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kernow
Vanorak Joined: 26 Jun 07 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1464 |
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Posted: 11 Mar 17 at 20:46 |
Positive with my 10 yr old 2.5 , just general service items really , brakes battery 1x drive shaft boot a pair of rear shocks and a starter solenoid .
still drives nice and looks good . What is most apparent is the way they hold their value compared to other vans |
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my bigest fear is that when I die the missus will sell my toys for what I said I paid for them
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sunny43.5
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I have a tale of good news and a tale of bad , my work van 2005 humble 2.0 petrol manual has just ticked over 305000 km here in Australia , brakes when needed clutch done at 230000 kays . DMF is still going even though it is rooted in reverse , other than services and timing belt at each 100000kays its been bloody bullet proof never broken down a real work horse . Second T5 2004 2.5 Turbo diesel Tiptronic , piece of shit ! Typical VW not building for our hot climate . Water pump failed at only 30000 kays followed not long after by failed intercooler connection failure . sliding door rollers failed causing door to almost hit the road . Then at 110000 kays the auto gave up the ghost due to VW stupidity which I managed to prove to them and got a 50% goodwill payment for repairs . Shortly after that fiasco the Turbo went to lunch along with few other gems , so how much spent on my work horse with simple non high tech engineering around $5000 over the last ten years and 300000 plus kays that's clutch brakes servicing etc . The other van with auto turbo and all the other disasters over $25 k in repairs and only 120000 when sold .
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festa
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Mines done 220k in ten years and probably replaced most of the van by now, it's looked after but it works hard for its keep
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lwb 174,Wagner intercooler, rosten rods, balanced bottom end, GT2262v hybrid turbo, 2.7bar boost with full ss 76mm decat exhaust, itg filter, 440ft lbs@288bhp
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smidsy
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Seriously? only 35k in ten years? you've probably walked further than that going to and from the van fetching tools in that time. that van is going to last you a very long time! |
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gasone
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well my t5 will be 10 years old next march and it hasn't broken down once bar flat battery due to me leaving light or radio on , I had the oil cooler or the like replaced under warranty , managed to break the rear springs and shocks so replaced them with heavy duty ones on the rear , gone through usually things like tyres and pads , just coming up to nearly 35k on the clock , body work is still spot on
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CLONKY
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Pretty similar here, my 140 van is over 4 years old. Done only 63000 miles though but its been pretty much trouble free. A couple of heated mirror lenses packed up, and an inner driveshaft oil seal started to weep.
All done under warranty. While it was in for the oil seal, I got them to check the drive shafts, and they reckoned they were that that good, they thought they had been replaced ! Still on original pads, fronts barely half worn, although i'm really easy on brakes. T6 on the way. |
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gregozedobe
Vanorak Joined: 22 Dec 06 Location: Canberra, Oz Status: Offline Points: -998266 |
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I hope your 2nd one is just as good as the first
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john the sparky
Yardie Joined: 26 Oct 10 Location: Bucks Status: Offline Points: 574 |
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so regardless of everyone elses experiences,
I sold my T5GP on sunday, it was a T30 140 4motion it had 106000 miles, the clutch was fine, I hadn't had a steering knock, I had no turbo, dpf or egr problems in fact, apart from a bit of bodywork, and a failed valve for the rear diff lock (that was sorted under warranty) it was great. it had 4 sets of tyres, 2 sets of rear pads, one set of fronts (and will be due fronts soon) I had to top the oil up once. the dealers I used were fine. So sorry and all that, but based on my experience I got myself a T6 T32 140 4 motion, I only picked it up today, but it seems to be a little more refined and I really like it!
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