To buy or not to buy?

[zedzedzed]

Hiya, please direct me to a better place to post if this is not the right place.

 

We fancy buying a used Alphard as it would suit our family in many ways…what’s worrying us is that we live on a small island off the West coast of Scotland, if things go wrong it would be that much harder for us to source and have new parts delivered and fitted here, for small things I think we’d be ok but if the car was immobilised and couldn’t be made driveable locally on the island, that would involve massive expense to get a dead car on a ferry etc!

 

Has anyone much experience with what is likely to go wrong with a regularly re-undersealed Alphard with say 50k miles on clock and a 2.4 engine?

 

many thanks 

[Picasso]

Welcome zoe Most parts available but like with any car you can have problems have you anyone who will work on your import as some garages don't like working on imports 

[Geralt]

It's a problem indeed.

 

I think we can help you to get the right part numbers but delivery could be more expensive. My advice is to call your local garages and ask them if they are prepared to work on Japanese imports in principle, should it go wrong. They should be able to do the mechanical bits without much problem but they will need wiring diagrams if you have electrical problems. I believe these are easier to get hold of for a Gen 2 Alphard. 2008+.