style dash. The body and everything else is mint like new colour of your choice for 4.5k

thanks for pointing that out then I will call them tomorrow to pass on my thoughts.
Thanks Nick
Val may be a little perturbed by having no doors though
a new one is what she wants so that's what she'll have(well as new as possible)

Have a look on Land Rover's used appoved there's a good few on there in your price bracket/spec/colour

Tim makes a good point, I had this issue when looking for one too. Lots on LR site with price but when you phone up and pointedly ask about the VAT you find out it's plus VAT. Started to p**s me off as you'd waste effort phoning up etc for Defenders that were actually 3-4K above price shown.

Also the variation between dealers can be big for nearly new and it seems to stem from how many Defenders they sell. Some just want them off their books. They have to take them in their allocation, have them as demos and then they want them off asap after 6 months. This is how I got the 90 for about 4K less than anywhere else. Others sell a lot of Defenders and therefore are happy to hold out.

There will be a number of six month old '06 ones coming on the forecourts in September from dealers and LR fleet if you can wait a month. Took me about 2-3 weeks of keeping an eye on LR site and dealers own lists before I got mine. Missed a couple as sometimes the dealers are slow to add them on. But wait was worth it as it saved me about 2-3K on other available.

Cheers

Steve

Just been onto the dealer with the red one
no movement on price whatsover.
offered me less for ours than Yeovil L/R too just to add insult to injury.

may just have to bide our time and keep looking

PS prices on the Used L/R site are Inc VAT though according to the dealers I've spoken to today

I know it is well out of your area but this place always has a good turnover of stock and if they have 2 or more you are interested in may be worth the trip.

mmmm James French, I've always wondered how he sells his stock at his prices - always over book price.

Shame about the red one Tony. So Tim are you throwing in the roof tent, rack and awning too?

Cheers

Steve

Steve, No,, not at the price TC have ground out of me !!!

The roof tent is " on test "

Tim did you get my last PM

Yep, but only 10 mins ago, had a few tiring days & late nights this week , ( racing Torbay Regatta)
so an early one was called for, before Datmouth and more late heavy nights !!!

Buy this one Tony..

ebay 110 XS

The owner has made such an effort to sell it.

Steve

Yep,,, and under car parts as well,,,

nothing like a good, honest & full description

yes and such good pictures

I would steer away from silver. I was looking at new a couple of years ago - the poor finish and wobbly panels really show up badly in silver.

"Poor finish & wobbly panels," come as standard on defender,

Best you don't look at the dark oslo blues ones, even worse, another reason i when for going silver this time !! current one looks better that the last !!

The search is over for Vals latest L/R many thanks to
Steve Gurney for finding it.
and Tim Jones for his invaluable guidance.

and all who offered help in this thread.

Hmmm, very nice mate, Val will be happy as a pig is sh1te driving that sucker.

Over time everyone comes around to the same conclussion.

A 110 is the best all around LR.

90s are nice toys, but just don`t have enough load space.

very nice, glad you got it sorted. closer to home that one then?

No problem, glad to help !! glad it all came out in the wash afterall

right, whats the betting, front winch, wing top plates, A bar, lamps,snorkel etc etc !!!

well done Tony

I reckon the first mod will be the steering lock stops 110 turning circle on boost alloys is not good

Cheers

Steve

Steve can you elaborate any on the above post please

Nice, but I think you need to put the tyres in a skip

Must be new or nearly new is it Tony? It looks like the new Rimini Red which hasn't been around too long.

tyres will be the first change for some BFG A/Ts
it is just 1 year old 9k miles
alveston Red in the advert from L/R I think it is actually Rimini as the ad also said the interior was grey and it is black

Definitely not Alveston, well not unless the colour balance in the photo is seriously cocked up. Rimini is nicer anyway - my next new one will probably be a 110 Crewcab in Rimini Red, gonna leave it for a while to make sure the new Fraud engine doesn't have any horrible problems though

I don't know why LR fit such crap tyres, there isn't a decent tyre on any of the vehicles these days. They even look rubbish, put a set of 265/75R16 BFG AT's on and it will look much better

I was out in one of our company 110s the other day, a nearly new one with the Michelin 7.50s they now fit on the new tubeless steel rims. It was a test drive so among other things I did an emergency stop and the braking - or lack of - was shocking - there felt to be much less stopping power (on a dry road) than the BFG MTs on my 90, and the Michelins are supposed to be road tyres...

