I stumbled on a website, Atlanta on Wheels, that sells refurbished Discoveries. Before I contact them, has anyone bought from them? Any good/bad experiences?
Atlana on wheels Discovery
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Is this the place that advertises a barrage of D2's with ARB bumpers and roof racks and a bunch of lights on ebay for ridiculous prices?
I've known one of the owners for almost 40 years - Jay Farlow
He used to work at a number of car dealers as a salesman including Sterling and Mercedes Benz. He was a great Mercedes salesman and sold cars to my mother and several good friends.
He's a good guy but I've never bought a used car from him so I don't know what his Discoverys are like.
I stopped by his shop a year or more ago and they were buying a lot of D1's and D2's.
He had a crew of mechanics taking the engines out and pinning the cylinder liners and fixing some of the other known issues (interiors, headliners, etc.) They have done a lot of cars and Jay says good D-1's are getting really hard to find - even good D2's.
He had a nice 5-spd green 94 D1 I asked about and he quoted a price that was too rich for me but it was a nice truck.
He used to work at a number of car dealers as a salesman including Sterling and Mercedes Benz. He was a great Mercedes salesman and sold cars to my mother and several good friends.
He's a good guy but I've never bought a used car from him so I don't know what his Discoverys are like.
I stopped by his shop a year or more ago and they were buying a lot of D1's and D2's.
He had a crew of mechanics taking the engines out and pinning the cylinder liners and fixing some of the other known issues (interiors, headliners, etc.) They have done a lot of cars and Jay says good D-1's are getting really hard to find - even good D2's.
He had a nice 5-spd green 94 D1 I asked about and he quoted a price that was too rich for me but it was a nice truck.
Those crazy priced D2's on Ebay with the cheap Harbor Freight axe/shovel, and cheap gas cans are from Houston, TX. Some of the D2's they get a clean, but 3 times the price = no thanks. Whenever I see high priced D2's the first thing I look at is the shifter boot & ebrake boot. If they can't even replace those = what else have they been cheap on.... I stick with my CL finds and just know what to look for.
Check out these D2 prices and let me know what you think. I was looking for a D2. Is 18k a fair price? I dunno.....
https://www.atlantaonwheelsllc.com/inventory.aspx
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https://www.atlantaonwheelsllc.com/inventory.aspx
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Anything is worth exactly what people are willing to pay for it...
I would agree that to you and I the pricing is not correct but someone will likely pay that or something close or the company will go out of business.
While I can?t speak for everyone, generally people who pay $18 grand for a D2 don?t come to Discoweb
I can say that when I was in the market here in the Atlanta area for one last year after my '04 got totaled by an idiot doing a U-turn, I was always one step behind somebody buying up all the local D2's with bad engines...
Really got me irritated. I had a good engine from my wrecked Rover, but couldn't find a decently priced body to put it in because of a single entity that kept snapping them up. Wondered who it was.
Finally found one that had not already been sold to a shop and made arrangements to pick it up the next day, but when I called the owner to tell him I was hitting the road, he said he sold it to a shop that morning for more than he had asked...
Really got me irritated. I had a good engine from my wrecked Rover, but couldn't find a decently priced body to put it in because of a single entity that kept snapping them up. Wondered who it was.
Finally found one that had not already been sold to a shop and made arrangements to pick it up the next day, but when I called the owner to tell him I was hitting the road, he said he sold it to a shop that morning for more than he had asked...
I would not pay what they are asking for D2's. Nor would I pay 15 grand for a clean 95 RRC or 50 grand for a D90. That doesn't mean they are bad deals. If you bought a rough D2 and paid someone to rebuild the motor and pin the sleeves and do all the other crap they are doing I think you would be closer to the prices they are asking than you think. If the quality of their work is good I think there is a place for them in the market.
I bought my Disco from Jay and Calvin at Atlanta on Wheels 2 years ago. I told them what I was specifically looking for in a Disco and my price range.
They found me a 2001 Disco 2 SE from California (NO RUST!!!!) and low miles (78K) shipped to Georgia. Plus it had a 2" lift with OME shocks, tank/steering/diff covers, side rails, aftermarket steel rims, front & rear steel bumpers with a WARN winch for $7K.
I'm still impressed with my Disco.
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Except that actual NATO wheels only fit D1, D90..etc and not a D2. So you probably just have regular steel wheels.
I can get one of those that needs pistons for $5K. So what?
Don't gloat as you talk down the value of a good vehicle. Just because you don't have 18K to spend doesn't mean you need to disparage good vehicles.
Your website has a donate tab. I'll contribute. Just please tell me how cheap and unimportant those dollars are before I do. As worthless and overpriced as Atlanta's product offerings?
3600 posts here, asking for donations online, and shit talking truck values. Tisk Tisk. Do those $100 dog tags on your site qualify as a charity contribution to your 501c3?
I am just dying for handcrafted dog tags to go with my $18K disco. That would be as wonderful as an enterprise disguised as a charity. $100 dog tags, organic wood, tax free. Mmmmmmm. I wish I could skirt the tax man every time I dig and truck out contaminated soil. Maybe I need to find more oil barrels and sell more $30 bird hats to hipsters. And never pay taxes.