Thread: Buying a D4...

Sounds like a good choice. I think that the 3.0 TDV6 may satisfy the hoon in you. And it's a good thing that the vehicle has the bigger brakes so you can stop too!

See if you can squeeze the dealer to swap out the tyres for a more offroad bias... if you are planning on taking it on some mild 4x4'ing.

The Admiral gave admirable advice and it was blown aside with the school boy gleam of those who dont want to go offroad...thats fine if you dont....but acknowledge good advice when you get it. I suspect many D4 3.0 owners on here are going to be soccer dads with theirs. If you do want your new LR to live up to the reputations off road that developed with the D1 and became entrenched with the D2 you might like to think with your forebrain about tyre size - its far more important actually that the locking diff, the traction control and the electrickery knob on the centre console (ie the knob that makes novices look good).

Cheers

PS. All those extra kilerwasps and talk' are not going to help the D4 3.0 with its drug lord chromies stuck up to the sills in the deep sand when the D3/D4 2.7 with its still very liveable power and torque comes idling by and has to snatch you out. SO IF, you want to go offroad (as the Hyundai(?) people used to say) please consider...

And your personal experience with D3's and D4's together in sand is ...??

I remember you making virtually the same wildeyed statements 4 years ago about the D3........ Some things never change

Don't worry CircleTheWagons - the D4 on 19" rims will run rings around the Prado, and you'll need a D3 on oversize tyres (on 17" rims) to keep up. Adding it up, I've taken over 30 D3's and 10 D4's over the same sand obstacles, never seen a D4 struggle where a D3 doesn't.

Cheers,

Gordon

Originally Posted by ozscott

The Admiral gave admirable advice and it was blown aside with the school boy gleam of those who dont want to go offroad...thats fine if you dont....but acknowledge good advice when you get it. I suspect many D4 3.0 owners on here are going to be soccer dads with theirs. If you do want your new LR to live up to the reputations off road that developed with the D1 and became entrenched with the D2 you might like to think with your forebrain about tyre size - its far more important actually that the locking diff, the traction control and the electrickery knob on the centre console (ie the knob that makes novices look good).

Cheers

PS. All those extra kilerwasps and talk' are not going to help the D4 3.0 with its drug lord chromies stuck up to the sills in the deep sand when the D3/D4 2.7 with its still very liveable power and torque comes idling by and has to snatch you out. SO IF, you want to go offroad (as the Hyundai(?) people used to say) please consider...

On any offroad vehicle the larger the profile the better the vehicle is...both in terms of ability and reliability in terms of tyre longevity...that is the simple truth. Go the 19's! Yeah baby! I love them! Off roaders for years have been missing the point they should have gone little black straps and big rims ages ago.

Cheers

PS. Its all relative. The D2 tyre choice on 16's was better again than the D3 and my comments about the latter remain...even 4 years down the track (time does not change it!)

I suppose my point is that good advice was offered and mocked...the guys that have that advice to give will stop posting in this area (and yes I expecting the quote of this last sentence and a "good, we dont want your type...)

Cheers

With you all the way Gordon (gghaggis)
Go the 3.0Lt circlethewagons

Originally Posted by Dorko

Without a doubt Disco4SE.... pffft the rim size is no war stopper. Just need to learn to drive and understand the D4. Once you work out its behavior its a tough machine!

Dorko

Arrghh....that must be the answer then...its where I have been going wrong.

Originally Posted by ozscott

Arrghh....that must be the answer then...its where I have been going wrong.

Just maybe 19" aren't as bad as you think, as opposed to what others who are using think. Time will tell but you seem to already know.
Cheers Ken