Thread: Well I'm back on BUT on a ****ty note!!!!

Originally Posted by **Joker**

jesus chenz you read me exactly!!!! thats what happens when i jump in it until i get out of it. i cant go on a good camp out or trip without checking the gaudes every second and thinking i hope i make it home tonight lol. dont know if its just sad or what but i just dont trust it at the moment.

Simo mate...that is how I feel every time I get in my disco...given the disaster(s) I have had with it. I watch the dash lights...constantly look at the gauges...But, I make the point again...I have put too much money into mine to ever think I may recover it...and damned if I am going to allow someone else to benefit from my misery and money...At the moment, the truck is great...spending a few more thousand on it over the next fortnight or so with some modifications...I know I will never get that back if the time ever came to sell. But it won't. I'm keeping it...my daughter will drive it. My son will drive it. I will hang onto it until it is completely dead. Or I am...then the vultures can pick over the carcass !!!

What will the situation be if the replacement is a bigger dog than you have now? I take it you are not in a position to spend a great deal on another car, so it will also be a big gamble. Better the devil you know, for my money, but at the end of the day it's your call bud.

Hey Simone, your obviously not in a good position money wise and having owned a few landrovers now I have come to one conclusion (some may argue with me here but speaking from life experience) more often than not they cost more to maintain than a Jap 4wd and a hell of alot more than a Jap 2wd.

So with your money issues I would sell it and buy a car, cut your losses because it's not going to get better. A landrover is good to own but you don't have to have one to get around day to day get your life back together and worry about nice to have things later on.

good luck

I spent quite a lot more than $7k on my Defender in the first three years of owning it, and wanted to drive it off a cliff more than once. Since then the maintenance costs have been negligible and it's running perfectly. Averaging the costs out over the last five years, it works out at a bit more than running other cars, but not significantly.

Mate, again lots of good advice. I wont vote if to sell or not, BUT the only thing I can say, and this advice was given to me, is that NEVER make a decision when there a lots of emotions and conflicting problems. In other words, take an extra week, think about it some more, as suggested, make a list of the problems your facing and then start with a logical (not emotional) approach, tciking stuff off that is not needed.

If the LR is ticked, then sell it mate. Decisions you make whilst cheesed off will only compound the problems.

Hope you sort it out, best wishes for you guys.

PS: This ticking sound you say, my father (Chucaro) had this problem and JC diagnosed the problem. It was the pump, not the block or internals.