Maz's done it again! Ive just brought a V8 range rover!!!
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mazza7282 said:
nope, because the deathtrap car he was talking about was your UN-MOTed RR. I don't see him mention anything about vectras.
The reason insurance is so expensive is also partially because of uninsured drivers. When they crash into someone the money doesn't magically appear now, does it?!?!?!
So who pays?
If your mate crashed another friends Z3M without insurance, I'd assume the only reason there was a payout is because the insurance company were not told that it was crashed by someone who was not insured. Usually any DOC cover is only 3rd party anyway.
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jpmonkey69 said:
Who knows he might have been snapped by one of those Tax / MOT / Insurance checking cameras, sooner they rollout that system nationwide the better imho.
mazza7282 said:
probably because the guy who owned it committed insurance fraud and said that he was driving at the time, and not his mate who was driving it un-insured.
oh and the vectra isnt a death trap. That was just a stupid impulse buy you couldnt afford to insure
the V6 range rover is the death trap, cos it has no MOT for a reason. It cant get one. Cos you can bet sure as the sky is blue, that if it would pass it would have one
people driving un roadworthy vehicles with no insurance are the sort of people the police have a field day with.
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mazza7282 said:
How is that relevant?
What next, you justifying nicking cars or something becuase 'i am just copying loads of people?'
Nobody said the Vectras were deathtraps, just moneypits - you bought them, they broke constantly/were uninsureable, you sold them again.
How do you know its perfectly MOTable? If it was perfectly MOTable it would:
a) Have come with an MOT
b) Cost a hell of a lot more than £600
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Could be other factors I suppose, stolen recovered / previous cat D / no service history / unverified mileage.
But even with these factors it should be more than 600, he could get lucky, perhaps it was a trade in and the MOT just expired, dealer can't be bothered getting it sorted and just wants shot of it, perhaps this in combination with the above factors.
But even with these factors it should be more than 600, he could get lucky, perhaps it was a trade in and the MOT just expired, dealer can't be bothered getting it sorted and just wants shot of it, perhaps this in combination with the above factors.
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Nah, V8 Range Rovers are dirt cheap. I've browsed T&T'd ones for 700-900 quid 
Usually because the body panels are full of rust, the transmissions are slurry and the engines like to smoke a tad
but there are barginous V8 Range Rovers out there.
If yours has got rust in the chassis....good luck though, cost you a hella lot to get fixed, depending on the damage.
Usually because the body panels are full of rust, the transmissions are slurry and the engines like to smoke a tad
but there are barginous V8 Range Rovers out there.If yours has got rust in the chassis....good luck though, cost you a hella lot to get fixed, depending on the damage.
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Lashout_UK said:Nah, V8 Range Rovers are dirt cheap. I've browsed T&T'd ones for 700-900 quid
Thats a lot of machine for the money, provided you don't get a total rot box!
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Yea, wonder which type Maz has picked up 
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Why will you keep it up? Do you like not considering others?mazza7282 said:Yup im a moron, cheers for that
As said about eleventy five times, you're too young for Day insure.
Loads of people right now are drink driving - does that make it acceptable?
Any dealer worth his salt will run a car through an MOT check for £30 or whatever it costs you over there. It obviously was going to take too much time/money to sort.
What do your parents say about all this? At 21, I've had a serious lecture everytime I've bought a car (after countless hours of research and generally a 3hour + examination of the car), and I've bought well and made money on all of my cars. Now they are realising that I know how to buy well, but if I was your parent(s), I'd be parenting.
That's called insurance fraud
Lashout_UK said:Nah, V8 Range Rovers are dirt cheap. I've browsed T&T'd ones for 700-900 quid
Usually because the body panels are full of rust, the transmissions are slurry and the engines like to smoke a tad
If yours has got rust in the chassis....good luck though, cost you a hella lot to get fixed, depending on the damage.
