Just been looking on Autotrader website, supposed to be looking for a small auto for my mother in law. I couldn't resist the temptation to look at FL2's ...


Well, first of all there are plenty of them; what a difference to me buying blind late last year!

There is a car supermarket in Burnley (Lancashire) listing an HSE auto with delivery miles for £28k

The same dealer is offering a delivery mileage GS manual for £22k.

The least expensive LR2 is an '07 S at a main dealer for £18.5k.

And there are many S autos to be had from £21.5k upwards ....

Hope this helps choosing the car for your mother in law

Quote:

The Seven Least-Safe Cars of 2007
Finally, Forbes conducted an analysis to come up with the least-safe cars of 2007. Their conclusions are based on a car's accident-avoidance features, results of crash tests, and real-world data (the rates of injury claims filed per vehicle). The least-safe cars that made their list are:
Toyota Corolla (four-door, without optional side airbags)
Chevrolet Cobalt (four-door, without optional side airbags)
Ford Focus (four-door, without optional side airbags)
Mazda3 (four-door, without optional side airbags)
Saturn Ion (four-door, with or without optional side airbags)
Suzuki Aerio four-door
Suzuki Forenza four-door

I'm looking to buy a LR2 TD4 GS Manual (based on the recent What Car group test), but am a little perplexed by the seemingly large number of LR2s that are currently for sale (Autotrader & LR's own dealer sites).

2 questions:

1. Why are so many for sale at just under 5000miles? (eg TD4 S for £18,494 and GS for £19,949)
2. Anyone got a feel for what depreciation might be like in a couple of years time? - i.e might not reach the forecast high residuals?

Thanks in advance - I have already found the forums very useful.

theonlyone wrote:

I'm looking to buy a LR2 TD4 GS Manual (based on the recent What Car group test), but am a little perplexed by the seemingly large number of LR2s that are currently for sale (Autotrader & LR's own dealer sites).

2 questions:

1. Why are so many for sale at just under 5000miles? (eg TD4 S for £18,494 and GS for £19,949)
2. Anyone got a feel for what depreciation might be like in a couple of years time? - i.e might not reach the forecast high residuals?

Thanks in advance - I have already found the forums very useful.

Goldstone69 wrote:

Hope this helps choosing the car for your mother in law

Quote:

The Seven Least-Safe Cars of 2007
Finally, Forbes conducted an analysis to come up with the least-safe cars of 2007. Their conclusions are based on a car's accident-avoidance features, results of crash tests, and real-world data (the rates of injury claims filed per vehicle). The least-safe cars that made their list are:
Toyota Corolla (four-door, without optional side airbags)
Chevrolet Cobalt (four-door, without optional side airbags)
Ford Focus (four-door, without optional side airbags)
Mazda3 (four-door, without optional side airbags)
Saturn Ion (four-door, with or without optional side airbags)
Suzuki Aerio four-door
Suzuki Forenza four-door

Thanks ....

Their conclusions are based on a car's accident-avoidance features, results of crash tests, and real-world data (the rates of injury claims filed per vehicle).
Surely the most important accident-avoidance feature is a driver who is paying some attention to what is going on.