Prices going up

[Jem0911]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12049292

[Pigfarmer3]

Big smile on my face with that one.

Too true with respect to his statement saying that Landys have a long product life. Just as Porsche once looked like suing Ken Livingstone over the congestion charge hitting high litre-age vehicles on the basis that most Porches will be driving on the roads over multiple lifetimes of smaller engined vehicles with a smaller product life therefore leading to an overall lifetime carbon footprint far lower. That's not to mention the disgrace of the Prius footprint compared to that of a Hummer where a Prius would have to cover 100,000 miles before it even matched the overall low carbon footprint of a Hummer (at birth) in comparison (when taking into consideration the production carbon effect).

On Saturday I saw cars struggling up Haverstock Hill and eventually many were dumped until later outside my house. Seeing 2 coppers trying to push a 997 S2 up the road was a highlight (never got anywhere). To then drive my RRC past people bailing out of their cars really does bring it home how much they really do do what it says on the tin.

Long life Landy

[Lefty]

A mate of mine told me his neighbour just sold a 93 L-reg 110 200tdi station wagon. Reasonable chassis and bulkhead, poor bodywork and generally pretty tatty. Ex farm vehicle. >200k on the clock. normally, what, £2k?

Guy got £4k for it!

[DonkeyApple]

You're not wrong:

RRC £35K http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

RRC £36K http://www.classiccarlife.com/classic-cars-for-sal...

RRC £24K http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RANGE-ROVER-WOOD-and-PICKETT...

RRC Overfinch £15K http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C188643/

RRC Overfinch £36K sold last week. http://graemehunt.com/1/motorcars/for-sale

RRC 2 door £12k http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C200111/

RRC 2 door £13k http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C196610/

RRC 2 door £15k http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C198377/

[Mike_C]

Good!!

[eltax91]

Might have to get my disco advertised! 93, K reg, Off road Tyres, Snorkel, diff and steering guards etc. Tax and tested until April. How much is it worth?

[anonymous-user]

eltax91 said:

Might have to get my disco advertised! 93, K reg, Off road Tyres, Snorkel, diff and steering guards etc. Tax and tested until April. How much is it worth?

Hate to disappoint you but, apart from the first few G-WAC 3-doors, a Disco is nowhere near a RRC in terms of iconic appeal and motoring heritage.
Probably worth a couple of grand.

[Mike_C]

eltax91 said:

Might have to get my disco advertised! 93, K reg, Off road Tyres, Snorkel, diff and steering guards etc. Tax and tested until April. How much is it worth?

£15k-£20k???

[eltax91]

Crossflow Kid said:

eltax91 said:

Might have to get my disco advertised! 93, K reg, Off road Tyres, Snorkel, diff and steering guards etc. Tax and tested until April. How much is it worth?

Hate to disappoint you but, apart from the first few G-WAC 3-doors, a Disco is nowhere near a RRC in terms of iconic appeal and motoring heritage.
Probably worth a couple of grand.

And here was me thinking i would get milions! Couple of grand is twice what I paid for it!!

[anonymous-user]

eltax91 said:

Crossflow Kid said:

eltax91 said:

Might have to get my disco advertised! 93, K reg, Off road Tyres, Snorkel, diff and steering guards etc. Tax and tested until April. How much is it worth?

Hate to disappoint you but, apart from the first few G-WAC 3-doors, a Disco is nowhere near a RRC in terms of iconic appeal and motoring heritage.
Probably worth a couple of grand.

And here was me thinking i would get milions! Couple of grand is twice what I paid for it!!

So you bought it with an empty tank and are selling it with a full one.

[eltax91]

Crossflow Kid said:

eltax91 said:

Crossflow Kid said:

eltax91 said:

Might have to get my disco advertised! 93, K reg, Off road Tyres, Snorkel, diff and steering guards etc. Tax and tested until April. How much is it worth?

Hate to disappoint you but, apart from the first few G-WAC 3-doors, a Disco is nowhere near a RRC in terms of iconic appeal and motoring heritage.
Probably worth a couple of grand.

And here was me thinking i would get milions! Couple of grand is twice what I paid for it!!

So you bought it with an empty tank and are selling it with a full one.

Yeah it really does cost a grand to fill it up....

[anonymous-user]

eltax91 said:

Crossflow Kid said:

eltax91 said:

Crossflow Kid said:

eltax91 said:

Might have to get my disco advertised! 93, K reg, Off road Tyres, Snorkel, diff and steering guards etc. Tax and tested until April. How much is it worth?

Hate to disappoint you but, apart from the first few G-WAC 3-doors, a Disco is nowhere near a RRC in terms of iconic appeal and motoring heritage.
Probably worth a couple of grand.

And here was me thinking i would get milions! Couple of grand is twice what I paid for it!!

So you bought it with an empty tank and are selling it with a full one.

Yeah it really does cost a grand to fill it up....

Ah, you've got long range tanks then?

[Jem0911]

eltax91 said:

Might have to get my disco advertised! 93, K reg, Off road Tyres, Snorkel, diff and steering guards etc. Tax and tested until April. How much is it worth?

Can you PM me details please and some pictures?

[Paw]

Sounds like it might be a good time to shift my soft dash SAS classic. Just need to get it back from my mate !

[Slyjoe]

Piss boiler - what annoyed me was the bbc gimp blaming the cold weather on 4x4's -
Therefore we all need to go and buy 4x4's and have more fun - the BBC really fks my st.

