Gents,

I posted a few months ago about buying my wife a TDV8 (06-09) as a stop gap until 4.4's are more in our price range. Unfortunately, more mundane matters (new house build) got in the way, so the search was put on the back burner,

However, I do check back on Autotrader and the thing that strikes me is how many 'sensibly' priced cars are still for sale weeks/months later. What's going on? Is the £505 road tax putting buyers off, as it is such a large percentage of the value of the car?

I do want to be able to move the car relatively quickly on without resorting to 'We Buy Any Car', so it is a concern. Your thoughts would be appreciated, as ever.

depends on what you have and how much you want, i would say that if its keenly priced then it will sell if not then it may stick unless its a belter....

I seem to be having the opposite problem, early tdv8's seem to be really highly priced and few and far between, unless they are over 100k miles

Aahh, the magic 100,000 miles barrier. Just goes to show that these cars aren't completely unreliable.

As has been mentioned before, if you can, try and convince yourself that the 100,000 isn't such a bad thing. It took me a while, and I'm glad I did.

Bought mine with 140,000 on it. Lovely car. I bought on condition and history, coupled with the fact that it was at the lower scale of TDV8's price wise.

However, it is your money, so good luck with your search.

There will be a time when the vast majority of TDV8s will be >100,000 miles.

What will happen then?  Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

Turbo and ego suppliers will be raking it in ?

On the original point, I suppose I fell into the market as being a buyer looking for a mid-teens range rover. The tdv8 being the most common model available. At mid to high teens price point, buyers are looking for a nice spec, good condition, and say about 60 to 80k miles, you're wanting good reliability . . . or for me at least, a few years of reasonable hassle free motoring. I accept there are bits n bobs that can go wrong, but on the whole, you're not wanting major issues.

However, at about the 80k mile point, the reality is that the tdv8 has a reputation ( deserved or otherwise ) of having those major issues. Yes there are plenty of them which run for miles, but there are also plenty of them that throw EGR and turbo issues that to fix, I would call major ticket costs. So the mid to high-teen initial cost could be substantially added if those occurred. Any well-read research on the tdv8 will discover this, and in the budgeting decide thats not worth the risk. Thus making the tdv8 a potentially difficult sell. ( Its the reason I went with a supercharged )

I think for me, I wouldn't discount a tdv8 completely, but I think they need to come in at a low price point where its more accepted that the big ticket items may happen. V8 or else ...

Indeed, there is a lot of anecdotal evidence pointing to turbo and EGR issues, however, what I've also noticed in the 4 years of TDV8 ownership (starting at 114k mikes, when I bought mine), is that the price of those replacement parts has dropped dramatically. There are also many threads on this and other forums on how to DIY these repairs.

It's a shame people are now running scared of higher mileage cars because they expect something to fail. Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

One other point re auto trader, is that many ads are paid for and stay there week after week, even thought he car has sold. . Most people might withdraw the ad...

I think certain parts getting classed as consumable now are becoming cheaper thanks to the SSRR consumption of such parts

On the other hand I think earlier prices need to fall more as they seem to be a limbo where most people will think hmm, £11k for a 2006/7 or £15k to a later one... which one would anyone go for?! FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
Mantec Sump Guard, Rigid Load liner, MY10 BT upgrade.