The ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice Disco shows us the truck in question and all the seller’s other Landys. Let’s see if this long-time Land Rover fan has set a price that might make us all just as enthusiastic.
Understanding the difference between MPV and MVP means ensuring the kids get to soccer practice and instead don’t have to hear someone crow about the good game they had. The 2010 Mercedes-Benz R350 we looked at yesterday is classified as an MPV (Multi-Purpose Vehicle), but its $7,500 price tag made it an MVP in many of your books. That was made plain by the 75 percent Nice Price win it received.
Monday’s Mercedes may have been a family car, but today, we’re going to close down 2024 with a 1999.5 Land Rover Discovery II sold by someone with a family of Land Rovers. So proud are they of the collection they have amassed that a bunch of other rando family members appear indiscriminately in the ad.
Let’s start our discussion of this Disco by acknowledging that Land Rovers—and, by extension, the upper-market Range Rovers—don’t maintain the best reputation for quality or durability. There may be some basis for that argument, but there sure seem to be a lot of old Land Rovers running around, and most of those offered for sale have high mileage like the 213,000 miles this one proudly wears. This particular Disco also has binders full of maintenance and repair records, with the seller claiming that work to have totaled $33,000 over the past 25 years of driving.
It’s still said to be in excellent condition and features a number of aesthetic and practical upgrades that make it stand out from the crowd—or the family. Among the former is a goth treatment for the window frames that make the wagon look more like a Range Rover P38 than a Disco. The flat black paint extends to the raised center of the bonnet and the safari windowed roof. Above that is a large roof rack with lights on all sides and a get-out-of-trouble tool kit above the passenger side. A brush guard fitted with even more lights protects the nose while running boards offer a leg up on either side. Besides those changes, this Disco appears relatively stock, with factory alloy wheels and ride height, and with all its trim intact.
Oddly, no pictures or descriptions of the truck’s interior are provided. This is a seven-seater, so we can expect there to be three rows in there. On the plus side, the mechanicals seem sound. Power comes from a 4.0-liter edition of the Rover V8, and this being a 1999.5 model, it has many updates and upgrades over the earlier edition that improve durability and reliability.
Per the ad, the engine, ZF automatic transmission, transfer case, and diffs have all recently had their fluids changed. Other recent work includes new front suspension components and a replacement rear driveshaft. A number of gaskets have also been replaced, eliminating, for the moment, the British tradition of oil leaks. A clean title and current tags ensure a hassle-free transfer to a new owner once the $7,500 asking price is negotiated.
Let’s do that right now. After all, it’s New Year’s Eve, and we’ve got partying to do. What’s your take on this Discovery and that $7,500 price tag? Does that seem fair, given the truck’s history and presentation? Or does that price mean it’s going to stay in the family?
You decide!
Seattle, Washington, Craigslist, or go here if the ad disappears.
H/T to Don R. for the hookup!
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