Yep, ditching the General Grabbers transformed our 110, you would`nt believe the difference a set of 265/75 BFG A/Ts made.

Highly recommend the swap.

I just wonder what the point is of fitting tyres which

1) are rubbish on road (no grip)
2) are rubbish off road (no grip)
3) look rubbish
4) don't have good puncture resistance
5) don't have a good wear rate

And they aren't even cheap

What does the inside of the UK spec ones look like these days Tony - any different? Does it have the part leather seats? I see it has the silver plastic on the front so it must be a posh version, we only get black plastic here

I've never found a problem with the TR's, the only place they seem weak is in wet road braking but then again trying to stop 2T quickly on wet roads does take some grip. I do tend to pedal my 110 quite hard especially on the bendy bits where I try to keep the speed up due to poor acceleration when trying to regain speed and don't find the grip lacking. When I had the BFG MT's on last week I had few 'moments' as I was more used to the grip of the TR's. Ok they aren't the best off road but they have never failed to pull a heavily laden trailer (about 2.5T usually) out of wet or muddy fields, which is all the off roading I ask from a road tyre.

But as long as people keep slating them and changing them for BFG's/etc then that suits me as it keeps the cheap nearly new second hand market well supplied

That is a very very nice Land Rover ...... congrtas!!!!.......

TOP OF RANGE XS SPEC,,, Black Ripstock Half Leather Trim Brunel Grill & Headlamp Surrounds Aircon ABS/Traction Control Heated Seats Heated Front & Rear screens Electric front windows,Central Door locking 16 Boost Alloys Tinted Glass Airbag Bulkhead Deletion, Remote locking/alarm Cubby Box R.D.S Radio/CD



Likewise to Mark, never needed any reason to change the TR tyres, maybe i should try sometime,

I had to get rid of mine in a hurry, after the 3rd time of deflating them to around 13-14psi they developed bad distorions in the sidewall, after re-inflating the last time I had trouble maintaining 80kph on the way home, as the steering wheel was vibrating very bad. They aslo squeeled like a pig whilst cornering on the tar, my camel which weighed a heap more than my current 110 cornered better. But after fitting the BFGs, it felt like it was on rails on the corners compared to the G/Bs. With the BFGs I normally deflate to 10-14psi and hav`nt had a problem yet.

Mine are only used at road pressures (30F,35R) and have done over 20k with no probs.

Didn't they have probs with them in SA, maybe that don't take to heat and low pressures too well.

Hi Tony

The boost alloys have a bad offset which means that the turning circle is not great. There is room to adjust the steering lock stops without the tyres rubbing on the radius arms.

You'd be surprised how much this adjustment helps.

Another solution is to fit 30mm spacers, that I know some owners have done.

Cheers

Steve

Wow, nice barge Tony and Val, looks really cool !

Mo

stephen here it is:

Nice one Tony, looks lovely.



Airbag?

Chris

Nope just padded wheel

Steve

Yep, padded wheel, sorry, ?? ?? where the airbag bit came from !!!

Very nice, Tony. Looks like you'e got a beauitful vehicle there!

Saw on on ebay today 2005 silver

REF 330025073757

3200 miles 26 months remaining warranty £20950

and here

REF 140024624801

6500 miles 23 months remaining warranty £19900


John

John

The first is not a XS, only a LE silver !!,,

as for the second one,, smells a bit to me , vender sold a VERY simalar one a few weeks ago for 23K odd check links on the first page of this topic