Holy jebus

"bob and john" (bobandjohn) 09/23/2019 at 15:15 • Filed to: None

0

37

Look at that milage. Wow

 The fuel bill....the repair bill....wtf

jimz > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:20

0

German car for pennies on the dollar? What could go wrong?!!

bob and john > jimz 09/23/2019 at 15:21

0

I mean, It has 230k km....

which is the impressive part on this. 

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:23

0

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:24

6

Some soccer mom is going to be so happy with this.

At that pace, these are likely all highway miles. I honestly wouldn’t be afraid to buy it.

bob and john > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/23/2019 at 15:26

1

its 126 KM a DAY for 5 years. constantly.

like holy shit man. Thats one HELL of a co mmute.

HammerheadFistpunch > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:26

3

Thats only 142,000 miles.  I mean...I don’t own a car with that few.

jimz > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:27

1

actually the G-class is probably going to be one of their more durable models.  Guy on Ars Technica forums has an older one he’s driven all over hell and damnation around the world.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:31

0

We put 25k miles (40k km) on our family/trip car every year.

60 mile commute + kids’ sports & activities + long family trips

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:32

1

An LS swap can’t be that difficult on these. Drive it until the engine explodes then replace it with an LS engine and enjoy a much more reliable G-Wagon

bob and john > HammerheadFistpunch 09/23/2019 at 15:33

0

and how old is your newest car? remember, this is a 2013...

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:35

0

km?

i thought canada had milesies?

RPM esq. > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:36

0

A notably tough chassis with a big naturally-aspirated V8 that is quite reliable* ...the mileage shouldn’t be all that surprising from a durability standpoint, really . However, this person has spent something like $70k Canadian on gasoline alone .

* For a German car

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:38

0

That’s a lot, but I know my dad put 240,000 kilometers on his Flex that he bought new in 6 years of ownership, so it’s not at all beyond the pale. A bit unusual for such a thirsty and expensive SUV but not as crazy as if those miles were on some exotic.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/23/2019 at 15:39

1

I feel like there’s got to be some version of Godwin’s law only for Oppo car listing threads and LS swapping.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:39

0

I n.. I wanna say 1997 (?)... or maybe ‘98 I put ~ 11 0K * MILES* on my 1992 Alfa Romeo 164-S... without leaving the state of Vermont. I had a long commute to work and a long commute to some classes I was taking between failing out of /leaving due to depression college in PA and finishing school up in Vermont... and it was fun to drive, so I drove it a bunch even when I didn’t have to,  partly bec au se I was living with my dad and it was good way to get out of the house... in any case, this does not impress me... Mine worked out to about 485KM a day.

bob and john > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 09/23/2019 at 15:41

0

i’m more impressed by the fact that alfa stayed together long enough to do that kinda of milage...

HammerheadFistpunch > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:41

2

2008, so yeah.  still, 140,000 miles in 5 years, while impressive, isn’t that tough to do.  As others have said, these are the miles you want.  Easy highway miles.  I’d rather have a 5 year old truck with 140,000 miles vs a 15 year old one with 75,000.  Age is what gets expensive.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 09/23/2019 at 15:45

1

Cool but unreliable and expensive to fix car —-> LS swap it

Always

And forever

Spanfeller is a twat > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:48

0

nice.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/23/2019 at 15:50

2

The engine isn’t going to explode. They’re quite robust. Unless you run it out  of oil.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:50

2

The car had over 400K miles on it when loss of job and critical rear sub-frame rust caused us to part ways. It soldiered on for another two years on the highways under the ownership of a mechanic who self-inspected it and ignored the rust. T hen became a farm car, in which role it lasted for another several years before being driven into a ditch at high enough speed to totally wreck the front end. Some one took the engine out of it before it got junked, but I have no idea where it went. I lost track of it ar ound then. One of the most reliable and durable cars I’ve ever owned. 

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > RPM esq. 09/23/2019 at 15:52

0

That’s the M157 turbo V8. But yeah, actually pretty reliable engine.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:52

0

We have a 2018 Ram with 63k miles. 

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 09/23/2019 at 15:52

0

Explode = become prohibitively expensive to fix for someone buying a $30 k G-Wagon

But hey, if they are solid engines, then it should be a while before that happens.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 15:52

0

I’m not even remotely surprised this hit that kind of mileage. More that someone actually kept it that long.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 09/23/2019 at 15:54

0

Might need a fuel injector or cam adjuster. Probably each about a $2-3k repair. Honestly brake and tire costs are going to be significantly more expensive than any other repairs, unless they lose the lottery.

RPM esq. > RPM esq. 09/23/2019 at 16:17

0

Whoops, thought it was an M156. My mistake.

bob and john > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/23/2019 at 16:35

0

work trucks dont count. 

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 16:40

2

Boo, this could have technically been a business vehicle. A lawyers car. 

HammerheadFistpunch > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 09/23/2019 at 16:52

1

A single fuel injector for 2 grand?  Dayum.  

fintail > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 17:11

0

Way t oo cheap even with the mileage. I smell a rat.

SpeedSix > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 09/23/2019 at 18:02

1

You’re 40 years late on that one - we switched to metric distances in the ’7 0s.

That said, for other stuff (weights and volumes) it’s a hodgepodge of both standard (or imperial) and metric.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > SpeedSix 09/23/2019 at 18:07

0

i didnt know

cheers

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > HammerheadFistpunch 09/23/2019 at 18:55

0

Direct injection piezoelectric crystal injector. 4-5 hours labor and other miscellaneous parts. Yeah, about 2k.

Longtime Lurker > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 09/23/2019 at 19:36

0

If I remember correctly the service intervals on the diffs something like 10k miles?

Longtime Lurker > bob and john 09/23/2019 at 19:41

0

I have many co-workers  that live 100kms out of the city. There used to be a couple that both worked at the store but because they worked different shifts some days they would take 2 cars 100kms each way.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Longtime Lurker 09/24/2019 at 01:02

1

No I don’t think they’re that low. Maybe 2/20k at lowest. GLA/CLA45 is every 10k. ML/GL/GLE63 don’t even specify diff intervals. All the limited slip cars are first at 2k, then every 20k IIRC.