waterbuoy wrote:

181,239 and RIP - engine seized whilst in the outside lane of the M74 yesterday morning

Look on the bright side, that’s 15,388 more than I got from mine.

  

Aerialmark wrote:

Admittedly this is not my D3 but its my Ford Galaxy Ghia, I have owned it from 2 years old when it had about 20,000 on it. It is undoubtedly the most reliable car i have ever had.It is still going strong and looking well (touch wood ) Unfortunately age is against it and I will be buying a new one in November when time runs out for this old girl (she will be 8 years old) I think I will be going for a Ford Grand Tourneo Titanium. Bet i don't get 300,000 out of that

Bodsy wrote:

New engine at 101,000, changed belts at 196,000, gearbox/transferbox/torque converter at 230,000 miles, new turbo at 231,900 miles.

Hopefully on for another 200k.

That went well.

kevin-t wrote:

Just wondering how may motors still running original engines,gearboxes,etc.
Or akin to this:

Triggers broom



https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&sour...OXR-xdPWoF

214,000 miles with original engine, gearbox, turbo and injectors.

 D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)

New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold

Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)

Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)

No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control 

hugeviking wrote:

Aerialmark wrote:

Admittedly this is not my D3 but its my Ford Galaxy Ghia, I have owned it from 2 years old when it had about 20,000 on it. It is undoubtedly the most reliable car i have ever had.It is still going strong and looking well (touch wood ) Unfortunately age is against it and I will be buying a new one in November when time runs out for this old girl (she will be 8 years old) I think I will be going for a Ford Grand Tourneo Titanium. Bet i don't get 300,000 out of that

I wonder if there is a forum for this car. If so, i wonder if there are tales of engine failure and you would have been driving around paranoid all this time. Bet that engine has tabless bearing shells as does my Focus, now on 235,000 miles.

Andi.

As you say Andi I have never bothered about the tales of woe on this car I have never been on a site about them. It is still the same engine gearbox turbo and injectors. It had its first replacement clutch at 230,000 and its second at 285,000 due to a faulty clutch plate. The only other new thing it has had is an alternator. I would love another but they are about £25.000 and i only have around £16.000 to spend as i will only get around £ £2500 to 3000 trade in against a new one. I will probably owe wbac money if i take it there with the milage
This was her on wedding duty yesterday


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