Car dealer bought a Range Rover for just $180 but paid the real price on the drive home
- This man bought a Range Rover for an outrageously low price
- The P38 had 103,000 on the clock and only cost $180
- However, the reason for its price tag soon became apparent
Published on Mar 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM (UTC+4)
by Andie Reeves
Last updated on Mar 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
This car dealer thought he’d lucked out when he bought a Range Rover for less than $200.
While he suspected the car would need some work, he had hoped for a better outcome than he got.
The car’s battery was completely dead, and the suspension was seriously dodgy.
The nail in the car’s coffin, however, became very apparent as soon as he took it to the roads.
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Finding a Range Rover for $180
Calvin of Calvin’s Car Diary is no stranger to finding hidden gems.
The car dealer loves bringing abandoned or totaled cars back to life and selling them for a profit.
But he’s going to have to write off this purchase as a loss.
The Range Rover P38 caught his eye as it was his dream car when he was 18, and the $180 price tag didn’t hurt either.
If the guy who bought a Range Rover for $4,500 thought he was getting a deal, this one makes that look expensive.
Calvin suspected the car would need a lot of fixing up, starting with its battery, which was dead.
This rover had been modified, though not as noticeably as the stretched-out limo-style one Mike Tyson used to ride in.
It had color-coded bumpers, tinted rear lights and a few bespoke elements in the interior too.
The car hadn’t been driven in years but had about 103,000 miles on the clock.
After restarting the battery, Calvin decided to put his bargain buy to the test on the roads.
The true price of buying cheap
The car’s V8 roared to life, but something wasn’t feeling right.
“Straight away, I think this is going to be undrivable,” Calvin said.
“Something is seriously wrong with the suspension of the car.”
He was bouncing around on the driver’s seat like a child on a trampoline as he attempted to take to the streets.
Just as he was about to overtake a bicycle, he noticed steam pouring out of the hood.
Besides the battery and the suspension, it was clear the car had an overheating issue.
This car will probably sit in his collection of parts cars, as fixing it up will be an expensive and potentially unprofitable task.
He should get the man who fixed the ‘unfixable’ overheating Porsche 911 on the job.
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Andie is a content writer from South Africa with a background in broadcasting and journalism. Starting her career in the glossy pages of Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire, Andie has a broad portfolio, covering everything from sustainability solutions to celebrity car collections. When not at her laptop Andie can be found sewing, recording her podcast, taking board games too seriously or road-tripping in her bright green Kia.
