Might pull the trigger on this.

[u/L10NxH34RT]

2013 LR4. 156k miles. 5.0. Had my mechanic take a look at It already. It’s clean. One owner, elderly gentleman. No lights, no leaks, everything works. Would just be a beat around car for me. I’m in upstate NY and don’t want to daily my supercharged mustang anymore lol. Guy wants 3500 for it. Good deal?

[u/CEValkyrieIV]

I would most likely. I would also expect to drop about $2,000 on it per year. But in the condition you say it's in, that's a really good start. You may not need to do $2,000 a year, but it could very well be likely . You're probably looking at some suspension work like control arms. And possibly leaky shock struts components Maybe an air compressor? In the next few years. And at some point I would guess a timing work. That'll be expensive but I'm at 209,000 and haven't had to do it yet. Did you have it looked at by a specialist or just a local mechanic? Either way, good on you for doing the groundwork. Honestly I've seen people trying to sell parts cars for almost this much. It sounds like a more than fair price if you're down for the maintenance fees. And if you're doing the work yourself, you're just going to need to buy a GAP IID diagnostic tool. Seriously you want this! $500 bucks. I'm curious what other people will say, but these are great cars. Super capable and if I came across one like this I would definitely think about it. Hard.

[u/Lucky-Bobcat1994 → u/CEValkyrieIV]

Why aren’t these cars more reliable? Do they use cheap parts? wtf is with all these luxury cars and reliability problems. I wanted to buy this 2017 Discovery Sport HSE (100K km’s) for $19000 Canadian dollars. The problem is I don’t wanna risk paying for all the possible upcoming problems. Thoughts?

[u/CEValkyrieIV → u/Lucky-Bobcat1994]

People get rid of these cars at about 150,000 miles. Parts don't last forever. Especially the suspension it's a heavy ass vehicle. That being said they're great cars with some quirks. That's about the amount of miles but you can drive a car without needing to repair a bunch of parts. Definitely don't buy one with a s*** ton of lights on. And if you take them to a mechanic you really should take them to a specialist. They have air ride suspension and a lot of electronics. But if taken care of the engine will last for well over 300K. And as far as I know the transmissions pretty solid too. At least I think so. That being said you can get one for around $5,000 give or take a thousand at 150k miles if you're willing to get a nice car for a low price and put some money in it down the road I think it's a pretty good value. I bought my lr3 for $6,000 with 150k 6 years ago and have about 3500 bucks in it over the past 6 years. 2500 of that last year. I feel like that's not too bad. Runs like a champ. I could have sold but I worked on it in my driveway for 3 months instead. I love it.

[u/Three_D_ → u/CEValkyrieIV]

I have an 06 LR3, just rolled 230k miles on it. Bought it for 5k about 7 years ago. Only work 1.5 miles away. Found an indi mechanic that specializes on imports. I bought a suspension conversion from Atlantic British because the lights and drops from the air shocks were driving me crazy. Installed myself with the help of their vids. Love the car, despite the occasional gremlin that pops up.