Thread: 2013 Discovery 4 SDV6 SE 85k km

Good morning everyone.

Thanks so much for all the information especially from Eric , its much appreciated . I will feel a lot more confident looking at the vehicle now and I'm sure the salesman will also pick up on this too. I checked the Vin on the LR link and the last date it was serviced by them was June 2016 at 49712km , hopefully after that the service was kept up to date by a good Indy.

cheers
Christopher.

A friend in Brisbane recently bought a 2013 D4 SE with 170,000kms for $31,000, if that is any help. He loves it.

Originally Posted by trout1105

These long service intervals is the reason why I personally will Never buy a second-hand D4 or D5 for that matter.

This was recently in the Weekend Oz motoring section. My D3 has been oil changed each 6 months per the maintenance schedule.

My opinion it was a silly change to match the ‘Toyotas cost nothing to service’ complaint. Don’t think oil or metallurgy technology changed in meantime.

It’s all anecdotal bull****. Mine had at best factory servicing. In fact, was over the interval on occasions to 30k km on some before I bought it. It’s now 265,000km and going fine. What would serving it two to three times more have achieved for him or me? No one can tell me what their end game is by over servicing? Is it 200,000, 300,000, 500,000km ??? What dictates success???

I’m fine if you do it, but quantify what you’re achieving, and don’t preach BS. Mine proves that for a sample of one, the factory servicing achieves what most would agree is well beyond their usage.

Originally Posted by PerthDisco

This was recently in the Weekend Oz motoring section. My D3 has been oil changed each 6 months per the maintenance schedule.

My opinion it was a silly change to match the ‘Toyotas cost nothing to service’ complaint. Don’t think oil or metallurgy technology changed in meantime.

That article doesn't really stand up to any level of critical thinking. The comments about taxi's running hot 24 hours a day and that's why they last so long. Then to say 'stop start driving" kills engines. Well, what do taxi's do all day everyday? Stop start driving in traffic. That paragraph is just contradictory. There's also the bit about lack of lubrication and engines gunking up and timing chains breaking. In one sentence it's a $9k job out of warranty. But in the next sentence it's a new engine. It's a terrible piece of writing.

Regarding service intervals. And this is a genuine question: Has anyone done objective, test based assessments of the condition of the oil at the factory specified change date/kms? I think I remember Tombie posting that he had and the oil was in spec when he changed it. Is there any evidence either way to say the service intervals on modern cars are too long or OK?

I am but the messenger and simply noting the sudden huge change between D3 and D4 intervals. I mean, it’s not like D3 2.7s were 100% perfect as we know.

Originally Posted by PerthDisco

I am but the messenger and simply noting the sudden huge change between D3 and D4 intervals. I mean, it’s not like D3 2.7s were 100% perfect as we know.

Haha. I'm sure you said Jehovah there somewhere....

Originally Posted by Dagilmo

Regarding service intervals. And this is a genuine question: Has anyone done objective, test based assessments of the condition of the oil at the factory specified change date/kms? I think I remember Tombie posting that he had and the oil was in spec when he changed it. Is there any evidence either way to say the service intervals on modern cars are too long or OK?

Yes I do. There's not a huge difference between 12,000km factory interval and 20,000km. My second last oil change was just a tad over 24,000km and was a little outside the norm of the previous trends analysis trends so I'm watching that. And this is on an engine that's done 300,000km so the newer engines should be a bit better than mine. I also don't use the factory spec oil