sold me rangie today what next

[MUSKIE]

i am currently 4X4less, sold my disco to Mace and rangie went today, did get a good price though mind you it was worth it, alot of hours went into it,  but that is part of the fun.
anyway, cant make my mind up, i am only spending about £2000 so that gives me an option of,

1/ another rangie only a manual one this time.
2/ a ropey old knacker of a 90/110.
3/ an early well mantained disco if there is such a thing.
4/ backward step into a 88" series 3 but must be sorted.
5/ suzuki sj or vitara, hmmm dunno about that route.

any of you guys have any fors or againsts

i must admit i think if i could find a good manual rangie for about a grand i would buy, then spend a grand on bits and tyres.

[davidlandy]

90/110 would be my choice, mind u looked on the autotrader website last night to see loads of G/H plate tdi discos for £1500-£1700

that might be the best fun for your £

[muddyweb]

Daihatsu Fourtrak
Isuzu Trooper (Keep Tull company)
Might get a Toyota or Jeep in standard trim

[Andy the Landy]

Decent Series 3 for that money - buy mine and still have change :D

[clouseau]

Your rangie - it wasn't a green one by any chance - grizzlies, cut back wings etc?

[Topple]

I'm selling a cracking series 3 - see the for sale forum  :lol:  :lol:

you'll have change as well - i'm practically giving it away

Paul
 :lol:

[Bush Tucker Man]

101FC!
101FC!!
101FC!!!
101FC!!!!

Can I cone down & have a go when you get it

[MUSKIE]

Your rangie - it wasn't a green one by any chance - grizzlies, cut back wings etc?

thats the one,

[TULL]

Great idea get a trooper, spend £700 and keep adding up the bills, i hear more cash on the horizon Cvs sounded well dodgy today im sure I could get a different beast for what its costing me . Mind you at the end I should have a good motor. The MOT i got was obviously well dodgy.

[Wanderer]

Save a bit of money for a darkened room to go and sit in now and again.
:)

Ed

[Mace]

anyway, cant make my mind up, i am only spending about £2000 so that gives me an option of,

1/ another rangie only a manual one this time.
2/ a ropey old knacker of a 90/110.
3/ an early well mantained disco if there is such a thing.
4/ backward step into a 88" series 3 but must be sorted.
5/ suzuki sj or vitara, hmmm dunno about that route.

1/ why go back and do the same thing again, you'll only wish you'd not sold the orginal
2/ i could have sold you my old knacker for £2000. You'd have been married to it forever  :D It's not enough for a 110 full stop and a 90 will be very near the knackers yard if you don't throw money at it as soon as you get it.
3/ don't even go there mate. there is no such thing. 3x the price and you might be close. and don't believe a word thats written about FSH. I drove several that had FSH but were absolute pigs.
4/ my mate is selling his Lightweight if you want something different for £2K
5/ no comment, honest, no comment

[Range Rover Blues]

Plenty of RRC about for under a grand, leaving you the same again to sort it out.  Honestly, no one seems to want them at the moment and I've been asked loads of times if I want another (god no, one is enough).

[EvilEd]

Get the zuk, a nice pink one with "FAT Boy" alloys..... :)

Go on, we all need a laugh...

Don't forget it's a Jap motor too so more time playing, less time fixing.....

[SMason0877]

OK!!! Enough with the Zook Bashing!!!:evil:  Your making us zook drivers  feel unloved  

[EvilEd]

Don't forget it's a Jap motor too so more time playing, less time fixing.....

it wasn't all zook bashing....

[SMason0877]

I know..Your all only jealous anyway  

 :lol:

[xmob]

What's wrong with a £2k Disco?  That's exactly what mine (well, SWMBOs) cost.  H reg 200tdi, no problems (so far) except self inflicted ones.

[oakeedokee]

I only met your Rangie once, and that time it broke down!!
There's an L reg Disco for sale in the garage down the road from me for £1895. I presume it's a V8 at that price - might be worth a look.

[way2deep]

personally i would go for a 2.4 or 2.5 vm td rangie.cheap to run,no cam belt to break,no ecu timing to cause proplems ,can be a bit noisey old things cos mine is but  i would buy another one anyday.had mine in water two inches from roof lining and still running if you want pop round i can tell more on how these motors perform.

[muddyweb]

2" from the roof lining...  

If it's like most Rangies that's about 1" above the seats then  :lol:


(joke copyright N.Brownlee 2004)

[MUSKIE]

2" from the roof lining...  

If it's like most Rangies that's about 1" above the seats then  :lol:


(joke copyright N.Brownlee 2004)

that is about right and very funny :lol:

[MUSKIE]

personally i would go for a 2.4 or 2.5 vm td rangie.cheap to run,no cam belt to break,no ecu timing to cause proplems ,can be a bit noisey old things cos mine is but  i would buy another one anyday.had mine in water two inches from roof lining and still running if you want pop round i can tell more on how these motors perform.

that might be a good option mate, i do love rangies, the only thing is finding a good one, i will look in the new auto trader tomorrow, spose i will spend this weekend looking at rubbish that people class as "mint" or "vgc"

[MUSKIE]

I only met your Rangie once, and that time it broke down!!
There's an L reg Disco for sale in the garage down the road from me for £1895. I presume it's a V8 at that price - might be worth a look.

just been and looked at it , its red £1995 and the worst possible engine configuration "MPi" what a terrible engine that is for a disco :shock: i should imagine it will sit on the forecourt for a long time to come.

[turtle]

And what wrong with a MPi? I had one for about 2 years a little under power for towing I'll grant you. But it did the job ok until some prat rammed the rear end  :roll:

[Mace]

What's wrong with a £2k Disco?  That's exactly what mine (well, SWMBOs) cost.  H reg 200tdi, no problems (so far) except self inflicted ones.

Apologies xmob, but I searched for months and couldn't find a decent one, in our neck of the woods anyway. Always pleased to be proved wrong  :D

[Bobtail]

personally i would go for a 2.4 or 2.5 vm td rangie.cheap to run,no cam belt to break,no ecu timing to cause proplems ,can be a bit noisey old things cos mine is but  i would buy another one anyday.had mine in water two inches from roof lining and still running if you want pop round i can tell more on how these motors perform.

that might be a good option mate, i do love rangies, the only thing is finding a good one, i will look in the new auto trader tomorrow, spose i will spend this weekend looking at rubbish that people class as "mint" or "vgc"

there is a h plate 2.5 vm on ebay at the moment(same year as mine)
last time i looked it was at £500 very cheap.
(don't know how to do that link thing ](*,) )
mine has done 150,000 miles and still pulls like a train
just ask turtle :D
i bought mine in jan for £1200 and thought that was a bargin
well worth a look :-k

[Bobtail]

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