MaxA
Paul Ricard
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I agree entirely, these are not new (or newish) cars, and they will need ongoing normal maintenance, and in particular, renewal of consumables like tyres, brake pads & discs, etc. but also replacement of aged parts (coolant pipes, radiators, the list is endless), but as I suggested above, these are robust and well-built and relatively easy to work on, so time spent by you or your mechanic shouldn't accumulate too much; it's really the parts that are expensive and make you wince.
I run other elderly cars, and while an oil change on a Discovery3/4 is easy, it is a bit of a pig on say the 1st gen New Mini (the oil filter & housing is behind the engine, between a hot manifold and the main engine mount, and needs slim arms and a low-profile 36mm socket...), not to mention things like supercharger services, water pumps and cross over pipes, so really all we are managing is the depreciation and reliability of our cars.
I'd also add that new cars are not immune to reliabilty issues, it was our newest car (5 years, 80k km, my wife's daily driver) which lost a piston skirt, and nearly wrecked the engine and needed an expensive, engine out, 4 piston replacement (as there were quality issues with the OE parts, not warranted).
I run other elderly cars, and while an oil change on a Discovery3/4 is easy, it is a bit of a pig on say the 1st gen New Mini (the oil filter & housing is behind the engine, between a hot manifold and the main engine mount, and needs slim arms and a low-profile 36mm socket...), not to mention things like supercharger services, water pumps and cross over pipes, so really all we are managing is the depreciation and reliability of our cars.
I'd also add that new cars are not immune to reliabilty issues, it was our newest car (5 years, 80k km, my wife's daily driver) which lost a piston skirt, and nearly wrecked the engine and needed an expensive, engine out, 4 piston replacement (as there were quality issues with the OE parts, not warranted).
