dirty hands

New Member

• Aug 21, 2007

• #1

I have no idea if these are genuine miles. I do know then engine is original.

Quite amazing stamina from the awd bugger.

 

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Sean

Banned

• Aug 21, 2007

• #2

thats just about run in then

 

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ebbadger

Well-Known Member

• Aug 25, 2007

• #3

nothing odd there???? a quarter of a million is not unexpected if looked after... unless you have a TD...

Cheers Steve

 

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spacedman

New Member

• Aug 26, 2007

• #4

ebbadger said:

nothing odd there???? a quarter of a million is not unexpected if looked after...

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So why does my Series 3 only have five digits on its odometer? Lack of confidence that it'd make the 100,000?

 

G-man

BBQ king

• Aug 27, 2007

• #5

in 1970 odd when ya S3 was born people couldn't count as high as 100,000

 

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ebbadger

Well-Known Member

• Aug 27, 2007

• #6

spacedman said:

So why does my Series 3 only have five digits on its odometer? Lack of confidence that it'd make the 100,000?

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Nah with the fuel crisis looming in the 70's they thought no one could ever afford to get the mileometer to get that high

Also a cunning landrover ploy to keep the resale value high as any series 3 would have to be sold with less than 99,999 miles on the clock

Cheers Steve

 

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slob

Well-Known Member

• Aug 27, 2007

• #7

its cos by the time it gets to 100,000 damm near everything has bin changed so what you got is a noo vehicle in need of registrashun. this way the number of registred landies goes up and the percentage of landies still on the road stay at the 105% mark ( it used to be 250% but then along came the gaylander)

 

dirty hands

New Member

• Aug 27, 2007

• #8

ebbadger said:

unless you have a TD...

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AHahahahahaha......aw bugger! I filled it full of additives today and thrashed it soundly, let see if it will start tomorrow?