M3DPO wrote:

It will cost you more to insure the x90 than you will get for the Disco, spend a bit of money on the Disco is my advice, but it depends how you evaluate a car, is it a means of getting from A to B or a status symbol?

timmyt79 wrote:

Moo wrote:

I sold my daughter's well spec'd and well looked after D3 SE with 165k on the clock in August via the Forum. Got £3200 for it, which is pretty well what it cost me in repairs this year.

Still regret selling it.

As a previous owner of your 'OLD BUS' i can attest to the obvious love and care she had over the years you owned her,I regret selling her on but just couldnt justify owning two D3's !

If i recall i think i sold it on for about £2600....

Just sent you a PM re the Old Bus.

 New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)

Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)

Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)

No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control 

gareth71 wrote:

M3DPO wrote:

It will cost you more to insure the x90 than you will get for the Disco, spend a bit of money on the Disco is my advice, but it depends how you evaluate a car, is it a means of getting from A to B or a status symbol?

Insurance premiums depend on so many things that it's impossible to say with any sort of certainty that "A" will cost more to insure than "B". The scenario for one person's situation will be completely different to someone else's.

At no point did the idea of the vehicle being any sort of 'status symbol' come up - it's a means of reliably getting from place to place (which may well be some considerable distance on occasions), in comfort and safety, with enough space to carry what I need to take with me, and without having to constantly think about which bit of it is going to fail and cost me money next. Sometimes the trip is for work reasons, so a lack of reliability would impact me financially. The most reliable cars I've ever owned have been two Volvos and two BMWs - the most unreliable have been my two Land Rovers. It's a no-brainer, really!

 New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)

Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)

Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)

No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control