New 3.0 engine installed - video

Yes, given eveything that's happened it is a good result. I don't know that having a new engine will add much to the resale value, but I guess if you put two similar cars side by side and one has a new engine it'd make it a quicker sale. As I said, I'm tempted to put it up for sale while it's still new, but I can't make up my mind - buy a good 1 year old Vogue 4.4, wait till the new RRS comes out in 18 months or just keep the existing car. Though I'd like to sell it while it's still got several years warranty on it.

Hi Greg,
All very valid points. I've just got the Sport after selling the D3, just couldn't afford the D4, plus I've had a hankering for a Sport for a while, specifically a Rimini red one. Personally I love it, despite being a bit short on bolt on goodies it is a great bus. Drives well, looks good, economical, comfortable the list goes on............. Doesn't seem to be the same camaraderie between the Sport owners that I had with the D3, mainly I suspect because I refuse to wear a tie..............

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Originally Posted by GregMilner

but I guess if you put two similar cars side by side and one has a new engine it'd make it a quicker sale.

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Being in the trade, I'd personally go for the car with the original engine especially on a fairly new (under 10 years) car.

Any car ad for a newish car that mentions having a new motor rings alarm bells with me.

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Originally Posted by Scouse

Being in the trade, I'd personally go for the car with the original engine especially on a fairly new (under 10 years) car.

Any car ad for a newish car that mentions having a new motor rings alarm bells with me.

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That would be the same for me as well - in my ignorance I would be thinking that hmmmm has to have a new engine just after new - car must be a bit of a lemon. Unless the price was truely exceptional stay away there are plenty of other cars to choose from - so if selling I would not advertise the new engine aspect.

Garry

I don't understand why it might be beneficial to sell the vehicle now that it has a new engine. I would view a new engine as a bonus but don't think I'd pay much more for it as 30K is still new anyway, but perhaps others would pay more.

You're all probably right about the resale issue. I went to Barbagallo Land Rover today to buy a new cargo mat (a bit of a gouge at $250!) and out of curiosity went into the showroom. Asked about RRS TDV8s and discovered they haven't been produced since 2010.
So I asked the salesman about trading mine in on a new Vogue 4.4 Luxury (hey, let's aim high here) and - knowing mine had a new engine - he hummed and scratched his brow for a while, and brightly said they'd give me oh...70K for mine as a trade-in. Wow, generous. Not. Which, he said, would make the change-over only....um, er, only $107,000.

I think I'll be keeping the Sport for a while.

FOOTNOTE: this is one of only two dealerships (both owned by the same guy) in WA, the richest state in the country. They had not a single Sport left in stock, and only one Vogue. Can't get enough of them for the demand. Little wonder LR is making record profits.