Thread: How many KMs is too many KMs when buying used?

Originally Posted by Lukeis

It’s a good point. If you see a car for sale with a list of replaced parts as long as your arm do you see that as a car with inherent problems or do you see that as a positive because it’s had a lot of the problems taken care of?

I’ll be selling my D4 as soon as I can find a D5 I like and I feel like it’s had most of the common known problems replaced which I see as a good thing for a future buyer but I wonder if they would see it the same way

Depends on the age of the vehicle for me. Obviously if a 3 yr old car had a long list of replaced parts id be worried, but a 15yr old car with 300k km id probably be happy with it

When I sold my D3 they were keen to see a bunch of receipts for parts that had been replaced in the last 5 years. It had 200k km and without the receipts they would have baulked at it.

I agree. I've had a lot of preventative maintenance done on our Defender and I reckon it's pretty well set for another 150,000kms, apart from maintenance items. For example, the alternator will probably go in the next 50,00ks or so, but I expect that.
I'd favour a well-maintained vehicle with higher kms over a neglected vehicle with lowers kms.

I have almost 250000 on my 2012 3.0 SDV6. I have had several lower arm bushes, transfer case (my fault as I tried a range change while moving and bent a shift fork) new struts all round and brakes. Yes I do over maintain, but in my business one does not wait for an aircraft to break plus I do a lot of long trips and very little city stop start. I have a folder of every receipt so if I were to sell the new owner has a full history.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I'd favour a well-maintained vehicle with higher kms over a neglected vehicle with lowers kms.

Thats why my D4 was such a great buy, looked after, less than 100K,every service done when due, all the preventative maintenance done as weii and was the less problematic 2.7L,with E diff.And priced right.
It was sold to a forum member unseen due to border closes.
All our vehicles are treated like this, which is probably why we get such a good run out of our work vehicles as well.

The son's Puma will be on the market soon, looked after same as the others, and is low K's as well.

Originally Posted by scarry

Thats why my D4 was such a great buy, looked after, less than 100K,every service done when due, all the preventative maintenance done as weii and was the less problematic 2.7L,with E diff.And priced right.

...and yet you refused to sell it to a friend.....what aren’t you telling us?

Heh heh - just winding you up - I am sure it was an excellent buy for the new owner and you will miss it a lot.

A 2.7L D4 with less than 100K would be an excellent choice at present.

I don't own a D4 so don't have personal experience, but I had read that D4's were basically pretty strong and most problems were likely to be electrical. Is that right?

None of my issues have been electrical until last week with the Bluetooth module.

move done a few expensive ones:

high pressure fuel pump
alternator
water hose kneck
Gearbox
Rear camshaft seal
pipes x2
Tailgate door actuator

Etc

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I don't own a D4 so don't have personal experience, but I had read that D4's were basically pretty strong and most problems were likely to be electrical. Is that right?

Nope.

EAS issues, turbo actuators,cracked inlet manifolds,alternaters,elecric handbrake,and on it goes.The occasional broken engine.

Electrical and software type issues not very common.