Thread: If its made it this far is it likely to break?

Originally Posted by scarry

The TD5 D2 wasn’t that bad,but the D4 is an absolute shocker.
Everything is jammed in tight.

We had a 2.4Tdi D1 (first diesel sold in WA). I could almost walk around the engine bay in that. The D3 2.7 is tight. I can't imagine what the D4 3L is like as a package.
Unfortunately as the cars (and particularly the emission control) becomes more complex, the packaging just gets tighter and tighter.

The trade-off is, with the kids in the back and the van on the back, the D3 is just a much nicer tourer (when it's running). Actually I shouldn't complain, it hasn't faulted in a disabling manner for nearly 9 months.

Actually I shouldn't complain, it hasn't faulted in a disabling manner for nearly 9 months.

Blimey, thats' torn it, you never say **** like that without attracting the wrath of the gods.

Originally Posted by BradC

Far out. I'd love to see your vehicle history if you think a disco is fun to work on.

I reckon you need to be a double jointed under-fed oompa-loompa sized russian gymnast to work on the thing comfortably.

Oooops I’m never going to do fuel pumps and such engine work like you brave souls but I find for the rest (so far) LCAs and brakes, filters, alternator etc is fun and tdv6 has a lot more room in the engine bay generally than 3.0. Heaps at front of engine actually and less plumbing and turbo paraphernalia.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Blimey, thats' torn it, you never say **** like that without attracting the wrath of the gods.

Bah, I've threatened it more than once with leaving it on the side of the road in flames. There's a reason I call it the Antichrist. The only reason it hasn't winched itself up a tree is it doesn't have a winch. It does have a sense of humour though. The first thing that broke was 2 days into our ownership, and the passenger front lock motor failed locking my mother in law out of the car.

It is by far the most comfortable and least reliable motor vehicle I've ever owned.

Originally Posted by BradC

Bah, I've threatened it more than once with leaving it on the side of the road in flames. There's a reason I call it the Antichrist. The only reason it hasn't winched itself up a tree is it doesn't have a winch. It does have a sense of humour though. The first thing that broke was 2 days into our ownership, and the passenger front lock motor failed locking my mother in law out of the car.

It is by far the most comfortable and least reliable motor vehicle I've ever owned.

I do love mine despite EVERYTHING. What a car (when it goes).

Originally Posted by cripesamighty

I took a fairly big punt with my D3 purchase. I bought it in vgc with 509,500km on it with little documentation at time of purchase. Most of those kms were racked up as a tourism vehicle doing big trips. The vehicles documentation I was supposed to get sent, got lost in the mail from Vanuatu, so I am running blind except the last few services I got permission to access through the main Perth dealer.

The thing that caught my eye was it had a Long Range gravity fed tank (no pumps), rear ladder, front barwork, and rear barwork with tyre swing arm, which I figured would help recoup any money lost if it went poopy in its pants two days after I bought it!

So far, so good, but a bunch of stuff is getting looked at or replaced in the near future due to time/distance factors or some glitches occurring recently. It will likely cost a pretty penny, but final amount depends on what needs doing, and how much I can do myself, of course! Either way I went in with my eyes wide open and contemplated the risks.

My theory of complicated/expensive things is - if I can’t afford to maintain a new one, don’t buy a second hand one expecting cheap running costs. That helps with most choices. Of course I also told myself I’d never buy an early D3 or RRS with single Canbus (pre 2006/7), with a high mileage TDV6, or without documentation, and in this case promptly did all three. Well, in my defence, it did have a green oval...

Wow 500,000k's. How long have you had it for? I am not going into this purchase looking for a cheap car to run or maintain but rather figured a higher K's car would more then likley have had the main work done to it to get it that far anyway so was hoping that I might have dodged any major bullets and just need to focus on maintenence and normal wear and tear.

I do not have anything to tow I am just looking for some beach work a few times a year and need 7 seats. I like to be a little different so Toyota and Nissan don't really appeal to me. For context my current beach car is a 2003 Porsche Cayenne which I work on myself but get serviced when needed at the dealer.

hehe , fun to work on , well..... you do need a sense of humour. If you'd like a fun working holiday near Albany come on down.... bring your boat and I'll take it out to make sure it works, while you have a fun time in the workshop

Brad , if you get a winch make sure it's a big tree that has all the roots missing from the opposite side

To the OP ,and more relevant to the thread, all the previous posts have truth , high kays aren't a bad thing when they are mostly done at operating temp on the highway if it's been serviced, but for your own sake , get an experienced eye over it pre purchase , then , if you want to go remote with it , get the top RAC or equivalent cover, because, aside from no one wanting to touch it in most rural areas , there are a few scenarios on these vehicles that you ( or anyone ) won't be able to fix on the side of the road.

Good luck with it

Originally Posted by discorevy

hehe , fun to work on , well..... you do need a sense of humour. If you'd like a fun working holiday near Albany come on down.... bring your boat and I'll take it out to make sure it works, while you have a fun time in the workshop

Brad , if you get a winch make sure it's a big tree that has all the roots missing from the opposite side

To the OP ,and more relevant to the thread, all the previous posts have truth , high kays aren't a bad thing when they are mostly done at operating temp on the highway if it's been serviced, but for your own sake , get an experienced eye over it pre purchase , then , if you want to go remote with it , get the top RAC or equivalent cover, because, aside from no one wanting to touch it in most rural areas , there are a few scenarios on these vehicles that you ( or anyone ) won't be able to fix on the side of the road.

Good luck with it

You mean "long kays" as one car salesman said to me when looking at a Paj with over 500 000 kays on it. I just laughed and walked away.