Thread: 200,000Klm's on D4 3.0Lt - No Problems

In the South East of Qld( Brisbane,Gold Coast,Ipswich Etc) Qld Police mobile patrol cars last only 6 weeks and they are stripped and traded.They are never turned off,one crew gets out the other jumps in,so they would never wear the motor.I consider they could be a good buy.What do others think?

Originally Posted by Jesse B

Craig,

Highly timely thread and post - I mentioned to my dealer the other day that I was close to needing the 65k service and he rolled his eyes and said " wow, you're racking up the distance - better consider trading up before you get hit with a high-mileage discount...

Jesse, I wouldn't worry too much about the high Klm's providing you have it serviced by the book.
I sold my Landcruiser 80 series privately with just under 400K and got really good money for it.
Likewise my 100 series. It had almost 200K on it which I clocked up in 4 years, yet I got the same money as vehicles with half the Klm's. In actual fact, the buyer asked if it was enough money......true storey.
Cheers, Craig

Originally Posted by Disco44

In the South East of Qld( Brisbane,Gold Coast,Ipswich Etc) Qld Police mobile patrol cars last only 6 weeks and they are stripped and traded.They are never turned off,one crew gets out the other jumps in,so they would never wear the motor.I consider they could be a good buy.What do others think?

A bloke I worked with bought a falcon that had done 40k in 5months and he never had an issue with it,likewise another who bought an ex taxi with 800K on it and again never spent a dime to keep it going,my old TAFE teacher who drove a LH Torana from Woollongong to Sydney each day and it had near 1 million k's on it running LPG and it started each and every day and a 2a 2.6ltr station wagon that had over a million K's and it kept going too.All of them stayed hot and did long trips and are the better for it. Pat

I mentioned in my last post that I had sold a Landcruiser 80 Series with 400K on it. This was a petrol on gas.
I bump into the owners from time to time. This vehicle has now covered close to 650K and never had a spanner near it (apart from maintenance items).
I did make sure that the new owners used Penrite HPR gas oil and changed it every 10K as I did.
Goes to prove that high Klm's dont mean much, providing that the servicing is kept up.
Cheers, Craig