Should I buy this 1997 Discovery?

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tymecard

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Hello. I am in the market for a Discovery. I found a 1997 Discovery SE with 102,000 miles. The only exterior visible blemish is the front right fender. See attached picture.

The bluebook value is $6,000. He's offering to sell it to me for $3,500 -- maybe a little less. He said the only problems with it is the exterior fender and he said I would probably want to replace the muffler/pipe.

Is this still a good deal? Given the picture I attached, how much would it cost to fix this? What about the muffler?

Here is his ad:

97 Land Rover Discory SE 4.0 liter V8 4 wheel drive, runs & looks like new. 102,000 miles


I have receipts for many recent repairs I have made to this truck & a recent carFax. This truck got Carfaxes buy back guarantee and shows no problems ever.

two position front & rear electric sun roofs, heated power leather seats, plenty of wood trim in front, dual climate controle A/C and heat, factory 6 disc cd changer & cassette, factory over head garage door opener, can controle many options near steering wheel, Power: windows, lokcs, breaks, steering, delay wipers, daul air bags, roof rack, alloy wheels, running boards, rear mounted on gate spare tire & wheel with Land Rover cap or cover for winter.

I have taken some pictures with my camera phone and did the best i could. This truck needs two minor things to make it just about perfect. It needs a muffler & maybe pipe. And I parked in a space next to a monster type hi truck, when I came out I noticed he damaged my fender. It is the right front fender (passenger's fender) Nothing else but the fender was damaged. It can be repaired or replaced. It is white and white is the most popular color in the U.S. so it would not be hard to find one from a junk yard or match color. Thats it thats all it needs and i have tried to capsure that in the pics. I have nine pics if you do not see them all displayed, please ask me to e-mail you the rest.

The blue book on this truck is over $6000.00 in its condition.
 
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krazz1e

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best advise i can give is take it to a land rover mechanic and have him check over everything.

Sounds like a good deal, but you just never know.
 

joey

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For that price, even with repairs that will come up. that isn't a bad deal... as far as the white being the most popular color... I have only seen a couple whites ones.

If you don't buy it, let me know where it is... I could part it out and make 3 times that money.
 
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penguinpowered

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I have a '97 Willow Green Disco I SD.
Bought it with 101K, with a new brake job, and jump seats.
So far (knock on wood), everything works perfectly (now @ 107K).
I paid $6900.
I'd buy that one in a second.

As far as the muffler/pipe is concerned, you can buy a kit from atlanticbritsh.com for $299 http://www.roverparts.com/ProductList.cfm?Category=EXHAUST&Vehicle=D1&PerPage=1&ListType=DETAIL&PartNumber=NTC7426K>Here
 

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