Value of an older model Ranger?

[teaboyjim]

I know that doesn't help you a lot but hopefully gives you some idea. If you have a look on ebay you will see what they are asking for them but more importantly if you look at the top left hand side of the page there is a whole list of tick boxes, towards the bottom you will find a couple marked 'Sold items' or 'Completed sales' click on that and it will tell you what they actually sold for. You can also compare the descriptions with yours which should give you a good idea.Peter

I'll have a look on eBay

 

[EddieM]

Didn't eddie_m, of this parish, give the Landruiser a bit of a scathing review following his own experiences?

Anyway, I saw this early one (40 years old?) round these parts recently:

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Yes, indeed although generally considered bulletproof by many mine was a lemon.

 

[teaboyjim]

Yes, indeed although generally considered bulletproof by many mine was a lemon.

How old was yours and are the newer Landcruisers (last 7 years or so) as bulletproof as the older models?

 

[EddieM]

How old was your one and are the newer Landcruisers (last 7 years or so) considered as bulletproof as the older models?

Had it from new. 52 plate. Still sell Amazon's, which are still generally considered as bulletproof.

 

[teaboyjim]

Had it from new. 52 plate. Still sell Amazon's, which are still generally considered as bulletproof.

I've just seen a 1998 model for sale at £11,500 - What fuel mileage can you get with yours as the specs say they get 17 mpg - They're thirsty beasts which could make it almost unaffordable to run - that would mean a 5 hour trip going an average of 60 mph would cost: 5 x 60 = 300 miles divided by 17 = 17.65 x 4.754 = £83.84

 

[EddieM]

I've just seen a 1998 model for sale at £11,500 - What fuel mileage can you get with yours as the specs say they get 17 mpg - They're thirsty beasts which could make it almost unaffordable to run - that would mean a 5 hour trip going an average of 60 mph would cost: 5 x 60 = 300 miles divided by 17 = 17.65 x 4.754 = £83.84

Depends. The 4.2 TD does about 17 MPG. The 4.7 petrol does about 12 MPG.

And your calcs are off a uk gallon is 4.54 litres.

Petrol and diesel are about £1.20 a litre, or £5.45 a gallon. This means that at 17 & 12 MPG, a trip would cost £96 in diesel or £136 in petrol.

 

[teaboyjim]

Depends. The 4.2 TD does about 17 MPG. The 4.7 petrol does about 12 MPG. And your calls are off a uk gallon is 4.54 litres.
Petrol and diesel are about £1.20 a litre, or £5.45 a gallon. This means that at 17 & 12 MPG, a trip would cost £96 in diesel or £136 in petrol.

12 MPG is low.

 

[EddieM]

To make matters even worse the 4.7 petrol model only has a range of about 300 miles. I seem to recall the tanks capacity is about 120 litres. (could be wrong on that though)

 

[EddieM]

presume you got rid of the 52 plate as it was giving problems.

Now there's a tale of woe

 

[teaboyjim]

Now there's a tale of woe

How bad could it have gotten as it's still a Land Cruiser after all - even a problematic Land Cruiser should be more reliable than most other cars you'd think

 

[EddieM]

How bad could it have gotten as it's still a Land Cruiser after all - even a problematic Land Cruiser should be more reliable than most other cars you'd think

Well, in a nutshell when your ex wife takes it off your hands, for nothing of course, I guess you could class it as a total write off

 

[teaboyjim]

Update: So I got £1,200 in the end cash although he was looking to pay less. I felt it was in the situation where if anything went wrong with it then it would cost proper money to fix - also the body work needed attention

 

[chainsaw_masochist]

Well done, Jim. I should say that I always thought your avatar looked like a man with £1,200 in his trousers.