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Added At: 13-06-25 21:16:27
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Categories: Tech
Tags: Car, Review, History Check, Mileage, Damage
Summary
The video is about a person buying a cheap Range Rover Evoke and analyzing its condition, including its history check, mileage, and damage. The speaker notes that the car has some issues but thinks it's still a good deal.
Transcript
[Music] All right, guys. How's it going? Welcome back. Well, today we're going to pick up a very cheap Range Rover Evoke that I've just agreed to buy. And when I say cheap, I mean really cheap. Really, really cheap. This 2013 Evoke with £126,000 mi on the clock has set me back just £4,000. Told you it was cheap. It's funny, isn't I know we're in 2025 now, so this 2013 Evoke is 12 years old, but in my mind, it's still a new car. I haven't actually seen it yet, but I'm told it's finished in Orcne gray with all the black bits on it. It's a dynamic spec, which is quite a good model. And that's about it really. It's been described to me as needing a little bit of TLC, which is a good thing really, isn't it? Cuz I do quite like a project as you all know. Anyway, shall we go and see what a little bit of TLC actually means? Right, I'll see you there. Well, we're here. Um, it looks all right, actually. It is a good color combination. It's missing its A right now. It's a uh Range Rover. The wheels need refurbishing. There's a little bit of duct tape. I don't like to see duct tape. It's hiding some damage. Oh, well, at least the damage is uh is matching on both sides. The very bottom part of the um the front arch is just damaged on both the off side and near side. How strange. It's from Oxfordshire originally, although it's on Cardiff Car Warehouse plates. It looks all right that really little bit of damage to the to the front bumper and to the rear bumper from the looks of it. Wheels are curbed and it's missing its A, but apart from that does look quite straight really. I will put a fresh set of plates on it though. I just don't like any car car sort of center that's that calls itself a car warehouse. I think it just looks a bit bit cheap. Right, we'll turn this thirsty V8 off while we do a car vertical history check. Now, before you hand over any cash for a used car or motorbike, it's really important that you do a thorough vehicle history check. I always use a company called Carver Vertical because they're just really thorough and it's really easy to use. All you do is go to carvertical.com, type in the regge or the VIN. Now, in this case, it is Octa Octa Oscar Vixer13 Foxtrop X-ray Alpha. There we go. And check vehicle. What this does, it checks databases in 35 different countries, so it isn't just a UK thing. So, it tells you if it's ever been stolen, written off, had a mileage roll back, or hasn't standing finance on it. It doesn't take long and it isn't expensive either. And it's cheaper still if you use my promo code, High Peak. That's High Peak, all one word. Hi, I G H P E AK. And you save yourself a whole 20% off each and every check that you do. Right. And the report's ready. So, view reports. The mileage has never been tampered with. There's no outstanding finance. There's no recorded accident damage. And it's never been stolen. So, that's good. The last known mileage was 123,000 mi. That was in March last year. So, it will be due another MOOTe. So, I'll do that. That's no problem. My plan with this was to give it a full service anyway. Full service and a clean MOT. The average market price for such a vehicle is £11,800. Now, bear in mind, I've paid just four grand for this. I was thinking straight away it's probably an £8,000 car. I am fully aware that I'm going to have to spend probably, I don't know, two grand on it. With this sort of mileage, it might be due a cam belt. Now, they're due at 10 years, or is it eight years? I think it's 10 years or 105,000 miles. This has done 126, and I very much doubt it's being done. So, I'm fully prepared to uh to overspend on this one, but I still think there's some profit in it. So, so yeah, should be on to a winner here. It's a 2.2 L diesel, which is better than the later Ingenium 2 L diesel. The 2.2, although it's a bit more agricultural, um it's quite a reliable quite a reliable motor. There are three recorded ownership changes. So, first one in May 13, then June 16, and then December 20. That's all right. Then we've got the inspection here. It's had a few reg plates, you know, private plates, that sort of thing. If we go down to the most recent, there are a few advisory items. So, near side door mirror, slightly damaged. Offside rear anti-roll bar linkage, slight play. So, it will be a little bit knocky then, I imagine. Near side rear fog lamp lens damaged. We'll get a new one of those. Offside front anti-roll bar ball joint is slight