1996 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY RARE 5SPD

Solid beginning to a project for someone. LOW miles

 

Are you kidding? $2500 for a '96 that doesn't run isn't a good deal. There could be all manner of expensive things wrong with it and it would be hard to know before buying.
It's potentially a good deal, but a real crap shoot.

 

I live in Atlanta that disco has been up for months . 2500 for a dead disco is way to much. I picked up 2 last month for 900 that were dead. Shop around a running 5 speed just sold in north Georgia for 1000 last week.

 

Don't be ridiculous. Don't try and make this out to be a terrible deal. If you got this truck for a good enough price and were able to perform the essentials on your own you could come out smelling like a rose, less than 80k miles, come on

 

I didn't say it is a terrible deal, I said it's a crap shoot, could be great, could be terrible.
You could get it and find it needs a $75 ignition module, or you could find it needs an engine, transmission, transfer case and diff. Not to mention brake booster or countless other things it's not really possible/easy to test in a non-running vehicle.
It just depends on what you're willing to gamble and/or how much labor you want to spend just on checking things out.. No way would I be willing to gamble $2500 or the time needed for a pre-purchase check just to see if it's an ok deal.

 

True story about the crap shoot. I didn't pay $2500 for my running, driving 1996 with 100k on it. I paid $1200.

I'd personally guess bad fuel pump as one of the more common reasons that a D1 stops running, but I wouldn't make that gamble at $2500. I'd make it at like $800. That way if it turns out to need an engine, you could MAYBE still part it and break even.

 

This "deal" sucks. $2500 for a non-running '96 sucks. I got my rough-running(was able to drive it up onto the trailer) '96 for $400. I got my good-running '96 for $700. I got my running '98 with 72,000 miles four years ago for $3000. And none of them had paint faded that badly.

Mileage means nothing if it wasn't maintained. With a Harley Davidson tire cover my guess is all his time/money went into keeping his cycle running, LOL.

Here's rough running '04 for just a bit more. I'd say this is a decent deal.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/cto/3975267305.html

 

That's a joke, right? The freaking headliner is on top of the seats!

 

i'll say it....IT's a terrible deal, in fact its no deal at all and certainly would not smell like a "rose" in fact i'd suspect it smells pretty rank about now from the looks of it :-/

 

Terrible deal. I just bought a non runner for 1000 and it had 3" lift, a-arm spacer, gbr rear axles, Detroit and TT, hd front driveshaft, etc... I bought my 98 LSE non running for 400 bucks in way nicer shape.