Land Rover Discovery HSE $8000

[DR.DREW2]

I looked at a 2004 Land Rover Discovery HSE.. Vehicle has a rebuilt salvage title.. Air bags were not deployed. Vehicle runs and drives fine..
Only thing I noticed is has a green sport light illuminated all the time. The owner of car is old and says it goes on and off.. Mileage is 54000. Tailights have about an inch of water in them in the bottom.. Dont know why.

This was not in any kind of flood .. Maybe rear lights have a gasket that is leaking. Left tailight has a crack in it so I think that accounts for the water in that one... No evidence of any kind of mositure in the interior. No rust anywhere under neath .. Vehicle had no frame damage..

This is green in color all else works is this car worth 8K..

Door has small scratches or right rear paggenger door.

Only part replaced were front bumper and hood..

[TerryS]

Originally Posted by DR.DREW2

Tailights have about an inch of water in them in the bottom.. Dont know why...

Because it's a Land Rover

Originally Posted by DR.DREW2

is this car worth 8K....

Some states issue a new title after a salvage titled car has been rebuilt, others don't, but the history is always there. A lot of people figure salvage title history takes off a third of the value. This is more true on high production cars than low production cars, like the Defender. My Defender had a slavage/rebuildable title when I got it, but they are so sought after, and easily rebuilt, only the worst of the burned ones get scraped vs rebuilt. I didn't give a damn, I was just glad to find it, especially at the price I paid, and that it is so easy to rebuild.
$8K isn't far off what a clean titled '04 Disco is worth, but it largely depends on how long you think you'll keep it. '04s, in general, are sought after more than other years, and there aren't many on the market at the moment. A good barometer is what they are bringing on ebay.

Originally Posted by DR.DREW2

Only part replaced were front bumper and hood..

The Disco 1 had a bad reputation for failing to deploy the airbags on front end impacts, but I thought that was corrected on the D2. Apparantly not if the damge was enough to total it, but only hood and bumper replacement. I would suspect (and inspect) the radiator support panel and associated tinwork on the front of the car.