play. Okay, that might need to be done. Near side front outer arch molding loose, hence duct tape. Right. Well, there's nothing there that's uh really that bad. It's all quite quite good news really. Let's go and have a look around it. Right, let's go and have a look at this evoke then. So, it looks pretty good actually, doesn't it? We've also got one two keys, which is a good start. Let's look at the tires then. So, we've got a a a Champ. This is made by a company called Black Lion. That genuinely is a new one on me. Never heard of that before, but it's all right treadwise. Tread wise, we're on about 5 mil, 6 mil, so that's all right. Looking down the panels, it's quite straight. No dents or anything. No obvious signs that it's had paint either. Looks nice and original. All the panel gaps are uh exactly how they should be. No scuffs. That's pretty good. So, this has got the optional black pack. I don't know whether it's just because it's a a dynamic model or what, but you've got black bits here instead of silver. Black door mirrors, black uh bars along the roof there, and rear privacy. So, it does look quite um quite sporty really. Up front then we have got a This tire looks a bit old. Oh, it's a Churchill. Oh, yes. On about 4 mil of tread. That might need replacing actually. Does look like quite an old tire. So, we might stick a new one on there. This is from, if you look at the date stamp, the fifth week of 21. So, it's 4 years old. This Yeah, we've got some duct tape here. So, that needs addressing. I can order some new letters. I'll get those off eBay or something. They'll only cost me 20 quid. Order some new plates for it. Give it a good clean. It is quite um quite all right though really. This is kind of I think it just looks worse than it is. These little marks here I think will buff out. In fact, they definitely will. They're not deep at all. It is quite a good color. Yeah. Orne gray, I think it's called. Well, have we got a matching Churchill on this side? No, we don't. We've got a triangle. I hate odd tires, especially on a four-wheel drive. You shouldn't do it really. Got some damage here to the um to the inner inner wheel arch. That might need replacing. And yeah, I need to run these wheels over to Prestige Wheels in Breadbury and get those refurbished. They're curbed all around the outside. Around the outside like trailer park girls over here. Then we've got another Champ black line on the back. So, the back tires are actually all right. We can live with those. Some scratches here, but again, I think they'll buff out. This could probably do with a a stage one buff. It's um a tame side detailing. I am going to spend a couple of grand on this car. I just know it. Some damage here to the rear. What's surprising is some Oh, look at this. We've got a cracked um fog lamp as well. Now, they're not too expensive, thankfully. Some more damage here. It just wants putting back together again, doesn't it? What I was going to say was I'm surprised with a car that's got cameras everywhere. I've just noticed it's got I think it's got a 360 camera here how so much damage has occurred when there are cameras everywhere. Just incompetence, isn't it really? I think or a very clumsy driver. Um, it's not too bad though. This I'm quite pleased with it so far. I mean, bear in mind it's a 12-y old car. It's not too bad. Let's open her up then, shall we? Right, we need a battery in that fob. That doesn't work. Let's try the other. There we go. Right now we're talking. So, we've got folding rear uh folding rear mirrors. We've got folding mirrors. That's an optional extra. That's not standard. We've got meridian audio. That's good. We've got a panoramic roof up there with a blind. There's a rip here on the edge of the seat. I think I'll have to get that repaired. I'll get my trimmer to come out and stitch in a new a new panel there. We got electric seats, the heated seats as well, so that's good. We've got cruise control. Yeah, it's done 126,000 miles. This is typical Land Rover product really. The door latches on Lander products are naff. Can't tell you how many Freellander and Evoke door latches I've replaced in my time. Well, that one works. It's quite a grubby car this, but it will clean up. Convinced. A pencil sharpener there. And a um Spurs pen. That's why it was cheap, I bet. We've got some Land Rover headphones there. Have we got rear media then? No, we don't. Ah, that's what they're for, right? This has got one of those satnav screens where it's got, you see this little button here? There we go. It's got one of those split screens. So, the driver can see the satnav, but the passenger can sit and watch TV. That's what those headphones are for. Surprised they're still there. Actually, someone's baby photo there. Shouldn't show that, right? Both rear door latches don't work. Lovely. I'll replace those. Then we got a power tailgate. That's