http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18910560

23 years/500,000 miles without a serious breakdown - I wish  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

my Golf Gti is over 25 years old, 86000mls, never broke down, never once been back to the dealer, not even for a service. ( always done it myself )

Iain

 Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

The family in over Tasmania have a G wagen, unbreakable, one heck of a tough vehicle, a little utilitarian for some but well worth it.

taztastic wrote:

The family in over Tasmania have a G wagen, unbreakable, one heck of a tough vehicle, a little utilitarian for some but well worth it.

G wagen is that driven by G men ..??

(shades of Elliot Ness methinks)  Wales
Were the mud is thicker, and the ruts are deeper.
(And we have the water to wash it off, and more on the way..! )
Sd4 and chrome Ar*e piece, Auto box for best fun
09 Xs Gone
12 xs Gone
HSE with Leather seats and 4 years warrenty.. staying for now !

taztastic wrote:

The family in over Tasmania have a G wagen, unbreakable, one heck of a tough vehicle, a little utilitarian for some but well worth it.

Unbreakable - Not around here.
Chap in our village has one (no idea of MY) but his G wagen, which I understand he's had from new, has according to village gossip spent more time in the Merc dealer's service bay than doing any regular motoring.

On a slightly different note - when we moved into the village most of the farmer's ran Toyota or Suzuki 4x4 with the one exception the G Wagen and a couple of Td5 Defenders. How things have changed in a few short years.

Now LR Defenders are in the majority on the surrounding farms, and her Ladyship's FL2 was the first, but now there's 3 more FL2's in domestic use. And the father of a friend of my daughter at school has just taken delivery of a new 110 Defender fully rigged with expedition kit and of course enough seats to carry his wife and 5 kids - and he's a German. I'll have to ask him why he didn't buy a new G Wagen

cost you will pay approx 20k for a 90s vehicle  rainy-city
xs

That is because Land Rover do not build them to last that amount of miles!
Any of mine that hit 100k start costing dearly each month to keep on the road thereafter.
Admittedly they do work for a living, but then the G wagen does not look like it is a sunday outing car?
Although I did have G wagen once and it was a killer when buying parts.

Agree. 100k seems to be the threshold, after which the rusty pipes, worn out electrics, corroded rads etc start to get annoying (and costly). The German bloke with the Gay-Wagen (that's how it's pronounced) seems to have avoided salty roads, and admits he drives like a granny. So long as he's changed his filters (and added plenty of 2-stroke) he probably doesn't have too much to worry about.