Thread: Discovery 3 economy

Dunno,

my figures for my TDV6 are 9l on the hwy, 10-12 around town and up to 16/17 in the soft stuff.

With the roofrack however, it's around 11-13 hwy/town.

There's only five here in town and there all TDV6.

Oh, welcome aboard!

Drivesafe has a V6 petrol D3. You might ask him.

Ron

Originally Posted by morcha

Hiya,

I'm after some advice/comment from real disco 3 owners. I was just about to purchase a used Disco 3 TDV6 S for 65k when a salesman proposed I take up the V6 SE offer for 64k on the road for a new vehicle. He's suggested this on the basis that:

The SE is better equipped than the S (fair enough).
3 year warranty on the new vehicle compared to 18 months remaining on the used TDV6 S.
That the break even point for diesel vs petrol was 7 years.

Now my question: What's the real world around-town economy of the V6?

The salesman said 15-17 L, the Landrover spec says 21L and a review I read said 15 L combined cycle.

Looking for to saome sage advice.

Cheers,

Mark

We have the V6SE at work - 15l is about right - it gets nailed most of the time - does freeway and city work - little off road
personally i think for some weird reason i would look at the diesel - but thats me im a diesel man, the 63 start price is ok - way to steep for me but ok

Mick

Mick

Originally Posted by landrovermick

We have the V6SE at work - 15l is about right - it gets nailed most of the time - does freeway and city work - little off road
personally i think for some weird reason i would look at the diesel - but thats me im a diesel man, the 63 start price is ok - way to steep for me but ok

Mick

Mick

Mick,

Thanks for that. I want the diesel too but 60k is my budget and I just can't find a TDV6 close to that. 7 seats and the air in the SE is attractive as is the 3 years warranty and if I look at it purely from an economics point of view, the petrol makes some sense.

Cheers,
Mark

Hi Mark, don’t go near the S, whether it be a diesel or petrol, the air suspension in the SE makes it a much better choice.

As to whether you get a V6 petrol or the TDV6 diesel is another subject and one that will bring lots of debate ( as it has before in a number of posts on this subject ) but I have a diesel RR and a V6 petrol D3, the D3 was primarily bought as a town car but has now done a few long trips.

The cost factor between the two is actually in favour of the petrol D3, even when taking into account the higher fuel consumption, because of the huge and in my opinion, unjustified price difference between the V6 and TDV6.


Price aside, the only disadvantage the petrol has on long trips is the shorter range because of the higher fuel consumption.

Around town, the petrol has heaps more grunt then the TDV6 D3 and our V6 D3 is quieter than our RR diesel.

Cheers

Originally Posted by drivesafe

Hi Mark, don’t go near the S, whether it be a diesel or petrol, the air suspension in the SE makes it a much better choice.

As to whether you get a V6 petrol or the TDV6 diesel is another subject and one that will bring lots of debate ( as it has before in a number of posts on this subject ) but I have a diesel RR and a V6 petrol D3, the D3 was primarily bought as a town car but has now done a few long trips.

The cost factor between the two is actually in favour of the petrol D3, even when taking into account the higher fuel consumption, because of the huge and in my opinion, unjustified price difference between the V6 and TDV6.


Price aside, the only disadvantage the petrol has on long trips is the shorter range because of the higher fuel consumption.

Around town, the petrol has heaps more grunt then the TDV6 D3 and our V6 D3 is quieter than our RR diesel.

Cheers

Thanks Tim. So any thoughts on whether the 64k on the road deal for the V6 SE is good?

Originally Posted by morcha

So any thoughts on whether the 64k on the road deal for the V6 SE is good?

As we paid $72k, a little over 12 months ago, I‘d guess and say it sounds good but do a bit of snooping before you sign on the dotted line.

Cheers