TDV8's - Are they bomb proof?

[YRRunner]

Not literally speaking of course (I'm not a Royal)
I am looking at a 2008 TDV8 3.6 HSE RR Sport to pull a covered car trailer around. The one I'm looking at though has 120,000 miles on it. Pretty much all motorway miles. Car owned by a supermarket ops manager, so has always seen the main dealer with any issues. Should I be worried or at all concerned by such high mileage on one of these? Thanks.

[camel_landy]

YRRunner said:

Not literally speaking of course (I'm not a Royal)
I am looking at a 2008 TDV8 3.6 HSE RR Sport to pull a covered car trailer around. The one I'm looking at though has 120,000 miles on it. Pretty much all motorway miles. Car owned by a supermarket ops manager, so has always seen the main dealer with any issues. Should I be worried or at all concerned by such high mileage on one of these? Thanks.

As long as it has been properly serviced, that should be fine.

The engine is low revving, uses a timing chain and married up to an auto. Other than the normal wear & tear, everything should be fine.

FWIW - It's only us Brits that get hung up on 'high mileage' vehicles. I'd say that most cars produced since the early 90s have been capable of reliably hitting high mileages. Age (rust) tends to let them down before the engines give out.

M

[exgtt]

Ive read somewhere (possibly bks) that the RH turbo on the sport is a body off job to replace. Turbos arnt weak but need checking at those miles - or at the least make sure the oils been done regular.

[camel_landy]

exgtt said:

Ive read somewhere (possibly bks) that the RH turbo on the sport is a body off job to replace. Turbos arnt weak but need checking at those miles - or at the least make sure the oils been done regular.

Taking the body off isn't as big an issue as you might think with these and it makes access to some of the big stuff a lot easier.

M

[exgtt]

Where to stop though! **fabulous cars** mind, especially with the right map.

[jdwoodbury]

Can't comment in high mileage as I only had mine 27k but it was a cracking motor, never used any oil and only needed regular servicing. It's a shame they killed it off due to emissions.

[mattdaniels]

camel_landy said:

Taking the body off isn't as big an issue as you might think with these and it makes access to some of the big stuff a lot easier.

M

As above - body off is not hard but you do need a 4 point lift. It's also a good chance to check various bits you don't see / get access to otherwise, and get the chassis waxoyld / carry our preventitive maintenance.

Same for the Disco3:

[bakerstreet]

mattdaniels said:

As above - body off is not hard but you do need a 4 point lift. It's also a good chance to check various bits you don't see / get access to otherwise, and get the chassis waxoyld / carry our preventitive maintenance.

Same for the Disco3:

Everyone doesn't have a four post lift in their garage!

Friend of mine has changed the turbo on a D3. Took about a day and was a fairly large bill for the owner.

The saving grace is that Turbos can last over 200k these days, subject to terms of use of obviously.