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Thread: Long term cost of ownership :Discover 4 vs Prado

  1. 10th November 2014, 08:21 PM #51
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    Quote Originally Posted by Leroy_Riding View Post
    Ill Throw my 2c in on this one.

    I own a D3 (and only had it for a few days!)
    but one of my two best friends is a toyota fan boy, the other a Land rover nut like me (he has had 4 RR classics and 2 Disco's currently a D2, and looking at a D4 for the wife)

    Leroy.
    Congrats on your new car!

    Actually I was very happy with Prado till the time I test drove the D4 ;-). Prado is a great vehicle and I don't have any complaint about it. However, as soon as I drove the D4, I really felt the difference and I asked my wife sitting beside me and she also felt the same. However, Landrover being a premium brand I was a little afraid to take a decision. However, I feel a lot comfortable now especially after finding that there are a couple of landrover mechanics around Melbourne.
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  2. 10th November 2014, 08:35 PM #52
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    I had this same dilemma 5yrs ago. I ended up buying a 2006 D3 4.0L with 45,000km. Five years later (just June 28th this year) I sad goodbye to it with 242,000km on the odometer and loved putting every one of them on it. I am so glad I bought it. Don't be fooled thinking the Toyota will be more reliable those days are gone. I had it services by my local Land Rover mechanic (not a stealer) and only had to replace the front arms. I couldn't be one of those people driving and seeing discoverys wishing I was driving one.

    They are so nice to drive and own!
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  3. 10th November 2014, 08:43 PM #53
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hatchy View Post
    I had this same dilemma 5yrs ago. I ended up buying a 2006 D3 4.0L with 45,000km. Five years later (just June 28th this year) I sad goodbye to it with 242,000km on the odometer and loved putting every one of them on it. I am so glad I bought it. Don't be fooled thinking the Toyota will be more reliable those days are gone. I had it services by my local Land Rover mechanic (not a stealer) and only had to replace the front arms. I couldn't be one of those people driving and seeing discoverys wishing I was driving one.

    They are so nice to drive and own!
    I feel a few others also who replied in this thread had the same dilemma as me and you :-)

    I am looking for a D4 with no more than 50,000km on the clock, hope I will be able to find something soon.
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  4. 10th November 2014, 09:04 PM #54
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    Hang out for an 8 speed auto if you can afford it.LOVE MINE!!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by discolandinaus View Post
    I am looking for a D4 with no more than 50,000km on the clock, hope I will be able to find something soon.
    Patience, lots of searching, know exactly what you are looking for, lots more searching and move fast when you find the right car..... that's your answer


    Oh... and drive a bunch so that you know what they should feel like ;D
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    Quote Originally Posted by LandyAndy View Post
    Hang out for an 8 speed auto if you can afford it.
    Paddles don't get in the way of the Latte hey Andy :P
    Mark

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    2015 TDV6 D4.... the latest project... Llams, Traxide, Icom 455, Tuffant Kimberleys and Mofos.... so far.
    2012 SDV6 SE D4 with some stuff... gone...
    2003 D2a TD5...gone...
    2000 D2 V8...gone...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bytemrk View Post
    Paddles don't get in the way of the Latte hey Andy :P
    I sip it outside the vehicle,dont wish to spill it and waste it
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    Why are we raggin' on Yotas ... it's Patrols that seem to always be in my way ... snail like, right hand lane hogging, hand grenade motor, heap of 1960 design yadda yadda ... etc ... hahaha
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  9. 11th November 2014, 07:17 AM #59
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    Got to agree with you on the right hand lane hogging. Is it in their DNA?
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    I am coming up for 5 years with our D4.

    I hasn't been problem free but things just needed fixing at the normal services. It has never let us down or left us stranded.

    The first 3 years it cost less to service than the Ford Territory I had over its 3 years with us.

    Our D4 will be staying in family it is simply brilliant and it has aged better than any other car we have owned before.

    I would buy other Discovery if I needed too.
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