Thread: From bad to great in a week

Hi everyone. This is the first time i will have ever posed on any type of forum. Have been reading through many posts in the last couple of weeks in this section as i started to look for a disco4. I have in the past only had 200 and 300tdi’s.

i found a silver disco 4 in WA close to my house. All seemed a bit to good to be true. $25000 for a 2012 2.7 tdv6 with 169000 on the clock. Went and had a look. Paint work wasnt great but interior was good. My hunch told me that the paint was like a high km car but dash said otherwise. Flicked through service book and revs check looked good at a glance. Quick spin round the block, drove nice, better than what ive been used to for years. My wife pushed me to hurry and buy it. Such a bargain would not hang around long. So i parted with $22000 cash and drove home. On the drive home i could hear a noise in 5 gear. Sounded like a loose worn box. The next day i am looking in the handbook to see if there was anything else on touch screen i could do. That is when i found another sevice book. My heart sank when the last entry was at 377000kms in 2016. I checked the other book. Checked the detailes at the beginning of book. All the same vins and engine numbers.

Once monday came i started my hunt to find the truth. Rang all company’s out of both service books. The low km book all were fake or recently for sale businesses. The high km book was true and to my even greater horror i find the last time one company changed an alternator on the poxy thing was at 447000kms!! Got hold of previous owner and after a few days got all my money back with the threat of legal action. My suspicion is that he knew for more than one reason but i wont go in to that. This is more writing already than im used to doing.

With my cash safely back in my pocket i went on the hunt again. Found a great 2012 3.0 sdv6 in white. Its the nicest car i have ever owned with some nice extras already on it. I can not beleive my lucky escape from the other pig of a thing. So now i can atleasted say i own a well loved example of a great car for my family. I know people will say to report the other car and not let it get back in circulation but as he has had all my details from transfer papers ect i hav chose to walk away. Plus the way it had been done felt like organised crime more than just someone trying their luck.

Thanks for reading all this. And thanks everyone for their previous posts that have kept me reading for hours.

Any tips for the new car will be greatfuly read. Cheers.

Originally Posted by Shropshire

The new one being a white sdv6 se with arb deluxe, hd tow bar, tripple battery kit, electric brake kit, dark tints. i payed 26700 with 221000kms on it. One owner from new and nearly all landrover history. He only had a medium camping trailer and you could tell he loved the car. So differnt from a week ago you wouldnt beleive.

Gosh you can get them cheap now, not great for all us owners!
I firmly believe it’s the best car you can get for 26k