Thread: Brand new D4 HSE vs my MY14 D4 TDV6

Originally Posted by ~Rich~

Yeah sounds great Terry, only downside is long range touring, especially desert driving.

Agreed but every vehicle has strengths and compromises.

In reality 99% of Disco's will never see the outback, so for the vast majority it's not such a big deal.

Fit a Long range tank though, like yours, and you have 200 litres to use, put two Jerry's on the roof or the rear bar and there wouldn't be to many places you couldn't go I reckon with 240 litres. Plus you would take octane booster with you and depending on where you go there are a few places where you can buy petrol.

Plenty of people have previously done outback trips in petrol vehicles so with the right planning it might not be such a big deal for the 1% of Disco owners who do serious outback touring.

It would be interesting to find out what the actual fuel consumption is for the V8 in sand driving, then you would know if it was feasible or not.

How well do they go on Opal fuel Terry?????
Its all you get in alot of places in the north of Australia.
Andrew

Originally Posted by ~Rich~

Yeah sounds great Terry, only downside is long range touring, especially desert driving.

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

How well do they go on Opal fuel Terry?????
Its all you get in alot of places in the north of Australia.
Andrew

Petrol sniffing in Arnhem Land is what put me off the 4.0 (and probably the 4.4 if I'm honest ) when buying the D3.

Can certainly understand your preferences Terry but for me it had to be diesel.

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

How well do they go on Opal fuel Terry?????
Its all you get in alot of places in the north of Australia.
Andrew

As I said Andy, you need to take octane booster with you.

Premium was 30c dearer than diesel the other day when I filled up. Yikes! $21 more for 70 litres!

D4 and L322 V8 na petrol are nearly the same price. Both have the ZF 6 speed.

Sorry to hijack your thread Andrew with all this talk of V8s. TerryO makes a very convincing argument for the D4 V8. I just checked with GOE website and the 18" rims fit.. I like the the L322 but I feel I understand the architecture of the D3-4 now and I can save a few bucks with using my bullbar/winch and Kaymar rear end. If only I could get my 100L aux tank to fit. I am used to the economy now and with the extra 100L I am more than happy with 1000km + range. I can get 1500km from my D3 on the highway. New generation diesels do scare me when they are out of warranty and especially the fact that turbos etc need the body off to fix. I have a lot of spares from mine and if I could sort the electronics I reckon the 4.4 would go very well in a AC Shelby Cobra kit. Tell me I am dreaming. I wanted to build one of them since I was a kid. Does anyone think the supercharger from a RRS could be retrofitted? Oh it is nice to dream.
I am looking swapping my Husky dirt bike for a Suzuki DR650 for commuting and the D4 will be for kids and trips. I have been told by my leasing company I could get a car as old 2010, if it is the right car. Salary sacrificing is not the great deal it used to be but at least I get tax deductible fuel.

The L322 is 5,0. I'm pretty sure the D4 is also 5.0. It produces approx/almost the same numbers as a 4.2SC.

Yes you can't fit a bulbar to a L323. But it ccomes standard with 100lt tank.