Are they really that expensive to run?

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Are they really that expensive to run?

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Hoenstly now, are they? Apart from the fuel costs, that is....
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No more expensive than any other 20 year old plus vehicle .....
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If driven like a total tit, then yes. If driven with finesse and respect, then as per Andrew's comment above.
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silverbullet wrote:If driven like a total tit, then yes. If driven with finesse and respect, then as per Andrew's comment above.

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tforturton wrote:Hoenstly now, are they? Apart from the fuel costs, that is....

Depends how much you drive them and what you get out of them throughout the year :mrgreen:

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silverbullet wrote:If driven like a total tit, then yes.

Isn't that kinda the point of 'em...? <grin> If you're going to drive a Syncro with "finesse and respect", you might as well have a 2wd.
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I don't really want to dignify that with a response...

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Oh Jez! What a beautiful Landie!!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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As said, No, not really, Expensive specialist parts are gearbox & VC, which seems to be circ £1200 each ever 20 years...... £120 pa. & twice the number of CV joints to inspect/replace. It just that these buses are all around the age that bits need doing.
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I wonder if ARB locker-equipped coiler Landies get through as many halfshafts and front CV's (yes they do have them up front, if you're not familiar with all that stuff) as syncros, if driven in a similar manner...

Considering that they have a big torque multiplication through the transfer box and a lot available anyway from some of those 2.5 and 2.8 TDi four-pots, I wouldn't be suprised. I know the earlier ones with 10-spline shafts aren't as strong as the later 24-spline type, but maybe that's down to manufacturing techniques and metallurgy?
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AdrianC wrote:
silverbullet wrote:If driven like a total tit, then yes.

Isn't that kinda the point of 'em...? <grin> If you're going to drive a Syncro with "finesse and respect", you might as well have a 2wd.

What a very silly thing to say ......
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I think the screenshot joke flew clean over the cockoo's nest...
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It did me. Who? What? When? Why? :?:
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syncropaddy wrote:
AdrianC wrote:
silverbullet wrote:If driven like a total tit, then yes.

Isn't that kinda the point of 'em...? <grin> If you're going to drive a Syncro with "finesse and respect", you might as well have a 2wd.

What a very silly thing to say ......

Not nearly as silly as this was to own...

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