New here also a wanna be LR3 owner, been looking at used LR3's 1st thing I have noticed is just about every used Land Rover that is for sale has under 150k Why is that. Example I missed an 06 LR3 that was on Craigs List last week Description says bought new, used as a daily driver, only has 145k
How many miles is a Land Rover v8 with auto trans good for? Is it because of the poor mileage they get?
Heck I have an 09 Chevy Silverado/Duramax with almost 300k on it. That's average for a truck.

 

 

Its because they spend so much time at the dealers getting repairs.

Kidding. I have seen milage all over the place. But to be honest, I think they are generally lower milage because they are not typically bought new into a single or even two car home. I bought my 2006 with just 105,000 miles. I have put on a substantial amount since then since I travel a lot - so I wanted low milage to start with.

As for milage. If I really, really try I can get 22MPG on a trip. My average around town with some highway is 17/18mpg. So really for what they are, milage is pretty good.

 

You don't typically see super high mileage LR's because of reliability, only because of financial responsibility of the person buying it. People that can afford to buy a new high end Land Rover don't abuse it. If they have the money, they fly for vacation, they have another vehicle for work, etc.

Used is different though. Used, you have idiots that will buy on price, but over there head to maintain anything. These are the ones that scare me, the ones that don't want to fix anything, but ask for advice to override every code, not fix. They don't scare me I should say, but I want a fully working working stock vehicle, not your weekend "I modified whatever something because I was too cheap and didn't know what I was getting into with the LR3."

My brother is one of those idiots by the way...

 

Makes sense If I were to buy a LR it would spend more time in the driveway than on the road. I bought 05 Tahoe with 105k 6 years ago and today it only has 115k on it.

 

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As for milage. If I really, really try I can get 22MPG on a trip. My average around town with some highway is 17/18mpg. So really for what they are, milage is pretty good.[/QUOTE]

WOW!!! I did a 500km trip last week, just me and a little bit of gear, clear highways driving from NS to NB and even slip-streaming trucks (but not right on their tail I should add, I leave around 50ft) I only just managed to hit 22mpg at an average of 100kmh. When not doing that I would be lucky to get 18.5 mpg. That said the watery 91octain gas we get here does not exactly help. If we had what you guys down south can put in your trucks, I suspect I could have nudged 25mpg.