May purchase tonight, advice would be appreciated

[granger]

Got a bug up my arse to take a look at some lightly used LR3s over the past weekend. There seems to be a good bit of 05s and 06s with 25-30K for $30K in my area. That got me into the dealership. When I was there they had two demos with 5K miles that appeared to be deeply discounted.

I wanted to get US owner's thoughts on how good a deal this is.

LR3 one: Silver HSE 2007, mileage 4,500. Not sure what is standard or optional (I was looking back in 2005 when a lot of this was optional) but it has 7 seats, adaptive lights, nav, cooler center console, cold weather. Price $36,100 or exactly $20K off of sticker.

LR3 two: Red SE 2007, mileage 5,500. Pretty much everything the HSE has but 18" wheels, no adaptive lights and the smaller sound system. Price $34,500, again $20K off of sticker. The Red one also has rear light guards and all weather mats. Though it smells Heavily cleaned where the HSE smells new.

I am leaning twords the Red SE as I like the color better and the wheels and lights are not deal breakers to me.

Is there anything I should consider? Am I missing something or is this as good of a deal as it seems?

Any thoughts would be GREATLY appreciated.

-Granger

[Thor]

Isn't it Arse?

Sorry, I don't pay much attention to LR3.

[stolenheron]

go with the HSE, you can always buy light guards and floor mats don't use that as a bargaining chip.

regardless of which one you get. buy an extended warranty. bought 2 rovers in the past year, and an extended warranty on both my disco and the 06 SE was a great decision

[granger]

Originally Posted by Thor

Isn't it Arse?

Sorry, I don't pay much attention to LR3.

Nothing more then a typo, I'll be surprised if that was the only one. :-) I've since added an "e'.

[granger]

Originally Posted by stolenheron

go with the HSE, you can always buy light guards and floor mats don't use that as a bargaining chip.

regardless of which one you get. buy an extended warranty. bought 2 rovers in the past year, and an extended warranty on both my disco and the 06 SE was a great decision

Thanks for the advice!!! My plan was to look at the extended warranty cost tonight and what that price will be if I wait up to 1 month , 1,000 miles before this one expires.


I'd hate to buy it if I only keep the truck for 4 years. But if it is a lot cheaper then my decision will be made for me.

[ArmyRover]

if you plan to do any wheeling you might want to consider the heavy duty package with the rear locker.

[Thor]

Originally Posted by granger

Nothing more then a typo, I'll be surprised if that was the only one. :-) I've since added an "e'.

All is well then....

[phantom phan]

Originally Posted by granger

Got a bug up my arse to take a look at some lightly used LR3s over the past weekend. There seems to be a good bit of 05s and 06s with 25-30K for $30K in my area. That got me into the dealership. When I was there they had two demos with 5K miles that appeared to be deeply discounted.

I wanted to get US owner's thoughts on how good a deal this is.

LR3 one: Silver HSE 2007, mileage 4,500. Not sure what is standard or optional (I was looking back in 2005 when a lot of this was optional) but it has 7 seats, adaptive lights, nav, cooler center console, cold weather. Price $36,100 or exactly $20K off of sticker.

LR3 two: Red SE 2007, mileage 5,500. Pretty much everything the HSE has but 18" wheels, no adaptive lights and the smaller sound system. Price $34,500, again $20K off of sticker. The Red one also has rear light guards and all weather mats. Though it smells Heavily cleaned where the HSE smells new.

I am leaning twords the Red SE as I like the color better and the wheels and lights are not deal breakers to me.

Is there anything I should consider? Am I missing something or is this as good of a deal as it seems?

Any thoughts would be GREATLY appreciated.

-Granger

are you serious20K off

thats a 2007 HSE for approx £8000 (GBP) take his hands off and do the deal

regards
martin

[polar]

Buy the one you like but for the extra 1600.00 the Silver HSE looks to be the better deal. Plus it will have a higher resale/trade in if the need arises.

[DBrown]

Hi Granger,

I too am about to pull the trigger on a slightly used LR3 but the similarly equipped low mileage vehicles that I have found in my area (San Francisco Bay Area) are consistently in the $39,999 range. Perhaps par for the course for this area... Where are you looking?

Thanks,
Dylan

[granger]

Well, I pulled the trigger. I ended up going with the Red SE. I was on the fence and while I was deciding someone bought the silver HSE. This worked out for the best as I prefered the looks of the red, but was dragging my heals because of one or two features on the HSE vs SE.

As for the deal, I called around before I bought and could not find a dealer who would get close. The sales pitch was that they had a ton of demos and with two 2007s and a fleet of 2008s they wanted to get rid fo the 07s before the summer.

Martin, I agree. I wasn't really in the market for a new truck but at that price I had to reconsider

Dylan, I'm on the other coast. The truck was purchased at Hunt Valley Land Rover in Maryland.

Thank you all for the advice, I couldn't be happier.

-Bryan