Reply With Quotewell done mate. There is no better feeling that's for sure.
What finally clenched the deal for you to make you ignore all the 'good' advice?
Fossicker
So, after many months of deliberation, and looking and re-looking at alternatives, I took the leap and bought a MY07 D3 HSE V8.
Yes, despite the nay sayers "go buy a Prado" and "buy 2 so you can drive 1 while the other is in the shop". All I can say is they live with their heads in the sand.
What an astounding vehicle, it'll do 200 kph, handles like it has no right to, sounds horn when you're up it for the rent, takes me to remote locations, all in a quiet and refined way beyond that provided by any vehicle in my experience.
Ok, so she does like a drink, but all bad girls do, and they're more fun, so a small price to pay for the brilliance.
I'm a convert, and I'll never be the same again. It's love.
A Keeper of the TGO
well done mate. There is no better feeling that's for sure.
What finally clenched the deal for you to make you ignore all the 'good' advice?
Cheers,
Sean
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.” - Albert Einstein
Master
Glad to hear another D3 owner absolutely over the moon, they are amazing vehicles and that permagrin never ceases, let all your friends in their Toyotas and Nissans think they have the better vehicles and when you go out 4wding show them what the Land Rovers are all about
Cheers
Julian
Fossicker
I seriously thought about the d3 v8 but I had a series 1 disco 3.9 and was scared by the 25ltr/100km consumption.
ChatterBox
Good on ya, see what you have been missing :-)
Enjoy.
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Fossicker
Congratulations!
I too have a D3 V8 HSE... and love it!
Not that thirsty on the freeway if your quiet, i am getting 12.5l/100kms to work and back at the moment (no tail wind, and yes, the engine is running).
Enjoy the smooth, sweet sounding 4.4!
Don't forget to post a few photos!
Cheers
Ben.
Wizard
Enjoy it is a great vehicle, although there may be days when you have stopped for fuel for the third time when you wish you had bought a TDV6 instead
Master
But I get back in the car happy in the knowledge that a) My hands don't stink of dismal and b) I'm doing my bit to keep the sun shiningOriginally Posted by AnD3rew
Enjoy it is a great vehicle, although there may be days when you have stopped for fuel for the third time when you wish you had bought a TDV6 instead
Fossicker
Loved the replies. Re the thirst, yesterday we drove Esperance to Mundaring (Perth Eastern Suburb) via Hyden on 1 tank, so not so bad, 700km, and yes we travelled 105 to 110km the whole way, except for the 140kph stretching her legs bit...our 99 NL Pajero SWB uses more 16-18L/100km v's 12-14s for the D3. Try the 18 when it's 2.33cpl at Bamaga.....ouch.
Did a recent return trip to Kalgoorlie with a colleague in his GU Pootrol, 3lt 4cyl manual, used 13.7lt /100km at 114 indicated. No lift, std tyres but he does have a roo bar, but where is the economy in the Diesel? And listening to the thing at idle, sounds like a tractor, and he paid double what I did......but I got a bargain
Thought long and hard about the D3 diesel, but adding the BS cam belt change at 150km (same with the v6) plus more expensive servicing at shorter intervals, didn't add up for me. And it was $10k more to buy one in same condition....Plus I now have a V8
Fossicker
Here are some pix of the mighty one, no idea how to put them at full size, newbie and all. Picture on the beach was taken at Warren Beach, far SW corner of WA, 5 km of 16psi to get down, 13psi to get back up. that hill in the pic is the first of 3, the last known as heartbreak hill....maybe for hilux's but not me, smiling all the way.
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