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cleeto27 Member Since: 06 Jan 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 83 |
366,192 - 2005 - 2.7 TDV6 - HSE - cleeto27
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Thu Jan 07 2021 6:36pm |
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ronniet101 Member Since: 10 Mar 2007 Location: West Country Posts: 298 |
366,000 good on you |
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Thu Jan 07 2021 6:57pm |
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cleeto27 Member Since: 06 Jan 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 83 |
Thank you sir.
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Thu Jan 07 2021 7:12pm |
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ronniet101 Member Since: 10 Mar 2007 Location: West Country Posts: 298 |
Mine too. Only 10,000 behind you
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Thu Jan 07 2021 7:44pm |
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cleeto27 Member Since: 06 Jan 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 83 |
It was a year old with 27k when I bought it.
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Thu Jan 07 2021 8:07pm |
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ronniet101 Member Since: 10 Mar 2007 Location: West Country Posts: 298 |
Bought mine new in 2007. Still driving as good as it did when new. No point getting rid |
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Thu Jan 07 2021 8:40pm |
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Pufftmw Member Since: 23 May 2012 Location: Carmarthenshire Posts: 1052 |
Agreed - they're such a great and all-round good car, not worth changing IMHO. Until rust or mechanical or emissions law says otherwise |
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Sun Jan 10 2021 7:53pm |
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Devon Z Member Since: 22 Sep 2019 Location: Brixham, Devon Posts: 314 |
It’s refreshing to see the top five are all 2.7’s👍 Not as unreliable as some people seem to think? Steve
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Sun Jan 10 2021 8:54pm |
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ronniet101 Member Since: 10 Mar 2007 Location: West Country Posts: 298 |
theres a lot of stupid comments from uninformed people out there |
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Wed Jan 13 2021 2:15pm |
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RRSTDV8 Member Since: 12 Aug 2011 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 8987 |
15 year old vehicles driven a decent number of miles a year should be reasonably reliable. You can't factor for the (realistically) low risk stuff such as the 2.7 spinning its main bearings or the 3.0 snapping its crank or the 3.6 blowing a turbo, so it's a bit silly to worry about them. Driven and serviced correctly, any modern vehicle ought to be able to do big miles. The top of the list RRS are averaging 20-25k a year. That's not silly mileage (unless you add up the fuel costs!) really. My TDV8 did 30k+ a year for 3 years and it was at its most reliable in that period, I think. These beasts just like to sit doing lots of miles. They don't like being left standing all week and then doing 5 miles each way to the supermarket on a Saturday. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders 2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed |
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Wed Jan 13 2021 2:54pm |
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Eaters Member Since: 11 Apr 2016 Location: East Sussex Posts: 1540 |
My mate in Somerset can't understand why I don't sell my RRS and get something "reliable". I tell him that my car is my hobby and so I can spend money on it. The other day he even suggested that, as I liked the car so much, I would have been better off buying a new one. Well, as I like playing with spreadsheets, I reviewed the one I keep all my costs of ownership on (the fuel cost represents some 53,000 miles (25.1mpg)):
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Wed Jan 13 2021 3:33pm |
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Grimble Member Since: 21 Aug 2020 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 258 |
Depreciation is the killer, its why I never buy new, or even nearly new. My vehicle has already lost over 50% of its purchase price so someone has taken a big hit.
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Wed Jan 13 2021 3:57pm |
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keith63 Member Since: 02 Sep 2019 Location: south staffs Posts: 84 |
2012 (61) 3.0 sdv6 RRS 120054 miles on clock |
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Wed Jan 13 2021 8:18pm |
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Pufftmw Member Since: 23 May 2012 Location: Carmarthenshire Posts: 1052 |
It depends how long you buy a car for. I tend to buy and keep for a long time, current one is 8.5 years. £18500 new, worth now £3500 if I take the "bits" off. Roughly £1750pa depreciation. Add to that £1500pa maintenance and that's £3k pa or £250 a month cost. IMHO RFL and cost of fuel don't really count as you'd be using that more or less on another car or even if you allowed £50pcm extra then that's still only £300pcm/£3600pa in real terms for a prestige car or 39ppm Still drives lovely even if looking a bit tired in places |
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Thu Jan 14 2021 10:10pm |
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