[fatboy b]

Pigfarmer3 said:

That's not to mention the disgrace of the Prius footprint compared to that of a Hummer where a Prius would have to cover 100,000 miles before it even matched the overall low carbon footprint of a Hummer (at birth) in comparison (when taking into consideration the production carbon effect).

Sorry chap. I've read that a few times, and I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying that Prius' carbon footprint (production + 100K miles running) is the same as a Hummer (production only). Surely that makes a hummer look very bad?

I'm not a Prius fan btw!

[anonymous-user]

fatboy b said:

Pigfarmer3 said:

That's not to mention the disgrace of the Prius footprint compared to that of a Hummer where a Prius would have to cover 100,000 miles before it even matched the overall low carbon footprint of a Hummer (at birth) in comparison (when taking into consideration the production carbon effect).

Sorry chap. I've read that a few times, and I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying that Prius' carbon footprint (production + 100K miles running) is the same as a Hummer (production only). Surely that makes a hummer look very bad?

I'm not a Prius fan btw!

I think it's meant to suggest the Prius is already 100,000 in deficit when each car roll out the showroom. Even though the Hummer might not have the same MPG etc, its production footprint is low enough to offset that, compared to the Prius.
Or to put it another way, the Hummer is cheap to build but expensive to run, whilst the Prius is cheap to run, but expensive to build so over the life of the cars the Prius actually loses to the Hummer and needs to do 100,000 miles more of its so-called "green" motoring to offset the poor manufacturing techniques. Or.....drive both cars off the forecourt on the same day and you can go 100,000 miles further in the Hummer than the Prius before the overall carbon footprint is the same.
I read some bks somewhere about the nickel for the batteries is mined in Canada, shipped to Japan to be turned in to electricity or something, then sent to the States to be packaged before returning to the Far East to be put in the cars.

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 23 December 10:08

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 23 December 10:09

[eltax91]

Jem0911 said:

eltax91 said:

Might have to get my disco advertised! 93, K reg, Off road Tyres, Snorkel, diff and steering guards etc. Tax and tested until April. How much is it worth?

Can you PM me details please and some pictures?

Done! Sorry, when I replied, I didn't realise which forum you were on! Will send you my photobucket link.

[Pigfarmer3]

Crossflow Kid said:

fatboy b said:

Pigfarmer3 said:

That's not to mention the disgrace of the Prius footprint compared to that of a Hummer where a Prius would have to cover 100,000 miles before it even matched the overall low carbon footprint of a Hummer (at birth) in comparison (when taking into consideration the production carbon effect).

Sorry chap. I've read that a few times, and I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying that Prius' carbon footprint (production + 100K miles running) is the same as a Hummer (production only). Surely that makes a hummer look very bad?

I'm not a Prius fan btw!

I think it's meant to suggest the Prius is already 100,000 in deficit when each car roll out the showroom. Even though the Hummer might not have the same MPG etc, its production footprint is low enough to offset that, compared to the Prius.
Or to put it another way, the Hummer is cheap to build but expensive to run, whilst the Prius is cheap to run, but expensive to build so over the life of the cars the Prius actually loses to the Hummer and needs to do 100,000 miles more of its so-called "green" motoring to offset the poor manufacturing techniques. Or.....drive both cars off the forecourt on the same day and you can go 100,000 miles further in the Hummer than the Prius before the overall carbon footprint is the same.
I read some bks somewhere about the nickel for the batteries is mined in Canada, shipped to Japan to be turned in to electricity or something, then sent to the States to be packaged before returning to the Far East to be put in the cars.

Edited by Crossflow Kid on Thursday 23 December 10:08

Edited by Crossflow Kid on Thursday 23 December 10:09

^^ What he said.

In fact an interesting point to mention is that the nickel mine used for the batteries is somewhere in North America. The surrounding countryside is used by Hollywood as moon/other planets baron wildernesses. There is no life for miles around it.

[fatboy b]

Pigfarmer3 said:

Crossflow Kid said:

fatboy b said:

Pigfarmer3 said:

That's not to mention the disgrace of the Prius footprint compared to that of a Hummer where a Prius would have to cover 100,000 miles before it even matched the overall low carbon footprint of a Hummer (at birth) in comparison (when taking into consideration the production carbon effect).

Sorry chap. I've read that a few times, and I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying that Prius' carbon footprint (production + 100K miles running) is the same as a Hummer (production only). Surely that makes a hummer look very bad?

I'm not a Prius fan btw!

I think it's meant to suggest the Prius is already 100,000 in deficit when each car roll out the showroom. Even though the Hummer might not have the same MPG etc, its production footprint is low enough to offset that, compared to the Prius.
Or to put it another way, the Hummer is cheap to build but expensive to run, whilst the Prius is cheap to run, but expensive to build so over the life of the cars the Prius actually loses to the Hummer and needs to do 100,000 miles more of its so-called "green" motoring to offset the poor manufacturing techniques. Or.....drive both cars off the forecourt on the same day and you can go 100,000 miles further in the Hummer than the Prius before the overall carbon footprint is the same.
I read some bks somewhere about the nickel for the batteries is mined in Canada, shipped to Japan to be turned in to electricity or something, then sent to the States to be packaged before returning to the Far East to be put in the cars.

Edited by Crossflow Kid on Thursday 23 December 10:08

Edited by Crossflow Kid on Thursday 23 December 10:09

^^ What he said.

In fact an interesting point to mention is that the nickel mine used for the batteries is somewhere in North America. The surrounding countryside is used by Hollywood as moon/other planets baron wildernesses. There is no life for miles around it.

Cheers chaps - I was hoping that was what you meant