I once owned a P38, great car, i now own a Mercedes ML500. I have just started towing my sons drag racer with it, it wos fine but i have the lingering thoughts about break downs on country roads and where do i get the parts.
I have been looking at some TD5,s as i am told they are a great tow vehicle. The thing i find when doing research is all the talk about the three amigos, what the heck is that all about. I have found one i am very interested in but the seller states it has something wrong with a fuel surge thing or actuator, i dont understand this.
How easy are parts to get for these vehicles and how costly are they, with the Merc i have found some parts i have to get from overseas, is it the same with the TD5. Having never owned a diesel, i have driven loads in the army etc, how hard are they to work on, i have found my Merc, its a 2003, very easy to work on and i do most of the work myself, could i do this with the landrover.
One other thing, all the TD5 i look at have over 200000k,s on them, i am a pensioner on a tight budget so i am looking at reliabilty, of which my family keeps telling me these cars a a load of rubbish and not to touch one, you have to love experts.
Anyway, any advice you guys may have would really be helpful in making my final decison as to get one and sell the Merc, or keep it and also keep my fingers crossed it dont break.
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