I am currently negotiating the purchase of this \"Chelsea tractor\" from \"www.thecarsupermarket.com\". Don\'t know how it came into their possession but these Landies a fairly rare and come with a load of extras.
Its in warranty until 9/04. Turns out the service book has gone awol although Guy Salmon say they serviced it at 9k and 19k, and it had a new starter motor at 27k at Taunton Land Rover so it is assumed it still had full history at 27k. The Landie has 40k on it now. Land Rover customer services say that they dont have a central database so they cant trace the other services, and the warranty is void without full service history.
Would the experts among you please express your much valued opinions about Land Rover service history? Apart from phoning every dealer in the UK is there a way to trace this?
To be honest I am not too worried about it as I know LR dealerships are appalling from previous LR ownership, and plan to take it to a specialist. Its just the resale that worries me a little.
Many thanks in advance, and the car can be seen at www.virtual-showroom.co.uk//Images/Vehicles/8990_9...G for you Landie lovers!
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craig I wouldnt worry about the service history affecting resale value unless you want to sell it again shortly ,2000+ defenders had most of the early td5 problems ironed out but listen for noise from the clutch spigot bearing.service intervals 12000 miles so why done at 9 and 19k? you could always check with previous keeper from the log book
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Thanks for the comments. Went to see it last night, was used as a farm vehicle and hence quite bent and dented for a 2001, every door dented as is wing, no cubby box, dash had screws in the top, worrying bang when giving it some welly in 1st and second from the rear diff (thought this might be the rear wheel carrier but it wasn\'t), small oil leak between gearbox and engine, had 6k more miles than the dealer said when I put a deposit on it to hold the vehicle. Clutch pedal very worn as was the gearstick, worrying particlarly as the dealer has no s/h book although I have no reason to suspect the mileage. Rear step removed and underbody protection had gone too, which is standard on the Tomb Raider.
Aircon had no gas. Drove very nicely though TD5 is sooo much better than my old TDi, quite nippy for a big car like that. Dealer said he would sort most of the problems, but I suspect that this wouldnt be done very well and no warranty as no s/h with Land Rover, although dealer tried to tell me he would provide a warranty of some kind if there was a major problem. Actually getting something done after you have parted with the readies is of course a different matter.
There are better Landies around for a little bit more money, decided I want a 2002 model with all the upgrades no and will settle for a 90 county station wagon.
Car dealers are great arn\'t they, when I put my deposit down I was told it was completely refundable for any reason as I had not seen the car, however they said later they would only refund if I had a serious reason for rejecting the car. Luckily they were slow in putting my card through and I have cancelled my card so they cant get the payment and my bank has confirmed this.
Currently discussing the misrepresentation of the car with trading standards with regards to the mileage. The dealer told me that the price advertised was wrong and it should have been £500 more, although it was the same price on 3 websites, although think this was a sales ploy to stop me haggling about a dented Landie.
The price wasn\'t bad for a 2001 Tomb Raider, although I feel a bit of a pink fluffy dice for putting a depo down on the car when I hadn\'t seen it, but the dealer told me this was the only way I was going to see it.
Lucky escape me thinks.
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This reminds me of a long wheelbase landie my father bought (privately) about 35 years ago! Although it had been resprayed and looked very presentable on the outside the inside was a different kettle of fish. It had been used by a builder, who'd left a bag of cement in the back to burst - then get kinda wet! Anyway, dad bought the thing without actually driving it (I can't think why he was so daft, but there you go!)
When we got it home, we found that it ran beautifully on the flat, but wouldn't climb steep hills unless you put it in 'low ratio'!
Dad set about getting this fixed. A local garage had a go at it. Tested the injectors, fitted a new exhaust, fiddled with the diesel pump settings, fitted a new driveshaft, as I recall.They then fitted new brake shoes.(Looking back some of these seem way off the mark, but I was just a lad and didn't know enough!)
Dad then decided the engine must be low on compression, so the head came off. Valves were ground in and a new head gasket fitted.
All this made not a whit of difference!
In desperation, dad decided to get shot of it. He saw a much newer short wheelbase landie advertised at a commercial dealership some 40 miles away and we set off to view it. About a couple of miles from the dealers the thing almost ground to a halt - brakes were binding to the extent that smoke was coming from the wheels!
Eventually, we limped into the dealers. They took one look at the landie and said, 'Sorry, we're not going to manage you a great part exchange on this one. First gear is shot!' How do you know, we asked?
Because we sold it to the previous owner a year ago!!!!!!!
Red faces all round!
In the end, dad cut his losses,the dealer took the thing back and we bought a nice fresh short wheelbase, which was virtually 'as new'.
Funny old world!
Graeme
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sounds a bit suspect but if you liked the td5 in a long wheelbase you will find it has even more go in a 90.we can swap the trailer from the disco to the 90 and get much better performance although the engines are the same.there are so many accesories about now you could end up with something looking even better than a tomb raider , hope you find what you want.
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