I think @300bhp/ton said the 4.4tdv8 was the best engine LR have made and im inclined to agree. Especially with that gearbox.
how true that is i don't know
Driven by drug lords
I would hazard a guess way to long between oil changes, and owners who ignored tell tale signs/noises, pretty much like every car owner these days!Wonder what kind of life they had
Other than short
I think mpg seems misquoted for the 3.6, it must do better than some of the claims. A remap should bridge the power gap for the most part. Obviously the 4.4 is better. But you can buy a 3.6 vehicle for probably half the price. So that is the incentive that they could well be considered.
There is a recent post where the guy is looking at a rebuild or new engine on the V8 after about 64K miles. Nothing is made to last these days.
That has to be an exception not the norm. Loads and loads with double or maybe even triple that distance on!
I think you're right, but more in the sense that if something does break, it isn't made to be repaired easily rather than things being more liable to break in the first place
They can, but the car industry is more interested in shaving the production cost than producing long lived engines these days. Trucks are a different matter.
True enough. My petrol 2.5 straight six bmw engine did over 230k miles and was still perfect,
Where I am now one of the trucks has 2.5 million kms on the clock with no major works having to be done.
My old Volvo was close to 300K miles.
Only sold out because the body was knackered.. or rather more than i wanted to fix. I loved that car!!
