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DanMcCarthy
Member Since: 14 May 2023
Location: Middlesbrough
Posts: 2
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| Should I buy or not? Advice needed please. |
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I have the chance to buy a Discovery 3 off my next door neighbour who has owned it from 6 months old when it had 5k on the clock. It is a 2006 2.7 TDV6 S manual which is currently on 209k & MOT’d until October. Everything on it works apart from top part of tailgate. Other than needing a damn good clean, front discs and a service it’s fine.
He wants £1200 for it however, he’s not kept a great record of maintenance or service history. He’s assured me it’s had a timing belt, air suspension compressor, prop shaft and downpipe (he called it an X pipe?) in recent years. He’s used it for towing (owns a catering business) but in the last year or so it’s just been parked up.
My question is, is it worth the gamble and is it worth £1200?
I have driven it and it does drive fine with just a hint of a grumbling/whirring noise when you lift off throttle.
I’m a complete newbie to Land Rovers but I am quite mechanically minded, so don’t mind getting my hands dirty.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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 14th May 2023 5:21 pm |
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Moo
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13933
  
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At £1200 it's worth a punt go in with your eyes wide open! New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner 
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
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| 14th May 2023 6:12 pm |
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M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8118
 
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Timing belts need changing every 105k miles or 7 years so may be overdue, not an impossible £250 DIY job. Check for vibration/judder when accelerating uphill at 25-40 mph, sign that the torque converter is on its way out, £3k job that is not DIY. It cost around £45k when new  work that out at today’s values. It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
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| 14th May 2023 6:13 pm |
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nigethecat
Member Since: 11 Sep 2016
Location: Marnoch
Posts: 4153
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Buy it for £1200 but expect to spend another £1200-£2000 on it and you'll have a great car, any less than that and consider it a bonus.. welcome to the wallet emptying club  I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
Corris Grey D4 Commercial SE 2016
Zermatt Sliver 2007 D3 SE manual (gone)
Indus Silver D4 HSE 2015 (gone)
Bonatti Grey D3 HSE 2006 (gone)
White D3 S (LHD) 2007 (gone)
Firenze Red D4 HSE 2014 (gone)
Black RRS 3.6TDV8 2008 (gone)
Rusty Green Defender 110 1997 (gone)
Black FL2 HSE 2013 (gone)
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| 14th May 2023 6:20 pm |
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DanMcCarthy
Member Since: 14 May 2023
Location: Middlesbrough
Posts: 2
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I have an E91 335d and the wife has an E70 X5 so I’m very familiar with spending money on my cars
My thoughts were to tidy it up and sell on for a small profit, but it’s come at the right time as my 335d’s off the road until next month.
What are the costs of a timing belt on these? I’ve seen varying costs online.
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| 14th May 2023 6:28 pm |
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MikeO
Member Since: 15 Jan 2014
Location: The Cotswolds
Posts: 1373
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Is set aside £1k and do the oil pump at the same time. 2016 Skoda Octavia VRS Estate
<gone>2009 FF Vogue TDV8 Buckingham Blue</gone>
<gone>2015 BMW 520D SE (not my favourite car)</gone>
<gone>2009 D3 HSE Galway Green</gone
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