If a Disco has had all its required maitence and taken care of...what kind of mileage can you expect for the life of the motor...I guess what I am asking is what you would consider high miles for a Disco?

 

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https://landroverforums.com/m_41325/tm.htm

 

Thanks! As you can tell my search for a Rover continues...I ran across a D1 today with 174,000 on the clock.

 

I have seen a few here in Colorado with 216,000 plus mile and running strong.

 

The rep on these girls is rediculous.

They're good cars. Really!

 

The key to getting a lot of miles out ofmost vehicles is stay on top of routine maintenance religeously.This includes things more obscure like changing the brake oil every couple yrs, oiling door hinges, etc, suspension items, etc. Replace items as they fail or begin to look 'worn out'. Sometimes this can be expensive, particularly if you have to rely on others to do each and every repair item. If you can maintainit yourself, you will be much better off. Most vehicle owners keep up for a short while, then get to a point where they just stop replacing items that break or wear out. After acouple yrsthey've got a car with hanging trim, broken outside mirror, cracked windshield, dirty or worn interior and dull paint. One day, they realize they have a piece of crap and they continue to drive and don't change the fluids or other items regularly becuase they're "going to get rid of it pretty soon'.If ya keep up with the small things, keep it looking good, psychologically you won't get to that point. You will maintain pride in your vehicle and therefore put more effort into keeping it maintained. I've seen it a bunch of times. I always think it's sad how some people just don't maintain their vehicles and let them go to ****. Worse yet when these owners complain how the mfgr made a car that falls apart.

I had a customer raise his eyes when I told him I paid about $100 for a new armrest for my 93 Deville (231k miles) to replace my cracked one. I drive this car almost everyday. I know it was a lot of money, but to me it was worth it because it's something I place my arm on everytime I drive. The old, tattered one looked like crap and felt awful on my elbow when I drive. Itold my customerbasically that I didn't wantit tofeel like a piece of crap. Once ya start to let things go, pretty soon you lose pride in your ride then ya loseenthusiasm in maintaining it. I repainted it a couple yrs ago for basically the same reason.

There's no way to know whatwill possibly fail on your L/R, but keep upup on itwhen it does and you will have a rig that lasts a long time.

 

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!