Thread: Reassurance please??

Well I don't own a D4, but I can tell you this.
He's full of crap.
All makes and models of cars will have their issues.
Some people get lemons, some get gems, most people get one in between the two
So I don't doubt that some people have had sudden losses of power, some people have probably had tow hitches fly off.
But I'll bet he didn't tell you why it happened, if it was due to age, kms travelled, poor workmanship or install, or even the owner being an idiot.
He sounds like a proper tosser, any shop that gives me that sort of attitude quickly sees me walking out the door without handing over a cent.
Enjoy your new vehicle, I'm sure it will bring you lots of happy motoring times!

3 years of ownership,70,000kms with about 20k of that travelling on outback roads and its never let me down.

Only problem was that i needed a suspension air compressor replaced under warranty. The car was smart enough to tell me that there may be a problem before i actually had a problem... Very civilised really

Drives like a dream and i love the car!

Peter

The answer is very much less than the guy is making out. There aren't thousands of caravans falling off the back of D4s and running wild and free. There aren't thousands of D4s stuck in the fast lane of every motorway because they lost power at speed.

If you hunt through this forum and Disco3.co.uk, you will find instances of that happening, just as you will find instances of Patrol 3.0d engines dying if you go on Nissan fora, and Land Cruisers using more oil than the Exxon Valdeez if you go on a Toyota forum.

Remember that the D4 and the D3 before it has been awarded 4x4 of the year since Noah wandered around saying "tut, tut, it looks like rain". They don't give those kind of accolades out with cornflake boxes.

Welcome to Land Rover ownership...

Everyone's an expert when it comes to LR's. anyone who doesn't own one will soon tell you how unreliable they are. Usually it's a mate of a mate who had one break down.

The Disco 4 is a great car, and while I don't personally own one, I wouldn't worry about tossers like that and I wouldn't give them any of my business either.

Drive it, maintain it, love it.

Cheers - Gav

I have a D3 and think it is exceptional. After spending $9k on a GU patrol and it wasnt the 3.0ltr in 12 months I wasnt bound to the philosophy that Land Rover alone is the only company in the world that can produce a lemon. I love everything about the car and shout it out as often as I can but at the end of the day the world is full of people with closed minds which is okay with me they just will never drive the best 4x4 in the market. I even may have convinced a national writer in one of the biggest 4x4 mags in the country to come on board.

Cheers
Julian

Agree with all the comments above. I would have been a little less polite and walked out of the shop - telling the bloke that I'll take my business to someone who actually has some clue of what they're talking about.

I'm on my third Disco - have never had to put a spanner to any of them other than routine maintenance. I drive regularly between Perth & Kalgoorlie (about 600km each way) as I live in Kal but work from an office in Perth most of the time. I sit on "at least" the speed limit once I'm away from the built up areas - and have never "lost power". I also tow a reasonably heavy trailer quite frequently - my tow hitch is still there.

You've bought a good vehicle - enjoy it and ignore the opinions of the "experts" that you'll meet along the way. You'll get far better advice on here than you'll come across in most other places.

Chalk it down to just another uneducated clown.

I have a 2010 D4 SE, 54,000Ks and surprise surprise it has started every time I've pushed the button, has never lost power in fact the power has been awesome. It has towed my boat and camper trailer like it wasn't there and has not fallen off yet.

So ignore them they are jealous it's a great beast on and off the road.

Paul

Thanks for the replies folks. I did tell him to keep his opinions to himself and then went across the road to his competition to buy my tow hitch. I have always thought that people who criticise what they don't own usually do so because they are jealous. I know all cars can have issues. My mother's boss bought a $350000 Maserati which has been returned to the dealer at least 9 times. Go figure. It just made me feel awful after I had been so happy about getting a new car, one that I have wanted for at least 10 years but haven't been able to afford until now. Anyway you folk have made me feel happy again. A few odd problems won't worry me too much anyway, not when the trade of is getting to drive around in the nicest ride I have ever been in (at in 4x4s anyway). Can't wait to take it off road and see what it can do.