I’ve recently bought a full fat sdv8 which is in the dock already after just 2 weeks of ownership.
Nothing too sinister it was just a fuel lift pump and oil sensor so it’s being fixed as I type.

Anyway, that one was for my missus and it’s a lovely car with low mileage, so I hope to get many years of happy motoring.

Now, I’m still the proud owner of a tdv8 rr sport, I’ve had it 6 years and it’s covered 163,000 miles.
It has a full main dealer HST body kit but the whole car is looking well tired.

I’m guessing it’s worth about 4K if I sold it to a friend and tbh I doubt anybody who didn’t know me would buy it for fear of taking on a liability.
It really has been well looked after mechanically, service’s yearly, turbos replaces, wishbones, air suspension pump, handbrake actuator. All the foibles sorted at least once.

So do I keep running it and just let it grind to a halt. Or is it worth pimping it up, paint job, wheels etc and keeping it for a few. Ore years. It’s been a really good car to me and it’s got the perfect balance of comfort and power.

Has anybody else done such a thing with an old car like this. How much spend is too much?

I'd keep it. I wish I'd kept my similarly well used TDV8 when I bought my current SDV6 but I'd just started a business and couldn't justify having it on the drive. Had it been today, I'd have kept it. I sold mine for £5k with 175,000 miles on it. Same as yours - full history with a very large pile of receipts for the TLC given to it. It looked a bit shabby externally but the oily bits were always looked after.

If you don't need to sell it, don't.

I'm not sure I'd try to tart it up either. A bit of patina isn't a bad thing - shiny refurb jobs always look a bit, well, fake to my eyes. Like they're trying to hide something.

With care, no reason why you shouldn't get yours to 250,000 miles. There's a challenge for you.  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Thinking the same atm.
Reasoning is that I have the full fat sdv8 which is super low miles, my. Ouster gts, Arian super low miles and there are days when I need to do a bit of a journey, so I can jump in the old beast and use that.

I may tell you something else in a few days as it’s due a service in a few days, if it needs a big expenditure I may think again. Although I’ll most likely get it sorted. Every mile on this is a mile saved on the other cars and it helps to keep the value up.
Plus my insurance on the rr is only 260 a year.

Keep it, its worth more to you driving and its not worth the selling. If it dies, strip it for parts. I've a slightly older similar mileage vehicle that as long as I can keep it passing MOTs I've no intention of selling.

Keep it and invest in it if it does throw a big bill. Mines low mileage but an aged car and it was an easy decision for us back in March for its big service and replacement of a few worn out parts. Ours is a keeper and it’s going nowhere  2006 2.7 TDV6 HSE in Cairns Blue.

always worth keeping it in good knick imo. but i do wonder are they one of those cars that if you don't drive em, they will break.

This couldnt happen,

having said all of the above, Im driving into Blackwall tunnel today and I hear a pop, like a "drive by shooting" now my suspension amber warning light is on, do suspension airbags go pop?
If yes, then what sort of a job could I be in for and is it safe to carry on driving?

I feel I have created a jinx on the car

I haven’t done it myself but it’s about £250ish a corner. I think Kev on here has changed his own and it’s not any harder than normal.

Q Kev.......  2006 2.7 TDV6 HSE in Cairns Blue.

wilpert wrote:

having said all of the above, Im driving into Blackwall tunnel today and I hear a pop, like a "drive by shooting" now my suspension amber warning light is on, do suspension airbags go pop?

wilpert wrote:

This couldnt happen,

having said all of the above, Im driving into Blackwall tunnel today and I hear a pop, like a "drive by shooting" now my suspension amber warning light is on, do suspension airbags go pop?
If yes, then what sort of a job could I be in for and is it safe to carry on driving?

I feel I have created a jinx on the car

As Steve mentioned above, I changed all of mine front and rear. Those were the complete strut and air spring assemblies at about 95k and it transformed the ride.

It's a lot easier than a normal car because you don't need to mess around with spring compressors.

In a nutshell, to remove:
Remove the air suspension fuses.
Let the air out of the air spring.
Three nuts on the top.
One bolt at the bottom.
Then remove and install the new one.

I'd say 45 mins a corner if all goes well.

As Wayne mentions, at that kind of mileage they are probably worth doing anyway, especially the fronts as they get the most abuse. Kev

MY2014 L405 RR Vogue SE 4.4 SDV8 in Corris Grey
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