Yeah good luck with it mate..
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One Black with Black, other Black with Alpaca..

But jampoTT gets first dibs on them being the first to be offered them initially..

hehehehe I did get him to throw in the winter mats, plus the camera warning thingy - think it was TrafficMaster badged, but I have to pay for the boot mat - I need the one with the access to the cargo hooks, so I can tie down the Dog Bag.

Done deal, potentially pick up at the weekend...

Bit embarrassed to talk prices, but lets say that, even if you ignore the "extras", it was close to £5k off list.

I'm not planning astronomical mileage, so the fact that its racked up 6k miles in the 3 months its been registered isn't a big deal. It'll probably only do 2k or so in the next 3 months, so will even itself out quite quickly

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nice one jampo if you manage to get it by Sat why not bring it to the meet in MK  some of my Previous cars
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RRS 2.7 HSE Silver
RRS TDV8 HSE silver
FFRR Vogue black
Disco3 HSE silver
RRS 2.7 HSE silver
RRS 3.0 HSE BALTI BLUE
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Audi R8 V10 Spyder
AC Cobra
Landrover Defender 90
Landrover Defender 110
Suzuki Jimney

As much as my missus likes cars (we met that way) I'm not sure she'd be up for it this weekend... I'll probably make it to another one soon, though.

5k off list they must be bloody awful salesmen or your a very persuasive individual

A bit of both... I made it clear that I was happy to shop around, but wanted a deal from my local dealer, and as I said, it was "right time, right place" - as the DP seems desperate to register the one in their depot.

They wouldn't budge an inch on that one, and it was £55,450 including the options (premium ice, TV, tow pack), and they initially offered the demo @ £51k, but it simply wasn't worthwhile at that money.

I did have my heart set on a brand new one, but he made me an offer I couldn't refuse in the end...

Maybe the salesman needed an end of month sales boost to meet a target ??? Would be interesting to see the date on the invoice! Have fun you will love it. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Nice one Jampott - I hope you're very happy together!  

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We should be used to that....  

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Not really .......


But having made the decision to do so - you learn very quickly what the true " value " of the RRS is

Still not sure what i'm getting next either .....

If it's another sport ...... ???? I wont buy new ! 
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Just dropped mine off at the dealers to have a hands free phone kit fitted and they have a 55 plate Zambesi TDv6 HSE, with Rhodium and Black leather, on the forecourt with a sticker price of £41k. It hasn't appeared on their website yet so I don't know what the mileage on it is. The only extra that I can see on it is that it appears chromed standard tailpipe tips. If the dealers are not offering high partex values they are certainly cashing in on the desirability of the car on the used market. In the showroom they have a Java TDv8 with Ivory leather and only option is the towpack. Asking £54030 - price includes rubber mats that are a on the spec sheet as a dealer fit accessory! So Jampott got a nearly new TDv8 for only a little more than the price of a TDv6 HSE with some options and with no wait! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Well done - makes our advise useless!

On the contrary, your advice was extremely useful. I have been doing my homework over the last few weeks / months, but not with regards the 2nd hand market, and input from current owners, or people in the same situation as me regarding what would be a good price to pay was extremely important in having confidence that it was a deal worth doing...

The opinion seemed to be, "do the deal if its more than £3k off". It was, so I did. QED.

MDP wrote:

yet their dealer network have destroyed the used market with regard to prices and customer confidence

That's kinda why I was a bit embarrassed to say. I'm well aware how depreciation is closely linked to confidence in the market, and I do NOT want to be hit with a a steep curve, especially as I'm buying now not 12 months ago.

In fairness, I don't think this 1 deal is indicative of the market. I've been into the dealer 3 times (albeit at quite strange times) and they weren't open on BH Monday at about 3pm when I swung past. Each time I've been in, there has only been me in there. OK, so it might be odd times, but there were no browsers or tyre-kickers even, so it is highly plausible that this dealer was having a bad week / month / quarter, and they didn't want a guaranteed sale walking out of the door.

I made it clear from the first time I walked in that I'd made my mind up and was going to buy a RRS, and that I wanted to buy from them, but wouldn't if I got a better deal elsewhere. In fairness to the salesman, he knew I wasn't bulls**tting, and that's to his credit.

Sometimes a dealer WILL sell a car to make 0 profit, if there's other reasons for them to do so. He readily admitted that they couldn't possibly discount a normal "2nd hand" car by that amount, and certainly not a new one - but was able to (and prepared to) "give away" their allowance for it being a demonstrator just to capture a customer and stop me going elsewhere. I guess they figure they get to register a new demo (this one was reaching end of life) and that I'll be happy to return for some extras, my servicing and warranty work, and perhaps even my next car. Quite right too. I'm loyal like that.

I bought my S4 based on ringing around looking for a cancelled order, as I HAD to have a B6 shape (smaller grille) and they'd stopped making them. Found a dealer with the car I wanted in the right colour, and haven't looked back since. Struck up an excellent relationship with him, which resulted in them getting the order for my GF's next car (A4 cab) as well as my order for an R8, which I placed in June last year. I squeezed his balls on the price for the S4, made sure he made no money on the finance either, but have since put more orders his way, and will continue to do so. For him, that was enough... maybe its the same for LR too.

Don't take this one deal as indicative of the current market. It'd better bloody not be! [/quote]