Member Since: 06 Jul 2012
Location: Beds/Bucks Border
Posts: 1877
How many miles is too many ?
Hi all
I’m Currently in the process of looking for a d3- low tax band - for playing in. Will do limited miles as got a D5 and be something I can start tinkering with for learning.
How many miles on an engine is too many? I guess it’s down to how it’s been looked after and anything can go at any point?
ThanksMY2023 Discovery 5 R-Dynamic 3.0
MY2020 Discovery 5 Landmark 3.0 - SOLD
MY2005 Discovery 3 V8 4.4 HSE - SOLD
MY2019 Discovery 5 SE 3.0 - LR Replaced !
MY2005 Discovery 3 S 2.7 - SOLD
MY2016 Discovery 4 Graphite - SOLD
MY2015 Discovery 4 SE Tech - SOLD
23rd Jun 2019 9:45 pm
Sea Raider
Member Since: 01 Nov 2016
Location: None
Posts: 4450
No idea
I sold my last Discovery TD5 with 170k on it and it was still going strong, nothing wrong with it and I had it 11 years, just fancied a change.
My 3 had 90k on it when I bought it 3 years ago and its now on 130k, if the engine lasts, I plan on keeping it as long as possible. To be honest mileage doesn't really concern me.
23rd Jun 2019 9:52 pm
Bodstruck
Member Since: 17 Aug 2017
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 230
Mine is an 05 manual with 237k on it now. Just come back from a weekend landing in North Wales and it is still going strong.
Smells a bit like a bus when running but starts and runs a dream with good economy too.
Has been well maintained which clearly helps.
23rd Jun 2019 10:22 pm
discovery3ski
Member Since: 25 Dec 2012
Location: leicester
Posts: 734
Mine just clocked 188,000 miles and is running like a Swiss Watch.Discovery 3 tdv6 HSE 2007
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24th Jun 2019 3:34 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
With modern cars its not so much thee engine its the rest of the car that may sting you, gearboxes/diffs/weird random stuff due to the high miles that no ones come across before.
I think big miles are fine if you did them as you know the history.
24th Jun 2019 4:20 pm
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13077
How the miles are achieved is another question. If the vehicle has been sat for hours at a time on the motorway cruising along, it'll likely be in better shape all round than one that has spent its life doing frequent short urban journeys.
My old TDV8 did c.30k miles a year for three years and it was at its most reliable and easy to live with during that period. And it did those miles when already 80k miles "old"! I regret selling it with 175k+ miles on the clock.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
24th Jun 2019 6:52 pm
kayble
Member Since: 01 Aug 2015
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 147
As everyone who 'knows about Land Rovers' tells me, my D3 is a ticking time bomb. It has been ticking for 14 years and 122k miles.
Tick tock....
24th Jun 2019 7:11 pm
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13077
They'll be related to the people who like to tell me that my RRS (and the previous one) are "rubbish off road" and "will get stuck when it snows"... Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
24th Jun 2019 7:13 pm
JackNorris
Member Since: 06 Jul 2012
Location: Beds/Bucks Border
Posts: 1877
Thanks all, that has confirmed my thoughts
It’s likely I’ll do max 4K a year in it anywayMY2023 Discovery 5 R-Dynamic 3.0
MY2020 Discovery 5 Landmark 3.0 - SOLD
MY2005 Discovery 3 V8 4.4 HSE - SOLD
MY2019 Discovery 5 SE 3.0 - LR Replaced !
MY2005 Discovery 3 S 2.7 - SOLD
MY2016 Discovery 4 Graphite - SOLD
MY2015 Discovery 4 SE Tech - SOLD
25th Jun 2019 11:37 am
andy27
Member Since: 07 Oct 2018
Location: Chesterfield
Posts: 82
Mine as 158,000 miles on the clock and just comeback from a smooth 2,000 round trip from Scotland.
25th Jun 2019 1:15 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72774
Never ever ever think such thoughts. ^^^^^^ I thought “she’s running really well” as I came off a roundabout in NW Norway, then wafted past a truck. Then a mile later the engine blew & she was on the way to the scrapper. They hear things, they know.
25th Jun 2019 1:31 pm
joakes
Member Since: 16 Oct 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 49
I have a V6S Auto 2005.Had it from new. It's on nearly 143000 miles now and stills runs the way it always has, beautifully. I have had it serviced regularly. You need to watch as it gets older, its easy to skimp on the big services and go for the basic which is cheaper.That's the fluids. Just had the belts done for the second time and oil pump done by Flack but the old oil pump looked OK.
The only thing that you need to watch is the alternator. Went at about 70 -80 thousand. Can leave you stranded as it doesn't run for long with no charge.
Done all the usual things,Suspension compressor x2, intercooler hose, steering linkage, steering arms inner, lower from suspension arms, upper rear suspension arms, tailgate lock, aircon radiator, pulley tensioner, brake hoses and calliper seals, panhard rods, refurbed the alloys, 2 batteries, windscreen washer jets.Has a Chinese windscreen which is fine.
No problems yet with EGR's. Think i'll change the drivers seat cover next as its starting to show through at the edge. I think 2005 was a good year.
It's been great.
Only thing is Central London Clean air charge.
I'll probably keep it for a while yet.
Jonathanjoakes
5th Jul 2019 12:22 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72774
May it last you many, many thousands of miles more. Well more than the 19k miles more my identical car did before the engine dies a grizzly death far from home. Sadly “no expense spared” counts for squat when those bearing shells rotate and cut off the oil flow.
Bitter and twisted, moi? Absatidellingtoolie as me and that car had had many adventures over its life. She’s missed.
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5th Jul 2019 12:34 pm
plocker
Member Since: 14 Mar 2016
Location: Preston
Posts: 828
Mine has done 145k, passed its MOT yesterday, all it needed was a rear wiper 05 V8 HSE Bonatti Grey
5th Jul 2019 4:41 pm
General_Git
Member Since: 20 Jun 2019
Location: Reading
Posts: 110
I have this question every time I buy a vehicle. Over the years I've gotten into the habit of looking at the service schedule and calculating at what point major work is due and then looking at the service record for correlation. Over the last few years I've tried to buy cars around the 100k and bikes at the 10k points. It's not so much the mechanical issues that have/could occur but more the really awkward stuff that wears naturally with use. The sort of things that never get sorted. I'm talking about wear to trim, carpets, bodywork, interiors, scratches, faded upholstery/leather, loose mountings, general bodywork condition and on it goes. Those sorts of jobs invariably either are expensive or fiddly to do, or both and therefore run a high risk of not getting done.
For me, when I buy a car I want it as young as possible. When I bought my LR3, I found loads of examples at >200k. I'm sure they were all good but for another 5% to 10% of the price I found examples at 100k or so, which I finally bought. If the maths meant better value I would have looked more closely at the high milers but for just a bit more cash, why wouldn't I go for a younger model (I'm sure there's a parallel there).
Of course, as someone above me has stated, it does completely depend on how well the car has been looked after so further investigation is necessary. That is true for every car I buy however, that happens anyway.
Anyway, just my 10p. Ultimately, we buy what we want on the day that we see it...knowing we will be repairing them...LR3 MY05 TDV6 2.7 HSE - 130k
Audi S3 Black Edition Quattro (2020) - 11k
ZZR1400 (2010) - 55k
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