marzman

:lol: No not yet. Im going to the Range Rover garage in Knutsford today on my lunch for a mooch about.

Cheers Chris, thanks for the input. If the RRS is the gay one then call me Louie Spence cos thats the one i'd want. Interesting to hear that yours has been pretty reliable during your ownership, gives me a bit of confidence. I dont think the new ones will affect the price of what im looking at the bottom of the market though... i've tried that tact before and its a completely different demographic who is spending £10k to who is spending £50k.

Yes mate, that one. Do you know anything about them? They sell some really nice cars.. I stopped in tonight on my way home and spoke to a guy at length. Seemed pretty legit. They said they buy all of their stock from Land Rover, Jaguar and Mercedes dealerships and dont go to auctions etc. I wanted to know about warranties (i.e. the statutory sale of goods warranty) and they said they pretty much will offer next to nothing, other than if the gearbox blows up on my drive home from buying it etc. They said a Range at the price im looking at is going to be a project, one which they would refuse to sell to a mother with 2 kids who just wants a reliable car without an extended warranty. I think this is pretty fair and honest of them really. So - i've asked them to be on the lookout for a sub 9k Range Rover for me so they said they'll definitely be able to find something.

So i went to look at a Range Rover last night.... 04-plate in Black with 77k on the clock. It's about £2.5k more than i want to spend so i've got no intention of buying it, but damn it's made me really want one now!! I cant believe how big they are up close too, it's awesome!

For anyone interested, im planning on fitting mine myself on 27th April, and i will be doing a DIY Guide of the process.

Someone on here has painted his Sunset Zed with black stripes as you describe...

Sounds great.

:lol: Im not in this to learn anything or be philosophical... if im having a BBQ and a few beers, who would i want to hang out with? Will Smith and Adam Sandler would be my first 2 guests.

Will Smith or Adam Sandler. Stuarty - you're going to meet Royce Gracie? That's awesome! Where's that?

It's dynamic so depends on how you've been driving.

Have you been to Knutsford recently? There's now a McLaren dealership on the roundabout as you hit the town center..... that reminds me will have to have a run out that way soon for a walk around Tatton Park. I work in Knutsford... this garage is only 1 of 3 in the country. Apparently Roy Keane went for a test drive and he broke down on the A50.

This comment made me click what number 1 is for some reason... Very good.

£250 or £270? Sorry... same as yours. £148.50 for 6 months or £270 for 12 months.

Im also with Pru through work. I have a dislike of them personally but probably as an isolated case... i couldnt comment on their suitability over anyone else. Our work healthcare was with Standard Life, and whilst i was literally in the hospital undergoing spinal surgery our company moved to Pru. They then proceeded to refuse to pay for any of my treatment as they said they would not have approved it in the first place, so i had to get our HR team involved to fight on my behalf as otherwise i'd have been lumped with a £7k bill. In the end they paid it, but i had to pay £100 excess on it which pi**ed me off.

They dont do it for me at all im afraid... too boring looking. If you're getting bored of the zed already i reckon you'd be bored of one of these in no time.

This is the same as the bill for my JDM. Has been this price since i've owned it.

Cheers Chris! I like it... i think it's gonna suit the car... looking forward to the updates.... and seeing the spacers that you're going to have to fit.

Hopefully you're right. Im not sure where us JDM owners will fit in if there is a recall... NISSAN UK probably dont even have any record of us.

Cant you start now, i wanna see where this goes Offer them up at least so we can see... !

I've just tried this.... i can see that it will work for some as it feels like the boot is opening with more force now, but it's still not worked for me.

Neo for me.

Nice one Stu

A G-Wagon is on my list of cars to own, and will probably be my first restoration project when im ready for that stage in life as i love them... but i need something a bit more current as i intend to use it as a daily through winter.

I know but i've got to get the 4x4 bug out of my system or else i'll be in the same boat in 12 months time... I should get an M-Class merc which would tick both boxes, but i only like the very latest model which is £30k plus

My missus worked at Envirofone about 4 years ago, which is of no help at all i realise, but i thought it was interesting. The owner at the time who started the company was a greek guy, and he'd always be having staff nights out where he'd buy everyone's drinks thinking he was the big man... but i always chose to pay for my own. Anwyay, i would check on the CEX Exchange website what they'll offer for it, and then you can at least drop into your local branch in person and sell it to them. Less risky and they seem to offer at least as good prices as the others in my experience.