not That's not quite happy. This power tailgate. It's got a mind of its own. Right, we've got half a power tailgate and two of the four doors work. Not bad going, is it really? Having said that, it was a very cheap car, so I can't complain. Now, let's fire her up, then. Now, these 2.2 L diesel engines are always a little bit lumpy when they're cold. This one's no different. It's basically a van engine. I think it's the engine they used in the transit. Service required. So, we'll give it a full service. That's no problem. Get my heated seat on cuz it's bloody freezing. It's automatic. I'm also going to get the gearbox serviced. I think what I'll do is just bring this car up to uh up to date with everything. locking wheel that's in there. That's good. Now, service history. Where would that be? Should be should be a book pack somewhere. Um, we've got a kitty seat in the back. Well, I don't know really. Not sure where my book pack is. The blind works. That's good. Let me try and show you this then. So, we'll go on TV. GB News. Right. If we press this little thing, we should be able to Let me try and show this to you. Ah, there we go. Right. Look at this. So, from the driver's seat, we see satnav, but from the passenger side, how clever is that? Still blows my mind. Anyway, I'm sure you've all seen that before. We've got a CD player. What else can I show you? That's about it then. Really do my Windows work. One, two, three, four. Oh, we've got memory seats as well. This is actually a very big spec. We've also got half a tank of diesel. It's unusual. Right, let me pop the bonnet then and see if there's a cam belt sticker somewhere. Think we'll turn her off cuz it's uh very noisy. Now I need to track down the service history. Want to see if it's ever had a cam belt done. If it needs to be done, we're talking it used to be sort of £350 quid, but everything's gone up postco. Now you're talking about £500 for a new cam belt and water pump. Well, my bonnet struts are all right. Very grubby under here. And I can't see a sticker to say that it's had its cam belt changed. Orne gray. There we go. Oh, I know what we could do actually. We'll go on to the um online service history portal for Jaguar Land Rover. All you need to do here, by the way, is go on to well, just Google OSH online service history Land Rover and then type in the VIN. And this should pull up the uh the online history. We just need to type in the chassis number. S A LVA. Sorry, this isn't riveting viewing. Just bear with me a second. 79 submit. Ah, okay. Right. Last recorded service. I think I've had a result here. It had Oh, look at this. Renewal of cam belt and ancillary drive belt. Perfect. That was done at 93,000 mi at Land Ranger service. This is a middle witch. Well, that is a result. So, it last service was at 93,000 mi. That was 30,000 mi ago. That's not great. But it has had its cam belt done. So I'll give it a full service again. Just bring it up to date. Well, straight away then. I'm £500 better off, aren't I? Before that, the last service was done at 65,000 miles by Farnell Land Rover in Bur in Bur. That was at 65. So it's not exactly full history, is it? I need to find this book pack because it might have been done, you know, by some local garage and they haven't updated the online history. But at least we know it's had a cam belt done, which is a uh a big result really. Let's get this on the road then, shall we? See how it drives. Right, we've selected drive. I was expecting a a thud as I selected drive, but no, it's quite smooth. Right, there's quite a to-do list with this car then. Full engine service, two front tires. I've noticed my uh near side door mirrors cracked as well. That needs replacing. sort the cosmetics out on the front and the rear and the rear fog lamp and the rear doors and the buff and the wheel refer. See what I mean about me being into 2,000 very quickly? Drives all right, though. This, by the way, is the 2.2 L turbo diesel, which I know I've mentioned probably six times by now. But they did a TD4 and also an S Oh, you're just going, are you? They did a TD4 and an SD4. Now, the SD4 was uh a little bit quicker and that's what this model is. I think it's a bit more desirable. Really very cold. Don't have a heated steering wheel, do we? I also need to fix the uh the power tailgate. This should keep my mechanic busy, shouldn't it? For a bit. A full engine service, two new tires, and a cleanote is going to be the best part of 500 quid. Wheel refurbs are 300 quid. What else? New fog lamp going to be 50 or 60. rear door latches. You're probably talking a couple hundred pounds. There's something knocking at the back. Now, on the last MOT, it advised, what was it now? Some sort of bush or something, wasn't it? I think that does need to be replaced cuz we are bit loose back there. But it actually drives all right. Oh, I need to service