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Horness:
I have been offered this 200 series Disco, which is on a "Q" plate.


Looking up the registration on the DVLA shows the date of first registration as 01/06/1997.  Is this the date that it was recovered and re-registered, as I thought 200's were all pre 96 (ish).

It's quite tidy (a few cosmetic mods not to my taste), but essentially I was going to give my Father to use.

136K on the clock, 12 months MOT, anyone know how much it's worth?

Cheers
Horness

Budgie:
You're right, the 200 TDi stopped being put in Discos in 1994 so, unless some has put a 200 TDi engine into a 300 series body, then you have a pre 1994 vehicle that has been re-registered on a Q plate.

Kit car, ex-MOD and vehicles that don't make the points total required to keep an original regestration when rebuilt from different vehciles were issued with the Q plate so check on the history a bit more.  :wink:

Horness:
It's a 200 series through-and-through, but the DVLA registration is 01/06/1997.  I presume this is when the "Q" was assigned.

The current owners are parents of a friend of mine, and if I want it, it's well under book value, even for a 3 door 200 on a Q.  The previous owner must have loved it as there are loads of little (cheap!) comfort mods.  :roll:

There is a full history of servicing, 12 months MOT, and a bill for a recent gearbox/tbox rebuild.

As it won't be a daily drive, the only real set back is the Q plate on the insurance.  For the money I'd be paying for the vehicle, a £40 HPi seems expensive.

Jas278:
If its on Q plate the chances are that it has had an insurance claim against it at some point, hence it will be on the register with a catergoty attached giving some indication as too why its a Qplate. The trade values such vehicles, at half book value, hope this helps.....

Minotaur:
Hi Horness

so what was the outcome of the HPI check ?>

Was it an insurance write off with a category attached?

Or other reason - did you buy?

Chris

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