My hobby is owning older Land Rover models. Anything over 3 years or 40,000 miles is a maintenance pit. I've spent tens of thousands keeping my current 01 Discovery running, but I pull a double horse trailer with it, and it never breaks down (it just leaks fluids when it's ready to die).
It's at 170,000 miles -- way past its service life, but the thing is a tow monster.
I also own an older British import model that costs me at least $6000 a year in maintenance and replacement parts.
Avoid used British cars like the plague, even if they were assembled by an American ownership. They're crap.
Fun to drive, hell to maintain.
It's at 170,000 miles -- way past its service life, but the thing is a tow monster.
I also own an older British import model that costs me at least $6000 a year in maintenance and replacement parts.
Avoid used British cars like the plague, even if they were assembled by an American ownership. They're crap.
Fun to drive, hell to maintain.