| Author | Message | ||
     Sandy Grice (Apg) New Member Username: Apg Post Number: 7 Registered: 02-2003 |
Land-Rovers have been cruising this planet for 55 years now, and I've been driving my original for over 30 of those. At a bit over 250,000 miles, my 88" is just a young pup. My brother bought a well-traveled IIa 109 and we were never sure is it had 255,000 or 355,000 miles on the odometer. We did know that it had driven the length of South America at least twice, Africa one or more times and had been around the world.... Anyway, I've been wondering just how long these modern, coil-sprung beasts are designed to run? I've had several other vehicles that were realtively trouble-free, until they crossed some invisible milestone and went to hell in a handbasket PDQ, as if there was some designated lifespan programmed in, like Rutger Hauer's character in Blade Runner. So, who has a high mileage Disco?.... Cheers | ||
| Jaime (Blueboy) Senior Member Username: Blueboy Post Number: 719 Registered: 02-2002 |
Sandy, although not a recent survey, this topic was discussed here ../17/10502.html> in 2002. should give you an idea. Jaime | ||
| Brent Bevil (Brbevil) New Member Username: Brbevil Post Number: 18 Registered: 02-2003 |
114000 and still going strong | ||
| Love Jones (The_tool_man) Member Username: The_tool_man Post Number: 53 Registered: 06-2003 |
150k and limping | ||
| Greg Perron (Gregp) New Member Username: Gregp Post Number: 13 Registered: 05-2003 |
96 Disco 127000 miles and running strong. | ||
| Matthew Gibson (Mattgibson) Member Username: Mattgibson Post Number: 63 Registered: 06-2003 |
96 Disco 179,000. Just keep up your drivetrain maintainence- grease the propshafts, the transfer box grease up, the swivel oil (or grease, if you prefer) and engine oil and filter changed, and you won't be able to wear it out. My neighbor has 300,000 on a RR Classic. I think he sneaks around at night and changes the oil more frequently than recomended though. Can't say enough about routine upkeep. You take care of it, it'll take care of you. -Matthew G. | ||
| Shaun Power (Shaunp) Member Username: Shaunp Post Number: 96 Registered: 05-2003 |
Guys I fix Jags and Rovers and like most Pommy stuff you either get a piece of crap or you get something you can't kill with stick. I work on an 81 2 door Rangie that has been passed around my mates for the last 10 years and I can tell you it has had a flogging, it has had nothing but normal servicing and anything that has broken was due the flogging it getts, it has got 490000 km on the clock. I've seen it do things and go places that Toyota's fear to tread. English cars are great when they are sorted and do stuff better than most. My own Disco is great car but I service it well and I never have a problem, if it gets a leak I fix it, oil seals are cheap( and it's only had 2, both front and rear transfer case seals). Just like Jags, a good one is a hell of car, when I dust of the E Type and go for a drive I think the pomms were the master or sports cars in the 60's ( the jag does leak oil and I have given up trying to stop it). | ||
| Nathan Hindman (Nathanh) Member Username: Nathanh Post Number: 72 Registered: 07-2002 |
Sandy, I've got two rovers, a 95 Disco with 149K miles on the clock and a 130 diesel with 120K miles on the clock. Both trucks seem to be going strong with many more miles of use left in them. (the diesel is going as strong as any 87 bhp NA diesel can go anyway) These trucks basically live and die by their service schedules. Seems as though if you keep up with the maintenance and they should keep going for many more years. Thanks, Nathan Hindman http://www.pangaea-expeditions.com | ||
| Sandy Grice (Apg) New Member Username: Apg Post Number: 8 Registered: 02-2003 |
Thanks, guys.... My '96 is the pre-production prototype for the North American market, actually built early in 1995. 4.0 engine number 0000000017. About 105,000 miles thus far. Only one major problem thus far (touch wood). The fifth/reverse layshaft in the 5-speed failed under benign conditions, like running down the interstate in cruise control. One of these days, I might actually get around to rebuilding it.... Going to be installing the new winch this weekend. Took delivery of a 12,000# MileMarker electric that I read about on these pages six months ago. Now if I could just figure out how to strip off that failed clear-coat.... Cheers | ||
| Phillip Perkinson (Rover4x4) Senior Member Username: Rover4x4 Post Number: 358 Registered: 02-2003 |
I know a guy with 177*** on a 97 D-90 with no big problems to date. | ||
| nobody (Hywy61) New Member Username: Hywy61 Post Number: 29 Registered: 02-2003 |
DII with 45k - valve job done yesterday .... wondering what next will cost me an arm and leg ..... and how long this vehicle will last. The engine and •••••• might last 200K but will cost you alot to keep them running ..... is it worth it? for the cost of that valve job i could have almost just replaced the engine....... | ||
| Tony Zuniga (Tony23007) Member Username: Tony23007 Post Number: 141 Registered: 05-2003 |
