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monty1
 


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disco 3 not sure what to do now

so the car needs the sills replacing, its a 2004 with 127100 miles on it, ive spent thousands on it over the 5 years wev'e had it and now im thinking im throwing money away, so do i take a hit again knowing it will be ok for a long time or get rid or break it for parts, ive been offered £3300 in a part ex which seems to be ok, any thoughts or suggestions


  
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DSL
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Re £3.3k trade in, bite their hand off up to the shoulder. Thumbs Up

Or strip. Whistle
   
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darrind
 


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I guess the first question is what would you be buying to replace it and how much would they discount the car for no trade in - cash is king at the moment, and if the dealer is supplying a new car on finance they are also making a good margin on that, when push comes to shove they will be making a profit on the car and on your trade in, you may make more by taking the trade in out of the equation and just looking at their car deal under the microscope
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JackNorris
 


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3.3K seems reasonable on a PX
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G3Z
 


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Quit while your ahead with that px valuation.
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disco-nut
 


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Just had 1 of my sills replaced, Bought a complete ready to weld panel for under £150 and paid £300 to have it done. Not being funny, but I think it is worth doing.
  
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Mav 90
 


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If it’s an 04 plate it’s worth saving as it will be pre-production car with historic interest.

If it’s a 54 plate, I’d probably let it go.
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M3DPO
 


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Re: disco 3 not sure what to do now

monty1 wrote:
so the car needs the sills replacing, its a 2004 with 127100 miles on it, ive spent thousands on it over the 5 years wev'e had it and now im thinking im throwing money away, so do i take a hit again knowing it will be ok for a long time or get rid or break it for parts, ive been offered £3300 in a part ex which seems to be ok, any thoughts or suggestions




Sills look ok to me! Whistle
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It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't. 
 
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Lrstaylor
 


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As said get some new skills welded on/over less than £500 to fix
  
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lynalldiscovery
 


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darrind wrote:
I guess the first question is what would you be buying to replace it and how much would they discount the car for no trade in - cash is king at the moment, and if the dealer is supplying a new car on finance they are also making a good margin on that, when push comes to shove they will be making a profit on the car and on your trade in, you may make more by taking the trade in out of the equation and just looking at their car deal under the microscope


I am not so certain cash is king at the moment, in fact I do not think cash has been king in used car sales dealerships for a long time now, they want your trade in so they get a double bite at the cherry, especially as the used car market is a bit starved of cars.
  
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lynalldiscovery
 


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If you are going to buy used, then the money you might save on the welding job will end up being spent on the newer car when it goes wrong!
  
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monty1
 


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thanks for the replys, the cars had most problems sorted out, new arms, eas pump, alternator replaced, new battery fitted last year, its got new tyres which have done less than 1k so most of the expensive consumable parts have been replaced. its a 54 plate lower tax model and was remapped when we got it, im looking at a jag xf 3.0 premium luxury model as our next car.

so im wondering if its worth more in a private sale with the sill issue, someone would get a car that's been looked after with no expense spared
  
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Mav 90 wrote:
If it’s an 04 plate it’s worth saving as it will be pre-production car with historic interest.

If it’s a 54 plate, I’d probably let it go.


Sorry, but it only has limited historic interest to a LR fan but you've nothing to lose by advertising it on the forum.
My view is that its a 16 yearly car that's very complex and expensive to fix. Take the money and run. Thumbs Up
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McAdam
 


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If the number plate starts with VX04 then please send me the VIN number in a PM - im trying to build up a list of all prototype and preproduction Discovery 3s
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It always used to be the case that cars with a separate chassis were not MOT failures due to rusty sills. Does anybody know why this has changed?
  
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