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by offshoreoildude » Thu, 22 Nov 2012 5:34 pm
I love those things. Completely impractical. Amazing cost.... Basically $5k ontop of the paper value and as most of them were 'W' class vehicles the COE can be renewed indefinitely.
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by zzm9980 » Thu, 22 Nov 2012 7:26 pm
I saw one a few months back, and it was quite interesting. It was LHD, and had a very large sign on the back in yellow proclaiming it to be "LEFT HAND DRIVE". I thought those didn't exist at all in Singapore. I meant to ask about it, but forgot..
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by zzm9980 » Thu, 22 Nov 2012 7:28 pm
Hmm some quick Googling indicates it was probably a diplomatic vehicle. Interesting, I would think they would have had something newer.
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by offshoreoildude » Thu, 22 Nov 2012 8:56 pm
zzm9980 wrote:Hmm some quick Googling indicates it was probably a diplomatic vehicle. Interesting, I would think they would have had something newer.
Might be a vehicle they don't use very often. A lot of old landies here are ex RZNAF as well.
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by nutnut » Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:34 am
These things are bullet proof too, they are so simple under the bonnet you can fix them with household items... I like the first one!
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by taxico » Sat, 24 Nov 2012 2:40 pm
i've been looking to buy one the past 18 months, but none of them comes with a hard top and i honestly don't want my stuff swiped when it's parked outdoors.
i've had parking labels stolen when i parked my dad's coupe with the top down.
i've seen 2 G plate landies that are older than 20 years, so i suspect a few of them can be renewed indefinitely.
i saw a beige/white one just the other day with a GM plate. looked like a LWB series 3... hard top!
my dad's neighbor has a series 2 land rover parked outside his house and it's permanently under a tarp.
my worry is not so much the engine but rust. there're no used parts dealer in singapore.
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by offshoreoildude » Sun, 25 Nov 2012 1:45 am
taxico wrote:i've been looking to buy one the past 18 months, but none of them comes with a hard top and i honestly don't want my stuff swiped when it's parked outdoors.
i've had parking labels stolen when i parked my dad's coupe with the top down.
i've seen 2 G plate landies that are older than 20 years, so i suspect a few of them can be renewed indefinitely.
i saw a beige/white one just the other day with a GM plate. looked like a LWB series 3... hard top!
my dad's neighbor has a series 2 land rover parked outside his house and it's permanently under a tarp.
my worry is not so much the engine but rust. there're no used parts dealer in singapore.
There's a landowners group singaproe (LROS) that can source parts. There are some parts available from the wrecking yards and in JB as well.
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