the gearbox as well. That's going to cost me about 250. But there's no toe bar, so it's never been towing anything. Brakes are all right. Gearbox is quite smooth to be fair. This is This is all right. Actually, on the bright side, I don't have to spend £500 on a new cam belt. So, that's good. Yeah, that knocking is very annoying. I've just realized as well, this one has got the um the blind spot monitoring system on the door mirrors. So, I can't just stick on a a piece of mirror glass can from eBay for five quid. Needs to be a proper one. I can see myself spending £2,000 on this very, very quickly. My heated seat's getting nice and warm. That's good. Sat works. Yeah, this is all right. This really I do quite like Evokes. My mom had one for a while. My brother's had one. I've had loads in stock. They're all right. It's basically a Freellander 2 underneath but with a slightly more stylish body. What we'll do as well actually when it's down at my mechanics is get up on the ramp and make sure there's nothing else wrong with it. Check out the brakes, check for any leaks, all that sort of stuff. I mean, this is a Land Rover product on 126,000 mi. So, I do expect some minor leaks and stuff from various places, but we'll make sure it's all all good to go to its new home. And then I think this could be worth probably eight grand may maybe more. I don't know. It's a good color. It's going to look the part by the time I'm done with it. So I think I'm going to have to try and recoup my overspend on it somehow. And then try and profit. I must remember that's what this job's all about at the end of the day, isn't it? Profit. Without profit, there's no business. That rattle on the back is quite annoying, though. Still, it's an awful lot of car for £4,000, isn't it? Four grand for a Range Rover Evoke. Who'd have thought it? You know, one that hasn't been in an accident either. Leave this with me then, cuz this will take me a good maybe two or 3 weeks before it's ready. Right. First up then, my mechanics where it's going to have a full engine service, two new tires, and a clean MOT along with some new rear bushes, door latches, and whatever else they find. Right, I'll see you in a bit. And we're back in my very cheap Range Rover Evoke, which now looks like a million dollars, which is funny because it owes me about that. Honestly, I've spent so much on this car, it's depressing. I've just dug out all my bills and receipts and doesn't make for pretty reading. Keep in mind, I paid just £4,000 for this car. I mean, 4 grand for all this. It sounded like a bargain, but it turned out it was too good to be true. On top of that, it's taken me months. I think we're now into maybe 3 months before it's finally ready for sale. I've just got it back from the Valers this morning, taking some photographs of it. So, it's now finally on the website, finally for sale. And maybe if I'm lucky, I might be able to recoup some of my costs. I've got this advertised now for $795, which does look like an awful lot of car for eight grand. Trouble is, we spent a fortune on it. You wouldn't believe. So, after we last spoke, we had a fairly scruffy of oak, didn't we? My mirror was damaged. My reverse camera didn't work. The boot didn't open. It needed brake discs and pads. Some of the doors wouldn't open. Yeah, it wasn't a good example really. And in hindsight, I paid too much for it at £4,000. I probably should have offered like two and a half really. This is the trouble, and I've got plenty of experience with this sadly. You buy a car that needs a lot of work, and it's never cheap enough. You know, if you to buy a property that needed a load of work, luckily, you've got capital appreciation on your side. You know that if it takes 3 months, 6 months, 3 years even, you know, the house prices will go up. When you're working with cars, the exact opposite happens. Every single month, the car depreciates. Property doesn't do that. So, it's almost like you're working against the tide when you're working with cars. You're fighting an uphill battle. Still, it's now all done and I can sell it with some confidence. Hopefully, I'll just about be able to recoup my money. I've had a full service done to the engine. I've had a gearbox service. I've had the wheels refurbished at Prestige Wheels over in Bredbury. They've done a really good job. Actually, they were quite battered, which is typical of an Evoke, but they now look as good as new. I decided to stick with the gloss black finish cuz I think it suits the car. I'm not a big fan of black wheels, but on certain cars in certain colors, it does kind of work. This is one of those cases. This car is finished in I think it's stor away gray and it's got all the black bits on, so it just kind of helps. The black wheels just kind of tie in with everything else. I think it suits it. So, now all that's left to do really is find a nice