The devil you know....

or the devil you don't?

My 110 is on 124,000 miles and l have to say, she's going very well with no issues.

I've seen a couple of 110's with much lower mileage, one at 24,000 miles and one with 60,000 miles.

l've got a buyer who will give me £17,000 for the 110 so for £2,000 l could have the 60,000 mile one and £4,500 would get me the 24,000 miler.

My 110 might be high miles, but it's mint and needs nothing doing.

I can't decide if it would be worth changing it for one with much lower mileage.
Also if l keep my 110 and it gets towards 200,000 (l do 12-14,000 per year) will the value go down like the Titanic?

Mileage isn’t really relevant with Land Rovers. Mines approaching 400k and I’m not concerned.

A vehicle with 200k that’s been looked after and regularly used will be a much better prospect than one with 75k that’s sat around for significant periods or been neglected.

Tbh i would rather have a minter I know with 124000 than an unknown with lower mileage

Retroanaconda said:

Mileage isn’t really relevant with Land Rovers. Mines approaching 400k and I’m not concerned.

A vehicle with 200k that’s been looked after and regularly used will be a much better prospect than one with 75k that’s sat around for significant periods or been neglected.

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Completely agree with this, mine has just topped 350k and with the work I have done to it would not trade it for another for any money. Having had frinds buy land rovers at all budgets and seen them have to do all the jobs I have already done as long as you have looked after yours I would keep what you have. No point trading for one with lower mileage that needs a new chassis, or has never had a spanner put to it and has oil looking like the severn estuary!

lightning said:

or the devil you don't?

My 110 is on 124,000 miles and l have to say, she's going very well with no issues.

I've seen a couple of 110's with much lower mileage, one at 24,000 miles and one with 60,000 miles.

l've got a buyer who will give me £17,000 for the 110 so for £2,000 l could have the 60,000 mile one and £4,500 would get me the 24,000 miler.

My 110 might be high miles, but it's mint and needs nothing doing.

I can't decide if it would be worth changing it for one with much lower mileage.
Also if l keep my 110 and it gets towards 200,000 (l do 12-14,000 per year) will the value go down like the Titanic?

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What model is it?my 110 has 125k on it. It's a 95 300tdi. I'd like to be offered 17k.

I would also argue that almost regardless of model 124k is only just about run in. Although in years gone buy getting over 100k or "clocking" a car was a big achievements and really needed carful ownership and signaled the end of a cars life, I would suggest this has not been the case since potentially the 80's, certainly by the 90's cars could be expected to achieve well over 100k. Modern cars can easily achieve half a million, not that many do, but 124k is not the high mileage that it used to be, this also goes hand in hand with the average yearly mileage increasing and being much higher than it ever used to be.

l think the consensus is to keep mine, and that's what l will do.
lt's a 2005 TD5 110 CSW.

The offer is from a local dealer, they are the only one round here and they know the vehicle well.

lightning said:

l think the consensus is to keep mine, and that's what l will do.
lt's a 2005 TD5 110 CSW.

The offer is from a local dealer, they are the only one round here and they know the vehicle well.

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that’s a beaut and I would be very hesitant to part with it if I didnt need to!!

flat said:

that’s a beaut and I would be very hesitant to part with it if I didn't need to!!

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+1

i would have to be so skint i couldn't feed myself before i parted with my 90 and she is a battered old girl, and looks nothing like the smasher you have..

another thought for you, that would be like part exchanging your missus or partner for a younger model......... !!

Many do, trust me i have some experience of this, took me 15 years a lot of hard earned cash and and many other models before i found the one i am with now...

Frying pan into the fire,

grass is always greener etc. etc.

Have had my 90 a long time and it to is a bit tatty on the outside [ cant be helped with a working vehicle ] but every thing else is solid at 175k. Daughters [now grown up with children of their own ] have in the past said " why don't you get a newer landy Dad "
Showed them an old photo of the family with them as toddlers sitting on the 90's bonnet. I think they get it now.

A few years ago I sold my 200Tdi Disco for around the same as any other for that year, even though it had done 450.000 Km. It had always been looked after and drove very well. It did have a few issues where rust was starting to appear but it was sold with a new ticket. I have also had a 110 with a factory V8 that did over 225.000 Miles, that again was in good condition and drove well, all I did with that mechanically was a new clutch, head gaskets and radiator, on tickover a glass of wine balanced on the intake would just barely ripple, a lovely smooth engine.

So a long post to say it don't matter about miles, it's all about condition.

Yes agreed
And also l have become quite attached to "Elsa" my 110 having driven her all day every day and been on many holidays in her since 2014.
Just fitted a heated screen and managed to get a brand new TD5 XS steering wheel.

As others had said that millage isn't a concern if looked after on newer cars I have a 94 300tdi with 165k on and still trust it to get me anywhere. I also have a little 1.4 civic that's 21 years old with 163k on the clock it does 25k a year and 3 times a month never fails a 365 mile round trip to liverpool and back basically as fast as possible without getting tickets / loosing a licence.

Those late model TD5s are getting very collectible these days and well worth hanging on to. Getting another means a good deal of uncertainty, as it may well need all the jobs doing that you've already taken care of on yours.

My 2006 model has done around 135,000, about 110,000 of which have been in my ownership. I've recently given it its second set of brakes and wheel bearings that it's had since I bought it, as well as replacing the front swivel balls as they were getting pitted. It had new suspension bushes in 2013 and maybe I'll replace those again in the new year. But if you're prepared to keep replacing the wear items and keep the rust at bay on the chassis and bulkhead, there's no reason why it couldn't keep going for ages. Engine wear will require some attention eventually, but people manage to keep them going well past the 200,000 mark. Machining isn't recommended for the TD5 engine, so significant rebores and regrinds are out, but new bearing shells, piston rings valve guides, head gasket and the like can give them a new lease of life. So it's worth keeping. At least we know they're not depreciating.