Apparently my 2010 gs manual has depreciated by over 50% in less than 3 years.
Been looking at getting myself a new gs auto but eyes still watering from the depreciation. (Coming) 2016 RR Evoque td4 180 HSE Dynamc
(Going) 2013 TD4 GS Auto - Santorini Black with black leather. Cold Climate, UK Lighting & Armrest Packs. Privacy Glass. LR Rubber Mats. Full size spare.
60 000 miles averaging 35mpg

(Gone) 2010 TD4 Manual GS - Stornoway Grey. Sold at 3yrs old & 64k miles. Final average consumption 39.2mpg.

Chatted with a (another) very decent LR dealer today. He advised me to wait and watch FL2 trade-ins over the next couple of weeks, due to new reg.

I'm opting for - (example but with lower mileage: http://www.harwoods.uk.com/used-cars/3768/...elander-2)

SD4
Auto
Silver with privacy glass looks good to me.
full (HSE) or half leather (XS). XS seems to represent better vfm.
Sat nav (mixed feelings about this due to reading several forum threads, so could take it or leave it)
Heated front screen? Lived this long without one, so unless it's part of the package, not an issue.

It's going to be used mainly for local journeys, interspersed with occasional trips and most probably less than 10k a year, which is why i'd prefer to start with a car with lower mileage.

Thoughts welcome. Whereabouts unknown stop going to follow stream until reach civilisation stop message ends

flylr wrote:

Apparently my 2010 gs manual has depreciated by over 50% in less than 3 years.
Been looking at getting myself a new gs auto but eyes still watering from the depreciation.

Depreciation of new cars is phenominal for all makes. Some are better, some worse but none are good!
The general advice is buy stock, you get all for the majority of extras no matter what 'patter' you get at trade in.

My Landrover experience was getting a FL2 when JLR were in the smelly stuff in early 2009. I paid ~21,800 for a £26,500 car (XS + Metallic). I've just PX at £13k at the dealer 3.5 years and 35k miles later. We buy any car and Mercedes offered exactly the same which tells you something!

So I got ~50% after 3 years on list and 60% on actuals New: Freelander2 GS 62 plate (MY13) - Santorini Black with Clearview & Front PDC
Old: Freelander2 XS 09 Plate - Zermatt Silver with ST3 remap (eco map), Garmin 1490T Sat Nav, Rear Seat Entertainment kit

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Always worth remembering LR residuals are seasonal...buy in the summer and sell in the depths of winter to get the best.