Maz's done it again! Ive just brought a V8 range rover!!!

Nice list you have, pleased you've had chance to think about it all, just don't do it again mate driving with no MOT or Insurance is a stupid thing to do :)
 
Fair play Maz - I think you've redeemed yourself a bit.

Your main lesson: NEVER EVER DRIVE WITH NO INSURANCE AGAIN (especially for a month man - thats just being a scumbag :S ).

:)

Edit - your second lesson - it's I BOUGHT a car, not I brought. There is no r in bought :)
 
What i would do maz, is straight away get into getting the RR roadworthy, nevermind getting it to the courses you wont be allowed to enter or drive legally down any tracks without it being taxed and tested, and insured.

What i would do is get it MOT'd. See the report as likely it WILL fail, then find somewhere that will get it through the MOT as cheaply as possible.

When you have an MOT for it you can insure it, and then renew the tax when its due.

Once the RR is fully roadworthy i would sell the vectra and then use the RR full time. The RR will be a much nicer car to drive and you wont have the huge expense of running two vehicles at once which is pointless if you are not doing huge miles. The saving from running two cars will more than pay for the extra fuel the V8 uses. :)
 
Jez said:
What i would do maz, is straight away get into getting the RR roadworthy, nevermind getting it to the courses you wont be allowed to enter or drive legally down any tracks without it being taxed and tested, and insured.

What i would do is get it MOT'd. See the report as likely it WILL fail, then find somewhere that will get it through the MOT as cheaply as possible.

When you have an MOT for it you can insure it, and then renew the tax when its due.

Once the RR is fully roadworthy i would sell the vectra and then use the RR full time. The RR will be a much nicer car to drive and you wont have the huge expense of running two vehicles at once which is pointless if you are not doing huge miles. The saving from running two cars will more than pay for the extra fuel the V8 uses. :)
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Personally i would have the RR on 3rd party 3000 miles a year, and run another smaller car, you will be looking at 11mpg out of the RR!
 
IMO sell the lot and start again with a more sensible head on your shoulders. No point buying these money pits which cost lots of money to run. Plus stop buying cars with high insurance costs, high repair bills and high fuel costs. Get something cheap, reliable, boring and safe and have many years of happy motoring.

Oh, did I say I bought my Impreza some new mudflaps :D
 
Do your sums on the whole 2 cars thing :) Yes the RR will use a shed load more fuel, but will the cost of having 2 expensive insurance policies, plus the extra tax, and running costs of another car offset this? I think not? Maintenance will be similar on the RR regardless of milage, and i thought it was a given that you stick 3k as the milage on insurance;) most insurers T&C simply state that an extra excess is payable if above the guestimated milage.
 
Honestly for offroad use sell it and get a LR90 or a Suzuki, go to www.difflock.co.uk go to the forums and ask around. For a daily driver + greenlaning it would be ok but 18 on a v8 3.5 your insurance would be bonkers.
 
Well done chap.

Nice to see someone take a turn for the sensible :)

Good luck getting the RR sorted. My advice - sell it once its roadworthy, then think about your next purchase :p
 
When is the MOT going to be maz? Would be genuinely interested to see what the report says for the money you paid :)
 
[TW]Fox said:
Parked on the road I see ;)
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You have the reg, you know it's parked on the road and know it's not taxed. Go on, I dare you to report him :D


IF it is mechanically sound it looks like a good buy for the money
 
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