Thread: Cost of 5 years of td5 ownership

Mools,
call it being a few sheets to the wind.

A Fibroadeonoma is a hassle (average landy ownership)
A 3c Ductal Ca is essentially a death sentence (playdoe ownership)

Combination of red wine and boobology - forgive me
No offense intended to anyone who has been through the living hell of losing a loved one to Ca...


S

Originally Posted by Slunnie

You've thrown one hell of a lot more into your TD5 that what mines had over the last 5 years with regards to maintenance.

I'd say there's been a few things that were more preventative than actual failures. This vehicle gets driven every day, tows trailers, pulls stumps, goes bush so I cant afford to wait and see if an idler pulley or a harmonic balancer lets go once its getting noisy.
Despite all the work done on it, I'm pleased with it. Our other car is a 2002 Corolla that in 260k has had absolutely no failures or maintenance/ repairs other than usual servicing and brakes, clutch etc. Yet I despise it for its ordinariness! Go figure!

brought our 2002 td5 on the 29th april 2009 with 73k on the clock
now just gone over 150k
over 5 years parts needed
1 front drive shaft
2 batteries
1 starter solenoid kit
1 injector harness (was still running fine but some oil at plug so changed it)
1 bearing for fan belt tensioner
2 air filters
1 fuel filter
2 trans filter kits
ball joints and tie rods
front discs and pads
none maintaince stuff
chip
egr blanking kit
that's it never stopped tows the caravan well I think its been cheep to run
we love our disco

Playdos are not the last word in reliability and drive like a lifted 2nd gen Camry. They really are aweful boring things...and the d2 runs rings around it off-road

Cheers

My neighbouroonie bought a disco 2 new in....um 2001 I think. He now has 270000 on it. He had no idea what 3 amigoes was. He has done brakes a few times, starter motor once, recently replaced a radiator, done the hubs once (maybe the fronts twice, but I'll have to ask) and the alternator once...oh and a set of hoses along the way too. I figure that compares favourably with the old 4 runners I have had (and still have) with similar, actually less km's on it.

In the last few years alone the tojo has had brakes and hubs all round, alternator, radiator, hoses and belts, fuel pump (ouch!) drive shaft uni joint, steering system rods and arms, ball joints, and if I cared enough I would get the rear diff serviced, but it works for me for what I do so I'll leave it alone.

So in my limited experience, ignoring the usual wear items of tyres, brakes etc, the discos are more spares intensive (some bits seem to be made out of a particularly soft brand of cheese, and in typical pom style things can be overly complicated) but not overly so.

I currently own a disco 2 update with 200k kms on it, I'm interested to see how it goes over the next 50k kms. I may yet change my tune!

Now lets compare it to a Euro machine with heaps of electrickery in it, say a BMW x5 with similar kays on it... anyone with any experience there?

Ian

Hmm...all up my Td5 has cost me about $30k, including buying it, fixing it, upgrading it, etc.
I fully intend to spend not quite that much but getting there on it over the next few years.
Why?
Because I'm not going to sell it. What's the point? It's a somewhat tired 13 year old car. By the time I'm finished it will be an awesome 13+ year old car.
Not like I'm going to get any money back, who cares?

Steve....I'm listening....You're not from Texas by any chance are you?

[QUOTE=Spudlynicholas;
So in my limited experience, ignoring the usual wear items of tyres, brakes etc, the discos are more spares intensive (some bits seem to be made out of a particularly soft brand of cheese, and in typical pom style things can be overly complicated) but not overly so.
Ian[/QUOTE]

I agree. I don't think the disco is any less reliable than the Falcons and Holdens I've owned (parts cost significantly more though!). What is good about the Disco is that it seems almost infinitely rebuild-able, like an old Harley,and the knowledge about how to is out there and readily available. If I wanted a practical and reliable car for driving to work and church I'd have a Camry, wouldn't I?
Happy Easter, btw. He is Risen!

Originally Posted by Davetd5

As far as depreciation goes, what was a $40k 120 is now around $25k, what was a $28k D2a td5 is around $15k, so both have lost a similar amount, on average the Prado a few grand more. Used prices on each seem to vary a fair bit but that's an average for where I live.

I'd say an engine saver is a must. A nanocom saves me having to go hunting for a code reader/ clearer every time an abs sensor packs in (3 so far) so more convenience thing.

15k is a bit optimistic ( especially if the prospective buyer reads the history )