95 D1 with 117k, problems after problems but the truck keeps running and has never left me stranded anywhere!!! | ||
| M. K. Watson (Lrover94) Senior Member Username: Lrover94 Post Number: 935 Registered: 02-2002 |
Nobody, i once bought a chev cavalier, brand new with about 50 miles on it. the lil sob leaked and leaked and after months of getting logged by the dealership i gave up and traded it off. i once bought a hyundai scoupe (turbo model) it had a couple of electric gliches that the dealer could never fix....i learned to live with and after 180k sold it off. years later my wife and i bought another cavalier, when we sold it it was well over 180k and as far as i know it still out there chuggin away. lesson here sometimes you get hosed, sometimes you make out. LR are a bit pricey to keep up, but so is my wife and I couln't imagine mot having her around too. with all the things (normal stuff) that i have had to repair over the three years i have had my 94 the drool stains left on the pavement by those who wish they had a LR makes it all good. mike w | ||
| nobody (Hywy61) New Member Username: Hywy61 Post Number: 30 Registered: 02-2003 |
i agree with you mike - my wife is pricey to keep up with as well...... I do love the truck and will probably take a chance and keep it - you are right - any vehicle can be problematic. I just remember my Nissan pathfinder - 200K and still running strong. | ||
| M. K. Watson (Lrover94) Senior Member Username: Lrover94 Post Number: 942 Registered: 02-2002 |
i will concede this to you nobody, the nissian truck is one, if not the most reliable trucks i have ever seen. i have owned two, one was back back when they said datsun on the rear tailgate and i also had a 95 both had extremely high miles and ran like a lil sewing machine. the bad thing about them is that they were small and didn't say Land Rover on the hood.... mike w | ||
| Luis Constantin (Luisc) Member Username: Luisc Post Number: 95 Registered: 02-2003 |
I, too, have had an exceptional car in a line of autos that were problematic. 87 Cadillac DeVille with the 4100 powertrain. Most people were never able to get past 10K without major problems. Most had a new engine and/or tran-x by 30K. I logged 126K before I had my first issue,.....the alternator went out. Never, ever had any warranty issues or anything. Now my Rover has spent 25 pct of it's lifespan in the shop with little problems, only one of which would have left me stranded. But I still plan on keeping it. Also have a Harley that has been a problem child. Has 80K on it. No plans for getting rid of it. | ||
| Bill Ross (Billr) Member Username: Billr Post Number: 77 Registered: 11-2002 |
Mike: Its interesting that you should mention Nissans. Take a look at the Xterra Forum (http://www.xterraownersclub.com/) to see how those boys are doing. In my opinion, the tone of the site isn't much different than this one. Things break, rust and generally just fall off and some folks just either have bad ones or don't know how to take care of the vehicle they have. | ||
| M. K. Watson (Lrover94) Senior Member Username: Lrover94 Post Number: 946 Registered: 02-2002 |
interesting read....i guess no one makes the perfect motor vehicle, we just own ones that have the most character.... mike w | ||
| bluesman (Hywy61) New Member Username: Hywy61 Post Number: 31 Registered: 02-2003 |
one thing is for sure - NONE of the SUVs on the road now come close to looking as good as the Discovery......that is why i bought it to begin with - i am slowly becoming a more experienced mechanic, which is way cool, with the Rover. What i cannot understand is why the older 70s models are so damned reliable and the current ones are not. I just don't see going 300K on my discovery. Anyone else? I know, i know, matter of opinion in how much you want to repair etc. Mike W - you have a 94? - i didn't see your post on miles and reliability for yours...just wondering | ||
| Bill Ross (Billr) Member Username: Billr Post Number: 78 Registered: 11-2002 |
I'm not certain that the old Series Rovers did last longer. At least with mine, the truck was so basic that when things did go wrong, it was so simple to fix that it just seemed like normal maintenence. None of this electronic or safety-related crap. Just pure vehicle. If it wasn't needed to make the truck go, it wasn't there. Mine didn't even have a radio, let alone some high bore stereo. Wouldn't have been able to hear it anyway. | ||
| M. K. Watson (Lrover94) Senior Member Username: Lrover94 Post Number: 947 Registered: 02-2002 |
Bluesman, yes it is a 94, it has 168k its my daily drive (80 miles round trip) and is used every weekend. i trust it to carry my family and me to and fro any adventure we take out on. if there is a failure it tends to be something silly simple that if i paid more attention to general PM it would never come up. if i ever buy another LR for myself it will be a 94. does that help? mike w | ||
| bluesman (Hywy61) New Member Username: Hywy61 Post Number: 32 Registered: 02-2003 |
thanks Mike - good to know - i guess we will have to wait a few years to see how many miles the first discoverys made are capable of... |
