The dealer has to charge VAT on all he sells if he is VAT registered, because he's paid the VAT doesn't mean he doesn't have the charge it to the customer? Are you getting confused with the adage that a buyer looses 20% as soon as they leave the forecourt as they cannot get the vat back or charge the next buyer for it?

I travelled 280 km to get my Freelander. It depends how keen you are. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

Land Rover Used Vehicle Locator is showing 41 available nationwide, whether that's any help to you and depending how up to date the site is?

http://www.usedvehicles.landrover.co.uk/search MY2010 TD4 HSE Santorini Black, 19" Alloys, Almond Leather, Lux Pack, Rear Spoiler, Adaptive Xenons

No Taz, I'm working on the issue of why used/pre-registered Metropolis variants, generally ex-LR cars with up to 8000 miles on them seem to be going for as near as or in some cases more than final list, looking at Auto Trader and the like! Dealers are trying to pull a fast one it would seem, and pretending that the old HSE Lux RRP from 2013 (£39k iirc) is still current, when we all know that it dropped significantly with the run-out Metropolis vehicles. For the likes of Lookers/Taggarts/Stratstone etc to be charging the amount that they are for a now obsolete vehicle pre-registered/owned/used would indicate a bit of a fiddle. Still, like any other business, they will charge what the market will bear I suppose...at least it would appear to be helping us existing owners with the residuals (for now!) Foraging near Gaydon....
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MY13 HSE Lux SD4, Baltic Blue - current, 30,000> miles without fault
MY12 HSE 2.2 SD4, Sumatra Black - gone after 10 months/43,000 fault-free miles

The trouble with all these listings including the Landrover Approved site is that I don't think you can believe a word they say. I wasted a lot of time and effort on so called pre-registered Metropolis models at Peter Vardy in Aberdeen, only to find they did NOT exist and they only had used ones for sale With about 8k miles on the clock......a complete waste of time.
I was wondering if maybe anyone had actually seen one in a dealers for sale...but thanks for all your replies. I should have bought one in October when I had the chance of a lovey Loire Blue one, but the timing wasn't quite right for me.

BTW I would have no problem travelling to the other end of the country if the right car and deal was available.

Just back from Taggarts in Glasgow the proud owner of a 64 plate Firenze Red Metropolis with 6k miles.....well pleased with the deal I got!
Get it mid-March when the replacement Demo Discovery Sport replaces this one and can't wait!
Had a look at the Discovery Sport when I was there - very nice but is it worth £50k.....???? Mind you they are selling loads, the place was in chaos with new cars.
Thanks for all the help.

Great colour choice , if a dealer isn't busy now they never will be .. New reg Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

Yes, never thought about Red, but it looks great with the Spoiler, Privacy Glass and Side Steps which are already fitted to the car.
These Metropolis models are like Gold dust though - desperate to keep my business my previous dealer(Pentland) tried to find one for me when I called in on the way to Taggarts but apart from a white one they had....nothing!

Lightwater wrote:

I travelled 280 km to get my Freelander. It depends how keen you are.

After I saw Disco Sport i travelled 450km to got my new unreg Freel

Great choice, mission accomplished! SD4 HSE Lux
Yeti 170 DSG L&K
Freelander 1 Td4 Overlander

Past: Freelander Metropolis, D3, D3, D2, Series 3, Series 3, Freelander 1 (still have this one bought new, the Monte Carlo blue kid)

Or you could get one of these.

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/pictur...res.html#1

That seems to have the same pricing structure as LR use.

Used to be 700 quid, now they want 7000 or more.

Well, picked it up yesterday and delighted - I smiled for 4 years with my old SD4 and am still smiling with my (nearly) new Metropolis. Lots more goodies in this one to play with and looking forward to another 4 years of trouble free motoring.

Sorry to see my old one go - Someone's gong to be a very good second hand SD4 with only 25k miles on the clock.
Will post some pictures when it stops raining!
Thanks for all the replies.