Is it worth fixing a Range Rover with 200,000 km on it?
My Range Rover Sport just crossed two hundred thousand kilometers last week, and instead of feeling proud I started doing sums in my head. It is nine years old and has been mostly good to me. I bought it used from a friend who looked after it well, and it took us on long trips to Oman and back more times than I can count. But now small bills are coming in one after another. This month it was a coolant hose, and the month before that a worn bush in the front. My accountant brother says I should sell it now before something big breaks, because every year the repair costs go up and the price I can get goes down. My father says a car that is paid off is a gift, and that buying a new one means paying for the same comfort all over again, plus monthly installments. I can see the sense in both. Someone in a discussion I read said a good Range Rover Repair garage can look at a high mileage car and tell you honestly what is likely to fail in the next two years, so you can plan your money instead of getting surprised. I liked that way of thinking, but I do not know if workshops give such honest talk or just fix whatever comes. So how do you decide when it is time to let go? Do you set a limit, like a certain amount per year, and sell when you pass it? Does the engine usually last well past two hundred thousand if it is serviced on time, or is that when the real trouble begins? I am also afraid of the gearbox and the air suspension, since I keep hearing about them. If you kept a Range Rover past this point, did you regret it? Easy words are best for me. Thanks for reading.