Thanks chaps
One of the main reasons for buying is the extra leg room all round. There are other reasons though.
It seems that this one has been looked after quite well, though I know it is coming up for a service.
A friend of mine is a Merc trained diesel technician, and has done much of my recent car servicing.
I think I will probably go for it, subject to inspection, especially if they want one of my cars in P Ex.
I have seen other similar vehicles advertised privately locally for over £4k.
The local garage, who knows the car, says I should jump at the chance.
BTW the asking was £3,500, not £3,000.
Charles - Give us a call when you want to come down. Putting you up at the moment's a bit difficult as the house is in a tip, but there are some really good B and Bs around here.
Call me anyway - My number is still the same as it always was - we took it with us when we moved.
Cheers
H
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Well people,
I haven't yet looked at the Disco in grat detail, but I do know that a dealer offered her considerably less than the £3.5K, so I may be in a position to negotiate a bit. I think she wants to get to a cheaper car soonish.
I have proposed that she takes my P reg Xantia petrol in P ex, to help me afford the disco. She muted that she did want something smaller, but at around £1200 for a P reg, she is interested.
Her husband came to look at the Xantia tonight and we went for a spin. He seemed to like the car and thought it was good value for money. Although their preference is a smaller, more economical model he is interested, as I suggested to him that he could possibly trade it in later using the balance I paid him to get a newer smaller model.
If they makes a sensible offer for the Xantia, I'm of a mind to agree to the £3.5K minus cost of Xantia, provided the Disco is OK. If they do not want the Xantia, I am still tempted, but have explaind to them that finding the whole £3.5k could be an issue. In addition I will have to sell the P reg Xantia on.
As I will have to sell the L reg Xantia anyway, I really would like to avoid having to sell the P reg. The're both good cars, but second hand cars of any type are not selling at the moment.
I expect to hear their response on the Xantia proposal by Sunday. If they want it I'll get the rough idle sorted (as promised) and do the deal next week. If not - well we'll see.
H
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Hugo,
But why do you want a Disco? You say it\'s for the extra legroom but it seems you are buying a completely different type of car (and older and more expensive to run?)to your present ones. Is the leg room in a Disco that much better? Just interested
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Hugo,
Knowing something of the finances behind your Xantia I'd say the £1200 vs £3500 PX deal is reasonable from both sides. But if the Disco is known to be near a service (if it's a major it will be a stonker), and bearing in mind *they* are the folks that have got in a muddle I don't see why you should buy it outright for any more than a trade cash offer.
And please do get a phillips out and lift that rear loadspace trim to check under the carpet. If you didn't and it had a bad case of an "unzipped floor" you'd be quite depressed. It's no good looking from underneath, you can't see it easily for the chassis and fuel tank.
M.M
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Thanks MM I have taken head of you warnings and will undo the rear trim and have a look.
I have printed off HJs car by car breakdown and will use this during my inspection, together with other points people raise.
There's no hurry as
1) They need the Disco until thay find a replacement, and
2) Even if I do manage to pursuade them to take the Xantia, I've still got the other one to get rid of. It would make sense for me to carry on driving that until it sells, then go onto the Disco.
Why the Disco. Believe me the legroom is better for us, and I do like the 4 wheel drives.
In addition, we all like the higher driving/riding position that these cars offer, we test drove a freelander some years ago and we all like it.
In addition, this is the Turbo Diesel with the two extra seats in the rear. Turbo Diesel is not that bad at pulling away, (I've driven them before) and the two extra seats will cone in handy for us, when we take out our or our daughters' friends. There have been a number of instances where we wished we had a people carrier insted of the Xantia.
If they don't want the Xantia then I intend to offer them £3K and go from there, subject to inspection, and that rear boot panel MM.
Then an advert will go in the paper for both Xantias.
H
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At the risk of dominating my own thread, I have had a quick look through Land Rover Monthly and found a couple of Petrol Discos K and L for around £3500, but no similar age diesel for this price.
Am I to assume that like so many other cars Diesels discos fetch more than their petrol counterparts, despite the ability to carry out LPG conversions.
H
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Well
I had a look at it tonight. They were offered £2750 trade in/purchase by the chap they got it from.
Although another 4WD dealer more local to me reckoned they would give £3,500 for an average one in that condition, and forecourt it for £5K
Remember - regional prices.
A close inspection under the rear boot liner revealed, as MM suggested, some holes in the boot floor, so a new panel there. Other than that the bodywork was reasonable, with a bit of patching needed on the bottom of the front doors. I also checked at the points where the chassis met the bodywork, as I am told that this is another area to watch out for. There was the beginnings of problems here. Engine bay looks good and it runs and drives like a dream. The low and high ratios work as do the diff locks etc.
All the electrics work and I have to say the ride is very smooth compared to what I was expecting.
All 4 tyres have plenty of tread, though the spare is a bit thin, but still perfectly legal.
They decided they did not want my Xantia, so I boldly offered £3K which after a little thought was accepted. I had already muted to them that the asking was going to be tough unless they bught the Xantia.
It has had a replacement clutch at about 20K, and it still seems fine, it has a full service history. MOT is until March of next year. The cam belt, tensioner etc was changed at about 70K and it has been serviced regularly every 6 months. Current Mileage - 94K.
I'm sure it's not the cheapest K reg TDiS you'll find, but it's got the FSH and reasonable mileage, and has been well looked after. Locally, it is the cheapest of that year by almost a grand!
IMO after browsing ads, £3K is an absolute bargain in this area, but probably coming on for average in the midlands or other areas.
The corrosion in the boot went unnoticed by everyone until tonight. I think I'll get the corrosion spots sorted when I get this done, arresting the problem in its early stages.
MM - Looking at the panel to be replaced, it appears it is totally hidden by the trim etc and the surrounding trim seems easy to remove anyway. You say the problems are encountered painting it up. Why would you then have to match the paint? If a future buyer checked under the carpet, I would be quite happy to explain this had been fixed. I would have thought a good primer with a close colour would suffice here.
There appears to be no accident damage as all the panels are the same shade of metallic.
Servicing, my local garage charges about £80 for a full service, plus parts outside the normal service schedule. The owner used to have an identical model himself, so he knows them inside out.
So hopefully, what I need to spend on the bodywork, I'll save at least some on the mechanical side.
Many Many thanks for all the advice, especially MM about that boot. I would never have looked under here if you had not mentioned this.
Once again, this site has been invaluable in saving a huge sum.
Now to get shot of not one - but two Xantias
An L Reg 2.0 16v VSX and a P reg 1.8 16v LX. Hopefully I should manage £1500 for the two. (MM is probably thinking £500!)
Hugo
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Oh I forgot to mention
It has the remainder of a 12 month mechanical warranty on it.
I'll get this signed over to me for the fee, and go from there.
H
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