Hello, to a soon to be terrano owner

[Thomas61]

Hi mate,

Welcome.
Sounds like you have the friends and family advice to help buy a good one. So you will probably of already but have you checked the MOT history?

https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history

[terranosaurusdoug]

Originally Posted by cmckay

I will do. To be fair to him he has always warned me away from anything land rover/ range rover due to his experience with them. He did his apprenticeship with a land rover garage when he was 16, in his 30's now. So has a few years experience and is a handy person to have. I fix his IT issues he does the motors that's how it's always been.
But I'd like to be more confident with them myself. Don't always like asking for help. I know I'm not going to pick it up overnight but feel I'm semi intelligent enough to understand the basics to keep the thing running at least.

I know what you mean, engine wise the 2.7 is non destroyable, I have tried , just keep it serviced which is fairly easy, and keep an eye out for rust, you'll find lots of info on here about rust

[cmckay]

Originally Posted by Thomas61

Hi mate,

Welcome.
Sounds like you have the friends and family advice to help buy a good one. So you will probably of already but have you checked the MOT history?

https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history

Yeah check the history and it looks like it's been fairly well looked after. So here's hoping I've found a diamond in the rough so to speak

[cmckay]

Originally Posted by terranosaurusdoug

I know what you mean, engine wise the 2.7 is non destroyable, I have tried , just keep it serviced which is fairly easy, and keep an eye out for rust, you'll find lots of info on here about rust

Perfect I will need all the advice I can get.
Will be looking mainly at interior mods to begin with I think. Will see how I go once I get it.

[cmckay]

So about to hopefully purchase my first Terrano today.

Having never bought a car privately should I be asking for a receipt or is it a waste of time? Anything else I should be doing?

Obviously sorting tax and insurance.

[macabethiel]

I have not had a Terrano for the last 3 years.We now have a Jeep but am still here. A very helpful bunch of people as you will find if/when you become a full member.

I have picked up no end of tips on here even for our Jeep not to mention general DIY stuff!

[terranosaurusdoug]

Originally Posted by cmckay

So about to hopefully purchase my first Terrano today.

Having never bought a car privately should I be asking for a receipt or is it a waste of time? Anything else I should be doing?

Obviously sorting tax and insurance.

It doesn't hurt, just write something out with his name, address , reg and price on and both sign it.

[don simon]

Originally Posted by cmckay

So about to hopefully purchase my first Terrano today.

Having never bought a car privately should I be asking for a receipt or is it a waste of time? Anything else I should be doing?

Obviously sorting tax and insurance.

Happy to be educated on this, but I'm sure that this is exactly what caveat emptor is designed for.
You, as the buyer, have the opportunity to satisfy yourself that all is good and if you have any doubts- walk.
A receipt will just confirm that the seller has received money in exchange for the vehicle, so worth it for just this. As a seller I'd want to make it perfectly clear when the buyer picked the car up, especially with so many anpr cars about.
When I bought mine, the dealer didn't have service history, but the car started fine and ran fine with nothing to hint at problems. In nearly 4 years there haven't been except for a flat battery.
Good luck and enjoy the car.

[Thomas61]

Originally Posted by terranosaurusdoug

It doesn't hurt, just write something out with his name, address , reg and price on and both sign it.

When ever I have sold a car privately which I not alot of times. I have always photo copied/written out two copies of a receipt saying sold by/to with the above info on it including date.
The other info I have also added was the time of selling. So if the person who bought it takes it for a excited spin and gets caught on a speed camera or two and I get the tickets I have a signed copy showing the time we exchanged the vehicle. Also works in reverse and helps protect them if I had a excited spin before selling.

I would always want a receipt of some sorts and with a time on it.

[cmckay]

well i've only gone and bloody done it.

Now the proud owner of a Terrano.

Granted she's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but a work in progress if you would.

[paulp]

Welcome to the madhouse

Great bunch of people and very helpful, I personally have saved thousands with good advice and access to parts.
Highly recommend Solarman216, top bloke and CNCfabs for parts.

But everybody will chip in with help, advice and humour

enjoy

paulp

[terranosaurusdoug]

Originally Posted by cmckay

well i've only gone and bloody done it.

Now the proud owner of a Terrano.

Granted she's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but a work in progress if you would.

Pics pics pics pics

[cmckay]

only took a couple pics so far.

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...531-WA0002.jpg

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...531-WA0001.jpg

and finally the cracked bumper. Will probably worry about this later, and sort any other issues that arise.

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...531-WA0000.jpg

[terranosaurusdoug]

Hey that looks good, black wheels suit it, the bumper doesn't look too bad, you should be able to affect some sort of repair on it

[jims-terrano]

I'm not a fan of grey black wheels but it's each to their own. A nice looking truck though, like the grey bodywork.
I reckon remove whole bumper, unclip the plastic cover from the reinforcement and then set too with the fibre glass to fix the bumper.