Average cost per year
Alright, here is one I'm looking at in town:
Price: CAD 15,500
Exterior Color: Dark Grey
Interior Color: Black
Mileage: approx. 65,000km = 40,389 miles
Model: SE7 (7 Seats)
Other Features: The car comes with No ACE nor Rear Air Suspension, which he claimed trouble making features.
Never went offroad
New Tires were put on at 55,000km
New battery
I'm totally satisfied with the above...PLUS he is the first and only owner of this vehicle. I'm planning to go take a look at it sometime this week.
The only drawback is that the car has 5 small dents on the hood from the hail storm last year. If I end up getting the car, can I just get an autobody shop to fix them like a regular vehicle? or an Aluminum body needs a different or complicated type of body work?
Also, I doubt that he has done any work on the car, how much approx. will I be spending on the vehicle shortly after I purchase it?
Price: CAD 15,500
Exterior Color: Dark Grey
Interior Color: Black
Mileage: approx. 65,000km = 40,389 miles
Model: SE7 (7 Seats)
Other Features: The car comes with No ACE nor Rear Air Suspension, which he claimed trouble making features.
Never went offroad
New Tires were put on at 55,000km
New battery
I'm totally satisfied with the above...PLUS he is the first and only owner of this vehicle. I'm planning to go take a look at it sometime this week.
The only drawback is that the car has 5 small dents on the hood from the hail storm last year. If I end up getting the car, can I just get an autobody shop to fix them like a regular vehicle? or an Aluminum body needs a different or complicated type of body work?
Also, I doubt that he has done any work on the car, how much approx. will I be spending on the vehicle shortly after I purchase it?
GO FOR IT!!
With only 40,000 miles on it here is what I would do.
Oil change, fluid change on both diffs and the transfer case, coolant flush and transmission fluid change.
Thats it, tune up is not needed until 60,000,
All of those things are easy to do and would be a great place for you to start to learn how to work on your own cars.
And they are all cheap and can be done in intervals.
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Overlanding
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GO FOR IT!!
With only 40,000 miles on it here is what I would do.
Oil change, fluid change on both diffs and the transfer case, coolant flush and transmission fluid change.
Thats it, tune up is not needed until 60,000,
All of those things are easy to do and would be a great place for you to start to learn how to work on your own cars.
And they are all cheap and can be done in intervals.
With only 40,000 miles on it here is what I would do.
Oil change, fluid change on both diffs and the transfer case, coolant flush and transmission fluid change.
Thats it, tune up is not needed until 60,000,
All of those things are easy to do and would be a great place for you to start to learn how to work on your own cars.
And they are all cheap and can be done in intervals.
Anyone could shed some light on those dents from the hail storm? There are those paintless dent removal available these days, but I wonder if the same could apply to an aluminum body. For some reason I heard that repairing aluminum body isn't as easy as a regular metal body. Am I correct?
Thanks,
Baja
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It’s not that it’s hard it just require different procedures, I would think that the aluminum would be an easier alloy to work with if the metal has not been stretched too much. I have a couple door dings I was going to try that paint less dent remover on one of these days, when everything else is done on the disco.
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Overlanding
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Alright, here is one I'm looking at in town:
Price: CAD 15,500
Exterior Color: Dark Grey
Interior Color: Black
Mileage: approx. 65,000km = 40,389 miles
Model: SE7 (7 Seats)
Other Features: The car comes with No ACE nor Rear Air Suspension, which he claimed trouble making features.
Never went offroad
New Tires were put on at 55,000km
New battery
I'm totally satisfied with the above...PLUS he is the first and only owner of this vehicle. I'm planning to go take a look at it sometime this week.
The only drawback is that the car has 5 small dents on the hood from the hail storm last year. If I end up getting the car, can I just get an autobody shop to fix them like a regular vehicle? or an Aluminum body needs a different or complicated type of body work?
Also, I doubt that he has done any work on the car, how much approx. will I be spending on the vehicle shortly after I purchase it?
