Vehicle dilemma - what would you do?

[MGZTV8]

Putting this out to the PH massive to see what you would do.

My father in law owns a 55 plate Range Rover Vogue and sadly he has been given just weeks to live after a short battle with cancer so as you can imagine this is a very difficult time for all the family. A great man who worked hard and never did anyone any wrong.

Anyway to cut a long story short, his beloved Range Rover will have to be put up for sale and I'm in a quandary as to whether to take it on myself but this would mean that one of my cars ie my wrx wagon will have to go.

I'm trying to convince myself that buying it would be a good idea and secondly it would be a memory of my father in law but I equally love the wrx in every way after owning several over my driving career and it would be a wrench to have to do so.

I have a wife, two children and the rangie would be ideal for everything however as described the WRX is one of my pride and joys.

Faced with this situation what would you do?

There is no way I can keep the wrx if I decide to take on his car....

This is a subject very close to my heart as my father in law is a very special person to me so I would appreciate no sarcasm/nastiness from the usual culprits on this one.

The Wrx has been ultra reliable and I am aware of the patchy reliability with land rover products but his appears to be a good one and hasn't had anything other than regular servicing. It's the 3 litre diesel for info.


Thanks

[randlemarcus]

I'd be very wary of doing this, unless you have every single possible family members agreement. Someone, somewhere will eventually accuse you of being gifted the car, unless you pay the estate dealer price, even if it's under their breath at weddings.

[MGZTV8]

randlemarcus said:

I'd be very wary of doing this, unless you have every single possible family members agreement. Someone, somewhere will eventually accuse you of being gifted the car, unless you pay the estate dealer price, even if it's under their breath at weddings.

It's already been discussed and there are no issues on that score but a valid point nonetheless.

[HustleRussell]

Condolences for your loss.

I appreciate that you have an attachment to the Range Rover but I feel that you should stick with the WRX to avoid complicating matters with the Rangie.

[9mm]

What would I do? Wait until he has passed. I'd have thought there would be more useful things everyone could do at this time than redistributing assets.

[mackers06]

What does the wife think of you owning the RR?

Edited by mackers06 on Wednesday 11th December 13:28

[hedges88]

randlemarcus said:

I'd be very wary of doing this, unless you have every single possible family members agreement. Someone, somewhere will eventually accuse you of being gifted the car, unless you pay the estate dealer price, even if it's under their breath at weddings.

I'd go with that, but that's for the OP to work out

In answer to your question, would you want such sentimental value in a vehicle? Something that people bang their doors into, possibly vandalise. These would leave you upset x2 because of the car's history.

I have my late grandfathers silver ingot necklace in a bed of pewter. It was around his neck when he served in the Korean war. A small object such as this, or a ring is much better to put your sentiment into

[anonymous-user]

randlemarcus said:

I'd be very wary of doing this, unless you have every single possible family members agreement. Someone, somewhere will eventually accuse you of being gifted the car, unless you pay the estate dealer price, even if it's under their breath at weddings.

Awful situation OP.

I agree with the above. We had a similar situation and one of the sons took the fathers car on. It wasn't worth a huge amount but the wedge it put into the family was crazy. It led to two sisters not speaking for 3 years, one accusing the other of ripping her mother off. In your circumstances I would say advertise the car and approach dealers/car supermarket.

[budfox]

Don't buy the car. There are plenty of other ways to remember the chap, many of which will be around long after the car has gone.

[300bhp/ton]

On a rational car level, I think you need to decide what vehicle you'll enjoy owning/driving the most for it's intended purpose.

If the RR is a TD6, then chances are you can count on it needing a gearbox rebuild at some point. And it's also worth noting that it will continue to lose value. P38a's are already as cheap as chips and still depreciating, L322's won't really be that far behind now the L405 is out.

[AJB]

If you took it on, how long would you keep it for? Would you feel that you owed it to him to keep it going forever, or would you feel able to move it on at some point? How long do you imagine you'd want to keep it for?

[carl_w]

How many WRXs have you owned? How many RRs? Change is as good as a rest, right?

OTOH I concur with the "you get it cheap" from the family members and the question about how long you would intend to run it.