Land Rover

[Nerd-Vol]

Thanks, the Germans has been building diesels since Gramps was a spud so dang near a century of experience. If she goes the Audi I want her to spend the extra $ and get the diesel.

I think in the q7 that's a great way to go. Same with the q5. Although the supercharged v6 in the sq5 is great. Their 3.0 gas v6 is a beast in the a6, and the a7.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

It's actually not too expensive after you got a building.

Tennessee Auto Dealer Licensing Requirements at DMV.org: The DMV Made Simple

Yeah. Don't hold me to it but I think you can sell 5 cars a year in TN before you need a license. I'm guessing there are a lot of private mechanics and "hobbyists" who sell more and don't have a license. They'll get nailed eventually and the penalties can be crushing non dischargeable debt.

 

[WallyBalls]

Perhaps a dumb question but how can you make money flipping cars monthly if you're paying TTL? Not to mention the hit on income tax.

Short answer is 'skirt the rules,' I guess. Its been my Dad's hobby for 50 years, and its all done privately.

Monthly might be overstating it. Probably one every 6-8 weeks, sometimes longer when the market dries up (decent cheap cars are getting harder to find for various reasons). Between the two of us, it averages out to 3 or 4 sales each a year. If we like something we buy, we'll put tags on it and use it as a commuter car for a while so that will bring the number down too.

Basically we find cheap, small cars. Almost always have less than $4500 in it. Don't fool with salvage vehicles, rebuilding wrecks, or anything like that. Look for vehicles that make good first cars, commuters, Dave cars, whatever you want to call them.

Example: A guy at work had a 99 Accord with 137k miles on it. It was in decent shape and he already had the timing belt done at 100k. Only issue was his daughter had owned it and it was FILTHY. Just absolutely nasty. He was asking 3800, but we got him down to 3000 cash. So we paid sales tax when we transfered the title (roughly 300 bucks) and spend a Saturday morning pulling the seats and detailing the inside. Wash it, wax it, wait for the title to come back, then set it on the highway with $4700 on it. Guy bought it for 4200 to use commute to ORNL. Probably cleared 800 when all was said and done.

Essentially, we're making the money people leave on the table when they don't want to fool with moving their own cars. He's done it long enough friends/family call him when they're looking for a car, or looking to sell one. Lately, we haven't had to fool with sitting anything by the road, someones usually called dibs before we get to.

Yeah. Don't hold me to it but I think you can sell 5 cars a year in TN before you need a license.

I believe that's correct.

 

[Vols520]

that's disappointing. The black on black land rover is pretty sweet.

 

[bamacheats]

Defender is still my favorite LR product.

 

[tennaseevol]

My wife drives 2013 LR4, has around 13K miles, no issues other than having to change the brake pads a bit early. Apparantly it's a known issue that they go through them more frequently than similar models.

Also have a 2007 Range Rover with 99K miles, absolutely no issues with it so far.

Today's Land Rovers are nothing like what they put out in the late 90s from a reliability standpoint, they've come a long way.

 

[MG1968]

My wife drives 2013 LR4, has around 13K miles, no issues other than having to change the brake pads a bit early. Apparantly it's a known issue that they go through them more frequently than similar models.

Also have a 2007 Range Rover with 99K miles, absolutely no issues with it so far.

Today's Land Rovers are nothing like what they put out in the late 90s from a reliability standpoint, they've come a long way.

a woman daily driving a 6,000 pound vehicle and you wonder why the brake pads wear down quickly?

 

[Jeepkuntry]

Expensive junk. Just google the name and you'll find that there unreliable.

 

[MG1968]

Expensive junk. Just google the name and you'll find that there unreliable.

as opposed to cheap junk like the Liberty, Compass and Wranglers with square headlights

 

[Jeepkuntry]

as opposed to cheap junk like the Liberty, Compass and Wranglers with square headlights

I've had my screen name since I was 16. I haven't dealt with Jeeps since 2004. I now drive Toyota and Nissan. Both are more reliable than a pos Rover!

 

[bamacheats]

Expensive junk. Just google the name and you'll find that there unreliable.

Range Rovers are great to buy coming off a lease. Drive them for 2 years, sell it, repeat. It's a really nice ride, and mostly trouble free, for what little depreciation you get for those 2 years.

One caveat is if you drive a ton of miles each year it doesn't work.