Thread: Going around in circles.....new to LR HELP!!

My D3 was bought by a Tasmanian - Doug on here.

Cheers

Chuck

I hope you are not confusing D3 issues with D2 issues. The D2 had a lot of little reliability issues but the D3 is much more reliable

Ive been reading about gearbox oil, various suspension issues, brake switches, brake lights globes, front control arm bushes and ball joints and timimg belts..

Originally Posted by Perazzi Adam

Ive been reading about gearbox oil, various suspension issues, brake switches, brake lights globes, front control arm bushes and ball joints and timimg belts..

Gday...

The best place to learn about a marque is a forum. The worst place to learn about a marque is a forum.

Go to the Toyota Owners Forum and you will find an equal amount of "problems" and as many who have nothing but praise.

It's the same with all marques - all have problems ... some show few.

Thankfully - my ownership has revealed very little unreliability. I have also met at least 20 D3 and/or D4 owners in my travels. None have had a problem. But this forum is great for finding out how to identify and/or remedy 'stuff'.

Cheers - John

Sell your car privately - you'll get a much better deal than "trade in " price - (I just sold my wifes Honda privately to a guy from Sydney - sight unseen - he transferred the money into our account and sent a truck around to pick up the Honda) - then stick your cash in your wallet and "come on over" to the big island and buy D3 ... you'll love it ... Like I said .. do your research and check the service record etc and you'll be O.K.
Go on ... buy a Landrover ... you know you want to

Forums are great for finding out what goes wrong with cars but rarely do people post about what is going right.. The D3 is a complicated vehicle and needs to be maintained. Similar story with the others as well. Realistically you will need to budget more for maintenance than the Falcon to keep all the tricky bits going. Couple this with taking it off road and towing and the extra strains that involves, maintenance once again is higher.
A much better vehicle than a Falcon. Like the others have mentioned, perhaps look a bit wider than Tas for the vehicles you are considering.

Originally Posted by Ashes

Forums are great for finding out what goes wrong with cars but rarely do people post about what is going right

I agree with Ashes comment above.
Another thing to remember is that Forum members are only a minority of D3 / D4 owners.
I know a non forum member that has travelled over 250,000Klm's in his 3.0Lt D4 and only ever had to do routine maintenance. He was going to trade it at 200,000Klms, but thought "what the hell am I doing".
I am sure that the good luck stories far outway the bad luck ones, compared to other 4 x 4's.

Perazzi Adam - As Oldsalt mentioned, sell the falcon privately, get on a boat or plane and grab yourself a good D3 on the mainland.

Happy hunting,
Craig