Thread: Bought a MY13 D4!

I picked up our 2013 model 2 weeks ago and love it, had a D3 HSE previously now have the SE Black Edition. I agree that it is easy to bump the paddles into manual mode, how do you know if you have the detuned engine. Does it only come out on the basic models ?

Yep only comes with the TDV6 model - both the SE and HSE are SDV6 which is the 183kw. I think the 155kw TDV6 would be fine still - not sure how noticeable the difference would be and I think I've seen slightly better fuel economy figures for them.

I see a few folks have said fuel economy and smoothness of engine and gearbox improves after the first few thousand k...

The price included leather ( a $700 option) we did not have much choice if we wanted the Main Event price, cars here or nearly here could be had for that price so no special orders as car had to be delivered before the end of the month to get the free on road and no dealer delivery. My wife wanted a sun roof but because there was none on the water it would have cost us about $10,000 extra as we would have missed out on the deal, needless to say she did not get the sunroof.

One more thing, while the dealer was trying to figure out the steering wheel controls they lent us a MY12 D4 2.7 and the different is amazing, driving them back to back the new trans is much better with always the right gear, especially when taking off when the 2.7 seemed a bit wheezy as it held gears maybe longer.

The thing I regret not getting is the sat nav/reversing camera, I am messing about with the wireless one but means another screen so may end up sticking it on the windscreen. Apart from that I love it.

When I went to trade in my 8 yo TDI for a D3 in 2005 the changeover price was over $80,000 so I bailed, and bought the Freelander II when they came out instead, which was a great car but not up to towing the wife's horse float. So $69,500 before changeover is a hell of a deal in comparison.

Originally Posted by carcrank

The price included leather ( a $700 option) we did not have much choice if we wanted the Main Event price, cars here or nearly here could be had for that price so no special orders as car had to be delivered before the end of the month to get the free on road and no dealer delivery. My wife wanted a sun roof but because there was none on the water it would have cost us about $10,000 extra as we would have missed out on the deal, needless to say she did not get the sunroof.

We wanted the base model with a few options:
7 seats, all leather
Hi-line audio
Rear camera
Rear air-con
E-diff
Extended warranty

The e-diff is almost impossible to get unless you place a custom order, so that's what we ended up doing, even though it meant missing the Main Event sale. I shopped around with a few dealers, most of whom were talking prices in the low to mid 80's. Eventually we got a price of $77.5k, we seemed pretty good to us.

At those prices new, the second hand lr4's listed on carpoint will never sell....

Mojo, all those extras for $77500 is a very good deal, I'm hopeless with the thumbscrews!

Yeah, I'm not really much of a haggler either. I think it helped that Brisbane only has one dealer, so everyone else I had to approach over the phone, which makes negotiating a bit easier - for me anyway. I just told them all that we had test driven a few cars and decided on the D4, and it was now just a matter of who gave me the best price. Pretty easy sale for them, no need to try and pursuade me to buy the car as the decision was already made - all they had to do was come up with the best numbers!

Cheers
Sean