new home for it quickly. What we'll do shortly then is park up somewhere scenic and I'll talk you through my costs. Now, usually when I've got a massive overspend on my hands, I advise you pop the kettle on because this might take some time. But I think in this case, you might need a shot of whiskey as well or a shot of brandy or something. Something just to take the edge off the bad news. Nice day up here today. The sun's shining and the sky is blue. Right here, we'll do then. This will do nicely. I've noticed as well there are still a couple of faults with this car. So although although my I think the rear doors didn't open, I've now got a fault with the passenger front door. So that needs to be fixed. And also my stereo doesn't come on. I think that's just a blown fuse because everything's just dead. I'm not out of the woods yet. Right, let's get our calculator out. Try and get this over and done with quickly. It's like pulling off a plaster, isn't it? I just want to get it out of the way. Right, the car cost me £4,000. Um, let me get the small stuff out the way first. So, I fitted some of the reg plates. They cost me £25. The detail at Tameside Detailing cost me £70. What else? The gearbox service cost me £240. So, that had a transmission flush and new fluid and new filter. £240 quid. Perfect. My bill at Jimmy the Painters, that was £330. He's done me a bit of a deal there. So, that had a right. Repair and localize near side bumper corner. Refix wheel arch trims. Wash, clay bar, buff, polish, wax, full vehicle, £330. Orne gray. Actually, not stor away. Ornne gray. That's a bit of a bargain. The biggest bill. You ready for this one? My mechanic's bill for a full engine service. Front brake discs, front brake pads, uh, front anti-roll bar drop links, offside rear door latching motor. That was £17744. Nearside rear door latching motor. That was £174.81. was £81. Reverse camera was £41. By the way, I did look for a secondhand reverse camera, but there's no guarantee of the quality. So, that was £41. Fog light, that was £84.78. Nearside mirror glass for a genuine I had to have a genuine one, by the way, because it's got that blind spot monitoring system in it. That was £10727. Two new electronic tailgate struts. Christ, they were expensive. £59264 for two new tailgate struts. Like why not just put Honestly, we just complicate things. What's wrong with oldfashioned boot struts? Why do we need a power tailgate? MOT test fee that was £40 and the labor was £440. So my grand total there was £2310.78 plus the VAT plus the MOT test fee. That takes my grand total for this very cheap Evoke to £7,469.93. Not so cheap anymore, is it? And I've still got to pay for a new door latch on the passenger side front and sort out this system, which has suddenly crashed on me. If I can get eight grand for it, though, then I might just get my money back. Maybe might just be able to claw it back. This is the problem. I recently did a video with an L322 where I said, "This sounds really incredibly arrogant, but I don't mean it to be. It's genuinely good advice. Don't buy a cheap Range Rover unless you can afford to buy two cheap Range Rovers." Because every single cheap Range Rover I buy, I end up putting the exact same purchase price back into it in repairs and preventative maintenance and all that sort of stuff. Did it recently with an L322 that I bought for 26 and then spent 22 on it. Did it recently with another L322 that I bought for £1,600, then spent £1,600 on it. Vet 9. I paid 12250 for that then spent 1250 on it. My Jivveny green Range the list endless honestly. The Jivy Green Range Rover I bought for £3,100 then spent £3,100 on it. So yeah, unless you can afford to buy two Range Rovers, don't buy a Range Rover. I've always preached this from day one. If you're going to buy a cheap Range Rover, make sure you have a few grand tucked to one side in sort of a a rainy day pot. That way you don't get caught short with any inevitable repairs. And it's true of anything with a Range Rover badge. even the humble of oak voke. So, I think that's quite good advice really. It's only taken me 10 years and thousands of pounds to figure that out. But hopefully my uh my mistakes mean that you guys won't suffer. They get past there or not. Lovely stuff. It's quite a pleasant car this actually. I do quite like the Evoke. Anyway, on that note, thank you once again for watching. Make sure you give the video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it. Make sure you subscribe if you haven't done already. You can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tok. I'll leave the links below. And yeah, cheers guys. See you next time. And remember what I said about Range Rovers. Don't go buying the cheapest one you can find, unless you've got the exact same money again to throw into it. Yeah. So, that's about it. See you in the next one. [Music]