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5th Oct 2017 8:52 am
LiftedDisco
Member Since: 10 Jun 2010
Location: Towcester
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I have a horrible feeling that the fuel tank will have been one of the most heavily used components that makes it to the 1,000,000 miles...
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7th Oct 2017 5:23 pm
disco5
Member Since: 23 Dec 2012
Location: birmingham
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DSL wrote:
I see your point, they'd be giving you a Disco 5.
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8th Oct 2017 12:00 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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You and character will be very happy together!!
8th Oct 2017 12:56 pm
professorpool
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Woking
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SN wrote:
yeah but isnt yours a bit of a triggers broom?
how much of the car has actually done that mileage?
Was thinking the same thing!
Was at a pool tournament in Catalonia last week at the same time as a rally was going on. Hotel full of rally types. Got chatting to a guy who prepares vehicles for charities, expeditions etc who reckoned the average “usable for work” life span of one of his vehicles was two months.
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8th Oct 2017 3:13 pm
Coo
Member Since: 01 Jun 2015
Location: Fife, Scotland
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They'd probably insist it was dealer serviced for all of those miles, with annual inspection etc....
Good going to get that much though !! (800k)
9th Oct 2017 2:42 pm
CY
Member Since: 16 Aug 2005
Location: Warwickshire
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9th Oct 2017 8:10 pm
character
Member Since: 31 Dec 2007
Location: wiltshire
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bought it from LEX Autolease in 2008, had done 190k and was two and a half years old, still under warranty at the time so good old nick at Yeovil managed to get a few warranty issues addressed
full LR service history, all OEM parts, only ever used Castrol Magnatec,
as for what is original - quite a lot to be honest, what's not is the usual culprits ie gearbox (looking at 2nd one), engine (first to 384k,next 38k then replaced under warranty to current one), turbo's (2nd pair at moment)
To be honest we do often change things ahead of actually failing due to minimising the risk of breakdown when towing so things like hoses etc and all that have been done along the way because it was practical or made financial sense at the time like the other month, radiator got hit by a very large stone so made sense to change hoses at the time as the old ones were off the car etc or that it saves downtime to do "this along with that" rather than take off the road for any extra period.
14th Oct 2017 8:24 pm
character
Member Since: 31 Dec 2007
Location: wiltshire
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LiftedDisco wrote:
I have a horrible feeling that the fuel tank will have been one of the most heavily used components that makes it to the 1,000,000 miles...
Good to see you back on here!
ummm sadly not, suffered a rat infestation whilst off the road in 2016, so I can say its had a "second hand" one put on in its defence!!
I recon the chassis (except the rear cross member) is more likely to be the component that makes it to 1m
14th Oct 2017 8:28 pm
GLYNNE
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Any updates on Trigger?
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12th Dec 2019 10:17 pm
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