Hello everyone!

[Ian Hunt]

Hi all.
Thought I'd say a quick hello as I'm planning to pick up my Terrano at the weekend .It's going to be a 3rd family car as I drive an (oldish) E Class Merc during the week and my wife a (much newer) A Class. It'll be something to transport us through the snowy Peak District winters, explore a few of our local green lanes, occasionaly tow a caravan & be general weekend/playday transport.

I've been browsing the classifieds for a Discovery for sometime and had a look at a few. Many I saw around my budget (£1-2K) looked pretty rotten and I worried they'd become money pits. So I cast an eye round some alternatives - Daihatsu Fourtraks looked good, wasn't keen on the Shoguns, & then discovered the Terrano 2s. I'd spotted a couple of 3 door ones till the 'boss' said I should find a 5 door/7 seater. So I did & test drove it this afternoon.

I plan to pick her up at the weekend. She's a 2.7 diesel, lwb touring on a '99 V plate, leather seats (seems quite rare & whilst I wasn't looking for them, I'm not complaining!), dark green & silver, 90k miles. It's a private sale & she is due a service (any idea how much I should expect to pay?). I'm paying a touch over £2k, does that sound fair?

I'd love to hear your opinions/comments. I expect I'll become a regular visitor here very quickly! Will be stumping up for full membership the moment the car's on the drive.

Thanks to all

Ian

[zippy656]

big welcome to you Ian, be a full meber now.. theres so much to read and look at..

I thin we got the same one.. but mines red over the silver..

great as a tugger!!!

oh, before ANY one says any thing....



its not true, im not here ALL the time..

but if you need help, just yell, im sure i can point you in th eright direction..


Zippy

[sidsid06]

Originally Posted by zippy656

big welcome to you Ian, be a full meber now.. theres so much to read and look at..

I thin we got the same one.. but mines red over the silver..

great as a tugger!!!
.

but if you need help, just yell,


Zippy

great as a tugger!!!??

[clivvy]

Hi Ian,

the new Terrano sounds great, seems a good buy to me for the money. You certainly get a better car compared to the Discovery-not that there is much wrong with a Discovery. I used to have a Fourtrak, SWB, and you made a wise decision buying the Terrano, partly because a Fourtrak really IS a farmers vehicle, not great on the road at all, but amazing off road! Superb pulling power, and just stupidly reliable. The only reason I went from Fourtrak to Maverick, is because the Fourtrak was scary to drive on the road, especialy over 50, I found the Maverick had the same expertese as the fourtrak, but MUCH better on the road!

I havent had much use out of my Maverick, but did use it to pull our small caravan from Machester to Huddersfield and it did so effortlesly-you really couldnt tell it was towing!

Well, good luck with the new Terrano, I know its silly as we all have the same thing, but some pics would be lovely!

have fun!

Clive

[lacroupade]

Thats a fair price if its in OK nick.

Decent service will be £250-£300. Get them to change the rear axle oil (making sure they use only the proper LSD oil, lots of threads on here but Comma is a good one to use).

Other than that it a case of driving it to see what the usual snagging items are - rarely anything too serious.

Welcome to the looneybin!

[Freebird]

Hi there Ian, spend yourself a tenner and become a full member, believe me it is money well spent, oh and welcome to the site.

[mully]

Ian when youve spent your £10 joining look in the downloads and the search section and you will be able to service the Terrano yourself and of course save ££££££££££££s, its a great site ive allready had more than my moneys worth.

[Ian Hunt]

Thank you all for such a great welcome! I can see this forum is going to be very useful.

Originally Posted by clivvy

I know its silly as we all have the same thing, but some pics would be lovely!
have fun!

Here's the old girl. I can't wait to collect her!

[tezzer]

welcome ian, nice looking truck, it's the same as mine as it happens, they are great trucks mate, you wont regret it.

[DaveAMac]

Hi, Ian! Nice, clean looking truck you've got there! Like the chrome mirrors. Welcome to the site.

[Ian Hunt]

Thank you for the nice comments.
Can I ask you guys a quick question?
What's the best way to check the 4wd works correctly (I'd like to confirm this before I drive the truck away on Saturday), I won't really get a chance to try it across a muddy field or anything...
Thanks again.
Ian

[zippy656]

put in to 4wd low, try to turn on full lock..

if its hard, then all is working..

[dinky]

Going round derbyshire this weekend with Responce group greenlaning.so if you see a 51 plate t2 with some landy,s give us a wave.

[DEE]

Welcome ian all the best with the new truck. They do what it says on the tin

[Ian Hunt]

Originally Posted by dinky

Going round derbyshire this weekend with Responce group greenlaning.so if you see a 51 plate t2 with some landy,s give us a wave.

I will indeed! If I'm driving a green & silver Terrano you'll know who I am but if someone in a silver Mercedes saloon waves, that's probably me too!

I'm planning to try some easy greenlanes in mine once I've got it... hoping someone might show me the ropes...... (?)...