which of 3 to sell? opinions....

[jwest]

I need to sell one of the three rovers.

1996 disco, 200,000 miles however very rebuilt, runs so well, nearly everything BUT the frame, body, block and trans have been Replaced
probably could sell for $2000-$3000 tops, even though much more than that was spent inside engine bay a year ago. mods are just light lift to allow 245/75x16 tires.

2004 Disco II, SE but loaded with sunroofs, heated seats and windscreen, rear parking sensors, vienna with aspen.
some minor almost stock mods - 2" OME springs and shocks, Borla exhaust, dual battery, onboard air and compressor, front A-bar with hella 4000's. SD Safari rack. 50k miles.
worth around $17-$19k tops private sale.

2007 LR3 as in signature, all kinds of mods (as far as lr3's go) totalling $12k in parts, not including anything on the roof. Could strip and return to visual stock leaving only aux air and compressor and dual battery system. Might only get $40k at best, 14,000 miles, HSE with nav and stuff.
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I don't need all three, have way more invested in lr3 of course, but love the 04 Disco and the 96 is of course "free" and keeps plugging along but not worth as much to sell as it is to keep.

Most of the "fun" stuff on the lr3 could actually go over to the DII, all of the roof/camping stuff, the winch for later install. Leaving the arb bumper, sliders, underbody plates, snorkle, rear bumper, to sell off.

I could even keep the lr3 "kit" and wait for latest generation lr3 that gets better engine, etc. and not pay this one off in the mean time seeing as I have the other two to drive.

I do need 2 vehicles though, one more for camping and the other for straight up work hauling gear and leaving the prefered camping one with less mileage ( I drive 30k miles/yr with 70% being work)

 

[michaels]

return the LR3 to stock, sell the extras, keep what you want/need from it.

use the DII as a daily and for work.

use the DI as your camping trail vehicles. "kit" it out to however you need it. use the money from the LR3 sell to pay for some of the stuff, then pocket the rest(unless you owe money on it, of course) but that's just what i'd do.

 

[jwest]

I could also post real "costs" for keeping each vehicle:

D1, cheap insurance, owned outright of course, no cost except repairs and as I said, it's all been repplaced already, probably good for another 100k without too much wrong.

D2, owe $16k but payment is half the lr3 payment and insurance is less as are state taxes. Low enough miles but then it may be getting into the string of failures - still cheaper than paying new car prices though.

LR3, $1000/month (payment including all associated insurance and taxes per year)

They all get the same mpg, or the DII and D1 are better.

Selling the lr3, would leave me to pay off the D2 early and basically reduce monthly costs by about $1500 almost immediately and thus insuracne as well due to not needing full comp on owned cars.

$1500/mo over first 2 years plus remaining lr3 at $1000/mo for 2 more yrs would be nice to have in the bank as opposed to "owning" a 2007 lr3 4 years from now..... that's about $60k plus interest.

Whew, maybe I've decided already!

 

[97Rover]

I only see that LR3 as being a little more comfy on the road compared to the DII, but I may be wrong. Keep the D1 as the camping truck.

 

[jwest]

lr3 v8 tows considerably better than the D2. i've used both and while the d2 "will" tug along ok, the heft or power in the lr3 makes it seem pretty much effortless. otherwise, the lr3 is considerably longer inside from the seats to the door
-but not terribly more comfortable in my opinion.

 

[Ho]

do you have a wife or a girlfriend?

 

[draaronr]

sell the d1 and the d2 and just keep the lr3. It will cost you more, but is a better all around vehicle. that is complete bs that you need two vehicles.

 

[rmuller]

Sell the LR3, make the D2 your daily driver/tow rig.. put some 4.11's in it, and D1 your trail truck.

 

[gmookher]

Just to present a different perspective:

continue to mod out the d1,

Sell the d2 for possibly a small loss,
-or-
mod out the d2(thats got cdl in it) and sell the d1 or part it out


use the lr3 for camping and road use and towing, its the tow vehicle amongst the 3; also the wife girlfriend pleaser/one she'd enjoy driving more

 

[Drillbit]

My suggestion is returning the LR3 to stock and selling it. Its holding value a little better than the D2. I had a customer buy a 04 D2 with 32k on it yesterday for 11 grand. What percentage of the time are you really towing? For most of us the answer is "not much" , if you for some reason are towing a whole lot I might thing about keeping the LR3. Keep the D1 in any case, you won't get much for it and they are fun for what they are.

 

[Blue]

ditch the 3.

 

[draaronr]

remember there is very little lr3 love on this site

 

[rmuller]

remember there is very little lr3 love on this site

That's not really the reason we are giving him the advice we are... obviously he likes to have multiple rovers... the D1 is paid off, the D2 is cheaper and almost paid off.. the 4.6 D2 will make a great daily driver, etc.. while the D1 is a much better offroader (in the sense of solid, full floater axles, suspension modifications, axle modifications, etc..) then the other two.

 

[jwest]

... that is complete bs that you need two vehicles.

There are many reasons why someone could need two vehicles. Ponder that for a while before making assumptions again.

 

[jwest]

Sell the LR3, make the D2 your daily driver/tow rig.. put some 4.11's in it, and D1 your trail truck.

I was thinking along those lines. Also, I have to have either a backup vehcile for work, I simply cannot have a day when "my car broke down" and currently, there are bicoastal residences as well, with one to be at each place. Up until now it seemd ok for two at the place where most of the work occurs and one at the other but I would like to stop blowing my $ into cars (another one not even listed still to sell still as well).

 

[draaronr]

There are many reasons why someone could need two vehicles. Ponder that for a while before making assumptions again.

Why do you always come off like a jackass? Are you telling me that one guy needs two vehicles so he can go camping, that is bs. Now lets say you have a car and need a truck for work, then yes you need two vehicles or just drive the truck. But needing two vehicles is bs, so assume that.

 

[jwest]

Why do you always come off like a jackass? Are you telling me that one guy needs two vehicles so he can go camping, that is bs. Now lets say you have a car and need a truck for work, then yes you need two vehicles or just drive the truck. But needing two vehicles is bs, so assume that.

Pot calling the kettle black? I wanted to help you realize that your statements are presumptuous. That's my excuse, what's yours?

I'm not the one telling other people it's "BS" to need to cars. I never said for what purpose, or that I intended identical purposes. I just said I need two so it should be assumed, it's for good reason, not just because I like to have double insurance.

FYI- said above, two locations for now, and yes, one for camping, and/or one for backup when they are all in the same place again.

 

[Beard]

wow.. 1000 a month.. for the worst investment you can make.. a car.
im having a hard time trying to justify a 1000 a month payment for getting into a bigger HOUSE!

you got the skills to pay the bills.

id sell off the 2 newest.. rock the free oldie and start socking away cash / gold under your mattress for when the country crumbles.

 

[gmookher]

is the 1000 a month leased?

also what am i looking at here:the gauge and all..

http://jwestproductions.com/lr3/pages/lr3.fuses.leftrear.htm

 

[jwest]

i'm sure there are worse investments, at least these rovers have been fully business tax deductible.

Still, I can't end up with only one, although that seems the cheapest route, as I need to two vehicles minimum.

I'm leaning toward the lr3 going away for obvious reasons though.

Towing is generally my 7x12 enclosed 2axle motorcycle trailer. It's a bit heavy for the DII to be real happy doing it but it can pull it of course.