Feeler -- 1995 RRC LWB Sell It?

[RBBailey]

I might be thinking about selling the '95 LWB. When I bought it, I actually thought I might just put it into storage and start working on it once the Defender was "done". I didn't even insure it for the first three months, and had it under cover along the side of my house. But now we have a high schooler getting ready to drive, and I really don't feel like restoring or overlanding the Range Rover.

So, maybe a trade for a Disco I? Maybe someone is looking for a RRC? I'll post an official for sale thread once I decide for sure. But basically, this Rover needs someone who will actually do something with it.

Note: I think it actually has a 4.0 or 3.9 engine! And overall condition is 3/5, not junk, but certainly not one of the high priced Classics we all dream of.

So maybe I'm actually looking for advice on what you think, more than posting it for sale!

 

[chuckc4]

Why trade it for a Discovery? If it is mechanically sound, or close, give it to your teenager to drive as is.

 

[Uncle Douglas]

My son would kick my ass if I traded an lwb for a d1.

 

[pmatusov]

Post the photos. I may have a D1 to swap!

 

[steinhnj]

My son would kick my ass if I traded an lwb for a d1.

Now this I'd like to see.

 

[RBBailey]

Put it this way. I like RRCs, but I'm not sure I want a truck that I need to really think carefully about because of it's special status, as the 1995 LWB trucks are starting to be. Between the Series and the Defender, I have enough to worry about.

In my mind, I'm thinking a clean DI is easier to upgrade without ruining, and it seems a bit more of a fit for a high school kid. Maybe that's just because I've only had one modified RRC (SWB), but I've had four Discos, and only one was ever unmodified.

I'll be thinking about it over the next few days, and I'll try to come up with a price, as well as some kind of idea of what I really need to do to it to make it really good for him to drive, if we are to keep it. I would drive it, and I do drive it, but I'm a little more comfortable with the idea of break-downs and such than a new driver is. And I have two other vehicles I can fall back on!

It's always easier to just keep the truck you have, though....

I'll get some pics for details, but here are a few for now: https://www.flickr.com/search/?user...-desc&text=range rover classic lwb&view_all=1

 

[RBBailey]

So what we have decided to do is to give it another try. That is to say, I’m going to let my son decide if he wants to keep or sell. But he needs to get more time driving, and he needs to try his hand at doing some of the maintenance, and upgrades. He might want to sell, but he isn’t into it enough to make the decision yet.

I’m going to get good photos and info on it to post here, but for now, a sale is on hold till he makes his decision on it over the next few months.

 

[chuckc4]

So what we have decided to do is to give it another try. That is to say, I?m going to let my son decide if he wants to keep or sell. But he needs to get more time driving, and he needs to try his hand at doing some of the maintenance, and upgrades. He might want to sell, but he isn?t into it enough to make the decision yet.

I?m going to get good photos and info on it to post here, but for now, a sale is on hold till he makes his decision on it over the next few months.

I imagine your son will be more engaged in the whole process of taking care of the vehicle of choice, if he is fully involved in the choice -- what a nice choice to have! One thing that is great about the RR for a new driver is the full view. And, they are tanks... While the RR may be prone to unexpected maintenance issues, I think it is a great learning experience for a teenager too.

 

[luckyjoe]

I've got 19yo and 17yo drivers in the house. Far and above their favorite drive is the 1995 LWB. I even had the younger one learn to parallel park in it!

 

[rocky]

My now 18 year old drove my Defender to HS many times during his senior year at HS.

He and his older brother now share my old DD (Honda Pilot) as their college car.

 

[1of40]

I've got 19yo and 17yo drivers in the house. Far and above their favorite drive is the 1995 LWB. I even had the younger one learn to parallel park in it!

This was a shocker for me too. I have a 19 & 16 and we recently took a detour to go see a LWB bc I was interested in seeing what kind of shape it was in. Pics were nicer than the real thing and the seller was being less than transparent but my boys loved it. It was on a Med-Duty spring lift and had a decent winch bumper which every red blooded boy seems to love.

 

[Uncle Douglas]

Fwiw, my lwb is my favorite rover to drive. Starts right up in single digit temps and with bilsteins and 265 michelins drives wonderfully.


I find myself hoarding lwb parts on the racks upstairs in the barn. Even have a galvanized chassis in the hoard. Love the 4.2 engines, put one in Trey's 110 and going to put one in the brg 90 we are building.

 

[Coniston]

I drove an RRC in high school, totally awesome high school truck. Big, safe, cool, quirky. Mine was never mint.

That said, that was 11 years ago, it was only 14 years old, parts were more easily available, and Classic values were pretty much bottomed out by 2007, the current uptick unthinkable.

Let him give it a try I say, if it's not a mint/investment-grade truck. Some of these things still need to be enjoyed by the next generation. If he doesn't connect with it, don't push it...a level of mild insanity is required to maintain a 90s Rover for daily use.

I have absolutely nothing against dailying a RRC or D1 in 2018 - I do it myself, and they're the only things I've ever owned or dailied since 2007. But it's definitely more of a challenge than it was then.

 

[DiscoDavis]

You can daily anything if you're rad enough. They are meant to be driven. Lucky kid

 

[luckyjoe]

...and "mint/investment-grade" are a hoot to drive! I certainly drive my LWB, just not in the salt...