Right. I am about to come into some inheritance and have decided that some of it should be put aside and used as a "feck it, I want it so I'll have it" fund. Probably talking £5k or so (although if serious would consider selling the FL2 to add to fund).

My foolish mind is currently thinking:

1) A Defender/90
2) A Disco 3
3) Treat my current FL2 to some toys. But I don't know which.

Option 1 is stupid. I don't need it, it'll cost many more pounds within days likely and it'll be bloody uncomfortable. But I've ALWAYS wanted one.

Option 2 likely the same as option 1 but comfortable.

Option 3 I don't know what to get. It's a 2011 GS TD4. But I like toys.

Poor me. Learned to drive in 2011.
Bought a Micra - great little car
"Upgraded" to Kia Sportage - hated it
Proper upgrade to FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - tailgate paint issues, fuel gauge rewire, transfer box failure at 36k miles, clutch at 60k
Reconditioned diff at 70k ish
Sold at 84k and now on a DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental

IMO

1) No dont do it - you wont get much of a Defender for £5K these days. I had a truck cab SWB turbo diesel with 2" lift. Did a V8 conversion myself. Was great off road but on-road was just tiresome, uncomfortable and a bit scary at times.

2) Disco 3 - loads of expensive electrical problems so often found cheaper than older Disco 2.

3) Why not.

Personally Id go for a Disco 2 TD5 or V8 - BUT must have good chassis. I had a TD5 and waxoyled inside and out (18 years later I see its still has a current VED ) Nice to drive - more useful than defender - relatively simple, not a lot more complicated than a Defender - good off road too.

Something like this
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ad...amp;page=1 Jules

Ditto what Jules said, nice car but I wouldn't pay that much for it. Common sense isn't very common.
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Sorry to sound boring. Sit on it for 12 months. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

sitting on money over here now returns nothing, in 12 months time he might just have accrued £1.50 interest on his £5k

if you don't need it for anything else and you want a play toy that's more comfortable than a defender but less expensive to maintain than a D3 then find yourself a decent D2.

depending on how things go in about 18 months - 2 years I could be getting a share of my mums house sale, as she is moving into a soon to be built granny annex at my brothers new house and selling our old family house.

if that works out then I would like to get a late D2 Auto, and kit it out for light expedition (awnings, split charge, stowage racks etc) just to use for quick weekends/weeks away and as a weekend workhorse.

If you sit on it long enough it will pay for your funeral.

J

If you have a 'direct cremation' it will only cost £600. As per David Bowie, then you have plenty left over for toys! Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

Jimboland wrote:

If you regularly use Quick Extender Pro and sit on it long enough it will pay for your funeral.

J

I can do it for £300 £200 if your already dead

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At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

At £300 a pop £5,000 can dispose of 16 people who have really you off, and still have change for a nice meal out with the Mrs. Think of all that stress you will no longer have, and you wouldn't have a Disco2 breaking down every 5 minutes. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
Replaced by Ewok what a mistake - now a happy Disco Sport owner

Discount for vaners At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

that escalated quickly

Apologies for the delay in replying - I don't seem to be getting the email notifications s.

Hadn't considered a D2 - will look into it.

Had fancied putting an Android Auto head unit in but the faff of all the adapters and then needing a new amp to keep the sub has kind of put me off. Unsure what other toys O have as an option.

Thanks again all. Learned to drive in 2011.
Bought a Micra - great little car
"Upgraded" to Kia Sportage - hated it
Proper upgrade to FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - tailgate paint issues, fuel gauge rewire, transfer box failure at 36k miles, clutch at 60k
Reconditioned diff at 70k ish
Sold at 84k and now on a DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental

Andy131 wrote:

At £300 a pop £5,000 can dispose of 16 people who have really you off, and still have change for a nice meal out with the Mrs. Think of all that stress you will no longer have, and you wouldn't have a Disco2 breaking down every 5 minutes.

£300 you say...

Failing getting rid of the in-laws, the boss, and the moron who won’t sell you a breakfast because it’s 2 minutes past 11, then how about upgrading to a HSE with more than enough toys?
Problem is if yours is reliable are you buying trouble? Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
Replaced by Ewok what a mistake - now a happy Disco Sport owner

chicken george wrote:

I can do it for £300 £200 if your already dead