Ive looked at a fair few range rover's are there is no way i would touch a classic for less than about £1500, yeah there are some for less than £1000 taxed and tested but the owner's are flogging them because they will fail the next one, ive never seen a "nice" one for less than £1500.
That £600 one, if it is MOT'able, was the bargain of the century, as cosmetically it actually looks ok. I'd put money on it being an MOT failure due to chassis rot, which wont be worth sorting.
Also remember that minus an MOT, you'll have to just risk offroading on your own, as most organised events wont want to know from what ive seen - there may be some about that dont require roadworthiness though i am not sure.
Greenlanes ARE real roads so to drive them you need a fully road legal car and all speed limits regulations apply.
Most offroad sites now require that the vehicle is also fully roadworthy, taxed, mot'd etc as they are getting far to many accidents caused by idiots in any old POS that runs.
Sell it, get yourself a little Suzuki, you'l have more fun it will be dirt cheap to repair and keep roadworthy and there are tons of upgrades as you find you need them.
A V8 RR is not a worthwhile offroad vehicle for pay n play sites and greenlaning, they wiegh to much for a start.
Most offroad sites now require that the vehicle is also fully roadworthy, taxed, mot'd etc as they are getting far to many accidents caused by idiots in any old POS that runs.
Sell it, get yourself a little Suzuki, you'l have more fun it will be dirt cheap to repair and keep roadworthy and there are tons of upgrades as you find you need them.
A V8 RR is not a worthwhile offroad vehicle for pay n play sites and greenlaning, they wiegh to much for a start.
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This thread is pure comedy. This guy thinks Tony Blair is our "priminister". Then someone called fox "ghey" and I went to pieces muhaha. Quality.
Anyway, my opinion is that you should listen very closely to the good advice Fox and others are trying to give. It may well save your life. Also don't forget that an MOT does not mean the vehicle is safe. It just means that on the day of the inspection it was passable. Anything could have happened since then, which is why regular servicing and checking / inspections are part of what being a responsible vehicle owner is all about.
I think this does show, as somebody earlier pointed out, the total lack of respect for our laws that some people display. I personally wish that everyone caught driving without insurance was banned instantly and made to pay a huge financial penalty. The fines are just so small now that people generally pay much more per year in insurance premiums which encourages people. If you get caught and not banned less than 3 times a year, it works out cheaper not to bother with insurance.............they seem to have no regard for what would happen in a serious crash etc.
Anyway, my opinion is that you should listen very closely to the good advice Fox and others are trying to give. It may well save your life. Also don't forget that an MOT does not mean the vehicle is safe. It just means that on the day of the inspection it was passable. Anything could have happened since then, which is why regular servicing and checking / inspections are part of what being a responsible vehicle owner is all about.
I think this does show, as somebody earlier pointed out, the total lack of respect for our laws that some people display. I personally wish that everyone caught driving without insurance was banned instantly and made to pay a huge financial penalty. The fines are just so small now that people generally pay much more per year in insurance premiums which encourages people. If you get caught and not banned less than 3 times a year, it works out cheaper not to bother with insurance.............they seem to have no regard for what would happen in a serious crash etc.
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Im just waiting for the "I bought an old porsche because i couldnt insure the land rover" thread
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And of course, MOT's aren't strictly kosha
Many a time I've wondered into a local garage asking for an MOT on another Brit shedp) and the guy has checked the car over briefly, taken the details, and then comes back ten minutes later with a complete slip and says "nice motor, don't see many of those, that'll be 80 quid nudge nudge wink wink...if anyone asks the headlamp blew on the way back and the wingmirror fell off.."
Many a time I've wondered into a local garage asking for an MOT on another Brit shed
p) and the guy has checked the car over briefly, taken the details, and then comes back ten minutes later with a complete slip and says "nice motor, don't see many of those, that'll be 80 quid nudge nudge wink wink...if anyone asks the headlamp blew on the way back and the wingmirror fell off.."
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Maz, you dont live at Marsh Farm do you?!?