Price: CAD 15,500
Exterior Color: Dark Grey
Interior Color: Black
Mileage: approx. 65,000km = 40,389 miles
Model: SE7 (7 Seats)
Other Features: The car comes with No ACE nor Rear Air Suspension, which he claimed trouble making features.
Never went offroad
New Tires were put on at 55,000km
New battery
I'm totally satisfied with the above...PLUS he is the first and only owner of this vehicle. I'm planning to go take a look at it sometime this week.
The only drawback is that the car has 5 small dents on the hood from the hail storm last year. If I end up getting the car, can I just get an autobody shop to fix them like a regular vehicle? or an Aluminum body needs a different or complicated type of body work?
Also, I doubt that he has done any work on the car, how much approx. will I be spending on the vehicle shortly after I purchase it?
Here is another one:
Price - $16,000
Ownership - 2nd owner
Exterior Color - black
Interior Color - beige
Trim - SE7
Km - 96221 km/59788 miles
Up to date oil changes and service records.
New brakes.
Heated front windshield (cracked)
6 disc CD changer.
Hill descent with rear parking assist.
A few things I don't like about this car:
- Carproof indicated that it was an Auction vehicle before.
- Hail damage on roof and hood, but they were fixed.
- It's due for the 60,000 miles expensive tune up/service
- Cracked Windshield
Last edited by nsfour; Mar 30, 2011 at 12:25 AM.
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Overlanding
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look at one today
Alright, here is one I'm looking at in town:
Price: CAD 15,500
Exterior Color: Dark Grey
Interior Color: Black
Mileage: approx. 65,000km = 40,389 miles
Model: SE7 (7 Seats)
Other Features: The car comes with No ACE nor Rear Air Suspension, which he claimed trouble making features.
Never went offroad
New Tires were put on at 55,000km
New battery
I'm totally satisfied with the above...PLUS he is the first and only owner of this vehicle. I'm planning to go take a look at it sometime this week.
The only drawback is that the car has 5 small dents on the hood from the hail storm last year. If I end up getting the car, can I just get an autobody shop to fix them like a regular vehicle? or an Aluminum body needs a different or complicated type of body work?
Also, I doubt that he has done any work on the car, how much approx. will I be spending on the vehicle shortly after I purchase it?
Price: CAD 15,500
Exterior Color: Dark Grey
Interior Color: Black
Mileage: approx. 65,000km = 40,389 miles
Model: SE7 (7 Seats)
Other Features: The car comes with No ACE nor Rear Air Suspension, which he claimed trouble making features.
Never went offroad
New Tires were put on at 55,000km
New battery
I'm totally satisfied with the above...PLUS he is the first and only owner of this vehicle. I'm planning to go take a look at it sometime this week.
The only drawback is that the car has 5 small dents on the hood from the hail storm last year. If I end up getting the car, can I just get an autobody shop to fix them like a regular vehicle? or an Aluminum body needs a different or complicated type of body work?
Also, I doubt that he has done any work on the car, how much approx. will I be spending on the vehicle shortly after I purchase it?
Look at this one today, drive solid and everything works except the tail light. Dents are not noticeable at all. Unfortunately the engine was replaced at 38,000km. Is that a good thing or bad thing I don't know. I can see there are negotiation room, but would would like some of your opinions before my next step.
Thanks,
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Look at this one today, drive solid and everything works except the tail light. Dents are not noticeable at all. Unfortunately the engine was replaced at 38,000km. Is that a good thing or bad thing I don't know. I can see there are negotiation room, but would would like some of your opinions before my next step.
Thanks,
Thanks,
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Overlanding
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Sorry, it's a 2004. I'm sorry, but I'm not quite familiar with how an engine replacement goes, and I thought maybe bad engine could be caused by issues from other components of the truck?
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03/04 suffered from bad oil pumps and other ailments, basically the oil pump failed and the engine was damaged beyond repair. LR replaced these engines under warranty, the newer engines were of a better quality since they fixed their earlier screw ups. You can confirm this with the PO, but that is most probably the cause and it would be a good thing.