Added another Land Rover to the fleet - got bored with the Honda CR-V so I sold it to buy a bigger white box that can tow a trailer. Now that LR3's have depreciated into the affordable zone I decided to give one a try.
I found an Expedition White LR3 with the rare black interior (I don't know exactly how rare they are but it seemed like 90% of the white ones out there have the "Alpaca" interior and I just don't like beige....) for what I thought was a reasonable price - $16,800 with 86,000 miles in St Louis, MO.
The only issue was that it was 600 miles away in St Louis - with a $75 Delta buddy pass and a promise of a full tank at the dealer that had the Land Rover I figured a nice 12 hour shakedown cruise and another $60 tank of fuel would get it home.
First impressions are very positive - I'd never even driven an LR3 before I bought this one - but I'd rate it as a big improvement over my previous Range Rover Classics (3) and 96 Discovery as a road car. Since that will be this trucks main function - I'll have the two Series trucks and the Defender for more arduous duties - I think this will work very nicely. I got around 18.4 mpg on the 12 hour drive back from St Louis to Atlanta (construction delays and a detour through the Land Between the Lakes National Forest) it proved to be very comfortable with lots of power. Its a 2007 HSE model with the Harmon Kardon sound system so it probably cost over $52 K new.
I found an Expedition White LR3 with the rare black interior (I don't know exactly how rare they are but it seemed like 90% of the white ones out there have the "Alpaca" interior and I just don't like beige....) for what I thought was a reasonable price - $16,800 with 86,000 miles in St Louis, MO.
The only issue was that it was 600 miles away in St Louis - with a $75 Delta buddy pass and a promise of a full tank at the dealer that had the Land Rover I figured a nice 12 hour shakedown cruise and another $60 tank of fuel would get it home.
First impressions are very positive - I'd never even driven an LR3 before I bought this one - but I'd rate it as a big improvement over my previous Range Rover Classics (3) and 96 Discovery as a road car. Since that will be this trucks main function - I'll have the two Series trucks and the Defender for more arduous duties - I think this will work very nicely. I got around 18.4 mpg on the 12 hour drive back from St Louis to Atlanta (construction delays and a detour through the Land Between the Lakes National Forest) it proved to be very comfortable with lots of power. Its a 2007 HSE model with the Harmon Kardon sound system so it probably cost over $52 K new.
