Does anybody know at what point the value of an ff as a complete vehicle becomes less than the value of its parts for a breaker? QUID FACIUM TIBI
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2003 TD6 VOGUE Zambezi Silver
tows 2006 Lunar Delta 540/2

It's about the joy of driving it. I occasionally think about a new one, but the new equivalent of my AB is £106k. I run my five year old one knowing that nothing that I can buy for its current value will match the driving experience. That's why I will pay £1k for a service and £500 for brakes... it's looking after my investment in the "experience". You will never make money out of a FFRR and all cars depreciate, you just need to decide how much and how quickly you are prepared to lose it. 2005 L322 Vogue Gold gone
2006 L322 Vogue Black gone
2011 L322 Vogue Silver gone
2011 L322 Autobiography Black gone
2015 L405 Autobiography LWB Black gone
2019 L405 P400e Range Rover Autobiography LWB Eiger grey / black roof gone
2001 P38a 30th Anniversary Wimbledon Green gone
2019 L405 P525 Autobiography LWB British Racing Green

The simple rule of thumb to breaking is how much are the engine and gearbox worth?
Use that as your breaker guide as to be honest most of the rest of the bits of the car are either not going to sell or are very fiddly to remove and slow to sell.

Very true with the L322 and L405. It seems with the Classic that it's a few bits of trim that can be the hardest to source, (but very fiddly to remove as mentioned).

I would guess anything older than a perfect 06 sold privately the parts sold privately are worth more. Had carmax offer 2500 for an 06 with 119k OffRoadRover.com An American Western Range Rover Off Road Blog

I've just bought my range rover back from the insurance company for £1100, with a pre-accident valuation of £6400. That's a late 54 reg, with 127k miles and LPG.  2005 L322 Tonga Green 4.4l BMW Engine with Touchscreen
GAP IID BT on order!
1966 Mustang Convertible, 5.8l V8

cliff5.0sc wrote:

I would guess anything older than a perfect 06 sold privately the parts sold privately are worth more. Had carmax offer 2500 for an 06 with 119k

2500 USD  Is this where I put the car details and a bit about myself ?........

yessir 2500 USD. Sort of me off, I was offered 8k less than a year before but the value dropped very fast. So assuming on the low end $5k for parts the offer was well below that. OffRoadRover.com An American Western Range Rover Off Road Blog

Roystonh wrote:

all cars depreciate

Very true, many on this side of the "pond" pay 75k-150k for really nice restored examples of 1997 defenders. OffRoadRover.com An American Western Range Rover Off Road Blog