marzman

Well... i feel kind of freaked out. Upon driving up i could see the car parked outside the guys house and it looked immense. Totally cool looking. I was kind of blown away when i first saw it. But then looking round it, it does need some attention. It needs a respray on the front bumper due to a lot of stone chips but worse still some lacquer peel. It has a single large key scratch on the passenger door. Then the window tints on the drivers window are peeling and need to be redone, the wheels need a refurb, and the interior could do with some tidying up as there are a few scratches etc. So overall condition wise i'd say it was a 6/10 and i'd say it needs around £850 spending on it to get it to a 9/10. However on the positive side the engine sounds immense, there's 8 months tax and 12 months MOT on it, it's had a lot of work done over the last couple of years (allegedly). The guy didnt have any receipts as he said he'd sent them all to his accountant for the end of the financial year, but he's going to ask for them to be posted back by the end of this week. So... at the moment im kind of in a strange place. My head says i shouldnt get this one but i really like the look of it. Okay it's probably a bit Katie Price with those wheels but i can live with that (and is the look i want to go for!) Price-wise, it's up at £8k but during the day i'd told him i was only prepared to pay around £7500 which he was okay with. But then whilst i was there and i was pointing out what work needed doing, he voluntarily dropped the price to £7300 which was a bit of a game changer for me. I was ready to walk until he said that. I left him saying that YES i would buy it - under the condition that i review and accept all of the paper work with it later this week which he said is absolutely fine. So i dont know how to feel really. It would help if i'd seen more examples... but even that one on Beach Lane which was £5k more needed some bodywork attention so maybe it's not that bad.

So i'm going to view this tonight: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201304276489623/sort/default/usedcars/price-from/7000/model/range_rover/make/land_rover/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/radius/10/page/1/postcode/sk102hx?logcode=p It's local to me and i've been emailing the guy... he's had it 5 years and its already had it's gearbox and air suspension replaced amongst other things. Its the 4.4l V8 Petrol though, when i wanted a diesel... so this will cost me about £1200 a year extra in fuel... ho hum.

I like the way Cragus had his rims finished, using the same colour combo.

Jesus! That is a size difference!

I saw a white one parked up at the shops near me yesterday. I didnt know what it was at first so i pulled in to have a look. Really nice looking rear end but it may be a bit small i think.

Agreed... come on mods who's accepting these posts

Is that a genuine Nismo intake for the DE model car? Having googled it they appear to have 2 intake tubes, for what appears to be relocating the intake to the bottom of the engine bay? http://www.thenismoshop.com/Nismo-Factory-JDM-Cold-Air-Intake-CAI-16576-RNZ36--Nissan-350Z-2003--2006_p_162.html

This stinks of the 'cash for peers scandal'... watch out for a surprise new moderator in the near future. No seriously, fairplay to whoever it was - it's appreciated.

I just spat my drink over the screen at that.

Very nice. I've not been there but i've just booked my honeymoon in Mexico at the Karisma El Dorado Seaside Suites in Riviera Maya last week.

Looks awesome dude!

The zed will drive itself along happily in traffic without me pressing any pedals as there's enough power from the engine to pull the car. If i drive the mrs' Fiesta, it will stall as soon as i get below 2mph and im not pressing the pedals as the engine isnt strong enough to pull it.

No idea but perhaps it may work based on rolling radius'? It may detect a minor percentage difference on tolerable levels. The radius would be smaller if the tyre was losing air but the tpms would trigger and supercede this message. All just a theory.

Looks okay. Just get a sharpie marker and colour it in. On another note, maybe consider a set of these in black to protect your rims and they may be fairly un-noticeable (if thats a word!) http://www.alloygator.co.uk/

Mine arrived today - thanks Chris. Opened it up and it's a quality bit of kit actually! It's better put together than i was expecting and seems nice and robust. I briefly wired it up to a 12v drill battery to test it out and it works a treat! Cant wait to fit it now!

Oh agreed Chris, the prices of the 2010+ cars will be affected (and why anyone would buy a new car the year that a replacement model comes out i will never know!). But for the market im looking at... piddly little 100k+ miles beat up old things at £8k, it will be a loooong time before the release of the new model starts to affect the pool of cars that im buying from. Interesting about the 458 though with Ferrari holding them back!

:lol: No not yet. Im going to the Range Rover garage in Knutsford today on my lunch for a mooch about.

Cheers Chris, thanks for the input. If the RRS is the gay one then call me Louie Spence cos thats the one i'd want. Interesting to hear that yours has been pretty reliable during your ownership, gives me a bit of confidence. I dont think the new ones will affect the price of what im looking at the bottom of the market though... i've tried that tact before and its a completely different demographic who is spending £10k to who is spending £50k.

Yes mate, that one. Do you know anything about them? They sell some really nice cars.. I stopped in tonight on my way home and spoke to a guy at length. Seemed pretty legit. They said they buy all of their stock from Land Rover, Jaguar and Mercedes dealerships and dont go to auctions etc. I wanted to know about warranties (i.e. the statutory sale of goods warranty) and they said they pretty much will offer next to nothing, other than if the gearbox blows up on my drive home from buying it etc. They said a Range at the price im looking at is going to be a project, one which they would refuse to sell to a mother with 2 kids who just wants a reliable car without an extended warranty. I think this is pretty fair and honest of them really. So - i've asked them to be on the lookout for a sub 9k Range Rover for me so they said they'll definitely be able to find something.

So i went to look at a Range Rover last night.... 04-plate in Black with 77k on the clock. It's about £2.5k more than i want to spend so i've got no intention of buying it, but damn it's made me really want one now!! I cant believe how big they are up close too, it's awesome!

For anyone interested, im planning on fitting mine myself on 27th April, and i will be doing a DIY Guide of the process.

Someone on here has painted his Sunset Zed with black stripes as you describe...

Sounds great.

:lol: Im not in this to learn anything or be philosophical... if im having a BBQ and a few beers, who would i want to hang out with? Will Smith and Adam Sandler would be my first 2 guests.

Will Smith or Adam Sandler. Stuarty - you're going to meet Royce Gracie? That's awesome! Where's that?