Thread: Brand new D4 HSE vs my MY14 D4 TDV6

Well the wife does happen to be into bird watching and the NT is rather nice at this time of year....

Wifey didn't like Discos,.....that is, until we got a D4 as a loaner during a Gracie service,....she drove home & back,...only took her a few seconds behind the wheel,...and the comment was,...."How good is this"?!
Pickles.

Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

I have driven a lot of used D4s lately, some of which are HSEs. They are nice and I will buy one soon but I wish they sounded like my V8.They are not a lot slower but I love that sound. I have looked at a V8 D4 but I can't justify the fuel cost. One thing I think I like about the D3 the most is when I scratch it I don't cry.

if you mainly drive in stop start rush hour traffic then the V8 would be expensive I would guess, if however you do lots of freeway and country or even suburbs driving then the V8 costs in fuel is not a huge lot more than the diesel. plus add up both vehicles servicing costs in the long run and the V8 makes the diesel end up looking expensive.

Bang for your buck the V8 is exceptional value and has every single option Land Rover offered fitted standard and is by far the best vehicle I have owned and it blows the doors off of most other vehicles on the road if you want to be a boy racer.

Originally Posted by TerryO

if you mainly drive in stop start rush hour traffic then the V8 would be expensive I would guess, if however you do lots of freeway and country or even suburbs driving then the V8 costs in fuel is not a huge lot more than the diesel. plus add up both vehicles servicing costs in the long run and the V8 makes the diesel end up looking expensive.

Bang for your buck the V8 is exceptional value and has every single option Land Rover offered fitted standard and is by far the best vehicle I have owned and it blows the doors off of most other vehicles on the road if you want to be a boy racer.

There was one at a dealers here recently for $57000 with 70000 kms. They were fixing some scratches on the wheels and I didn't get to drive it. I was very interested. Once The F6 is gone i will get serious. They weren't prepared to give me enough for the trade. My main dissapointment with the D3 V8 is towing. My camper trailer is only 750kg and it does 16L/100 Km towing it. I get 12L/100Km without the trailer on trips. That I can live with. I wonder how hard it would be to retro-fit the supercharger from the RRS.

Originally Posted by simonmelb

Well the wife does happen to be into bird watching and the NT is rather nice at this time of year....

Plenty around the Lagoon at the moment. As well as all those eating the berries on the native figs next to the house.

Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

There was one at a dealers here recently for $57000 with 70000 kms. They were fixing some scratches on the wheels and I didn't get to drive it. I was very interested. Once The F6 is gone i will get serious. They weren't prepared to give me enough for the trade. My main dissapointment with the D3 V8 is towing. My camper trailer is only 750kg and it does 16L/100 Km towing it. I get 12L/100Km without the trailer on trips. That I can live with. I wonder how hard it would be to retro-fit the supercharger from the RRS.

Carl, I to had concerns about fuel consumption when towing but then rationalised it out with the fact that we only tow occasionally so who cares if it uses a bit more fuel once every month or three.
Towing our 2.5 ton van on the freeway it used about 5 litres per hundred more fuel than the 2.7 D3, however it hums along so well I have found myself going much faster when using the D4, so if I could keep my right foot more off of the go peddle who knows what the actual difference would be.

Originally Posted by TerryO

Carl, I to had concerns about fuel consumption when towing but then rationalised it out with the fact that we only tow occasionally so who cares if it uses a bit more fuel once every month or three.
Towing our 2.5 ton van on the freeway it used about 5 litres per hundred more fuel than the 2.7 D3, however it hums along so well I have found myself going much faster when using the D4, so if I could keep my right foot more off of the go peddle who knows what the actual difference would be.

What year was the last V8 made? I am just curious if there ever was an 8 speed version. My D3 has an awesome exhaust system. I am thinking the back part at least would be transferable.

2012 (MY12) according to Redbook.