Owning more than one Landy

[Spacemud]

Hi Folks,

I'm thinking of adding another Land Rover to the collection, I currently have a Discovery 200 Tdi. The only thing putting me off is the obvious extra expense but there seems to be plenty of you with more than one so I was wondering if there are any tips you could give on saving on things like tax, insurance, etc if I have two. How practical/expensive/cost effective would it be to run each for just 6 months of the year?

Cheers,

Spacemud

[Andy the Landy]

Buy a tax exempt Series or Range Rover, then send a PM to Barry Scott (Mud-clubs resident insurance guru) for a decent quote

[Spacemud]

Cheers, what year does tax exempt start and does it change every year?

Spacemud

[xmob]

Most Landie owners have two because they need a spares donor.   :D

Rolling tax exemption finished when our current leaders came to power.  I believe the cut off date is some time in 1971.   :?:

[muddyweb]

1973 I believe.  (The first half of the year)

As for insurance, get a limited mileage policy.. as mentioned, talk to Barry Scott... he might well be able to get you a decent price.

[paul_humphreys]

It has to be buile BEFORE 1/1/1973. But it could have been 1st regestered in jan.feb/mar/apr 1973.

Paul

[jjsaul]

our 2 are insured on the same policy...that seemed to save a few quid :)

[hobbit]

Also if you look at an ex military one, the registration on the vehicle might not be to the year of the vehicle built but to the year it was registered after being in military service

[Ben]

My series is tax exempt, costs me £116 to insure (limited to 2000 miles pa, fully comp) and not a huge amount at MoT time, as it's got a galv chassis, and a nice new diahatsu engine  :D

It was first registered in May 1971 (I think). It's K reg, anyway...

It's also up for sale :oops:

Cheers

Ben

[Spacemud]

Hi Ben,

Doubt I could afford it at the mo, was looking for a MOT failure as a winter project. How much were you looking for and are there pics anywhere on the site?

Cheers

[Ben]

It's on ebay at the moment - see my post in the auctions area...

Have a go at http://community.webshots.com/user/kentzer - try the series album (if the link works). If not, the link in the signature links to my 90 album, which you should be able to get to it from.

Hoping to get somewhere around 1400-1500 for it. 5 days left, so every chance  8)  I've got a norwegian bloke who's after it as well, but he hasn't offered enough money to get me to take it off ebay.

It's a shame it's got to go - I really like it, but weddings are bloody expensive nowadays, so hopefully this'll be my part of the reception meal paid for!

Cheers

Ben

[Range Rover Blues]

It has to be buile BEFORE 1/1/1973. But it could have been 1st regestered in jan.feb/mar/apr 1973.

Paul

You have to prove it was built before the end of 1972 unless it was registered the first week of 1973, as cars were not produced during the Christmas shut-down.  For a rover group product you will need some sort of proof from Gaydon (or a recognised owner's club) if the tax-exemption had not already been claimed.

A word of warning, the DVLA are not stupid, if you try to claim tax exemption on a car where the logbook has been dormant they will want to know why and can ask to see the vehicle.  They have been know to turn up unanounced.