Disco 4 best for touring Aust?

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Originally Posted by scarry

Not quite correct,mine were knocking badly at 75 000K.
A mate has a D4 thats knocking at less than 50 000K,hardly ever been off road.

Speak to a good Indy,and you will find out many go at less than 100 000K,even vehicles that don't go off road.

My D4 has been the most expensive vehicle to maintain i have ever had.And its now done around 80 000K.
Its serviced by a good Indy,prices are generally half the dealer,and they do a much better job.
Brakes all round.
Timing belts
Lower control arms.
EAS corner valve
Routine services
Auto flush and pan.

If you can do the work on the vehicle yourself,as some on here do,you will be fine.
If you have to get someone else to do it,then budget for a good few $$$.

As for Toyota,i have said on here previously,we run a fleet of their vans,they will do 300 000K without one repair.Not one van,but many.
Sure they don't have the complications of a 4WD,don't go off road,but they still have a lot that could go wrong.

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Paul, why would you be allowing the Indie to replace the timing belts at 80,000 klm when they are not due until almost 160,000 klms??? I rest my case as that is my point; unnecessary repairs! Brakes will need replacing regardless of vehicle as are routine services and auto flush.

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Originally Posted by Discodicky

Paul, why would you be allowing the Indie to replace the timing belts at 80,000 klm when they are not due until almost 160,000 klms??? I rest my case as that is my point; unnecessary repairs! Brakes will need replacing regardless of vehicle as are routine services and auto flush.

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Time comes into it,not unnecessary at all.
Mine did 7yrs,i think spec is 6yrs.
Mileage not relevant in my case.

Also,never had a vehicle that has needed rotors and pads at less than 120 000K,before.
And they were needed,done at 75K.

I rest my case[bighmmm][biggrin]

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Never come across that attitude in all the time I’ve owned LRs.

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You’re lucky. The two most memorable occasions for me was when I had a lift pump problem in Bamaga Cape York on my Isuzu 110 in 2000, what convinced him to look at it was that that Toyota had an identical part. And the other memorable occasion was last year in Roma, when the show stopper was a cut trans cooler line on the L322 tdv8. They didn’t want to waste there time looking at it as they had no time or parts to fix it. There have been other occasions on the road with the 110 where the first shop I came to said some other bloke down the road looks a LR stuff occasionally, so go see him.

D4s are great things. Just do it.

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Originally Posted by Dagilmo

I'm in my 7th year of D3/4 ownership. I've used mine for the whole range of driving form long distance towing to beach work and bush bashing. My brother owns a 200 (with most of the bells and whistles) and I've a couple of friends with Prados. The 200 and Prados are all good cars and go well but at no point have I regretted getting into a Disco. When it came time to upgrade earlier this year, I looked seriously at the 200 (and to a lesser degree the Y62 Patrol) but couldn't go get inspired by either. Granted, this is very much subjective decision as I'm a car person and enjoy driving a good car.

With a 2013 budget, you'll get the 8 speed and a number of the upgrades. Check what your budget gets you in the Toyota range.

Also, do some searching in this forum, as this topic has been raised many times over the years.

P.S: I grew up I Castlemaine.....Well, Fryerstown actually....

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Could not agree more with above. Mine is a 12/2013 SD 8 speed, done 130000km, a lot of it with my 3.2T van behind and I go searching for the out of the way places this country has so many of on offer. I have serviced it myself, paid particular attention to all fluids and nothing of any great concern. Dealer servicing costs and parts can be higher but there are a lot of quality aftermarket components and consumables available and an enormous amount of quality information and help from this forum.

BTW, here is one on this site https://www.aulro.com/afvb/vehicles-...ml#post2962933 not my car but a mates, he is getting a D5 in Feb.

Peter

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

D4s are great things. Just do it.

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Exactly. Caravan 4x4 best tow vehicle for last ten years. Self levelling airbags and no level systems required or permitted. No brainer if you plan to tow. My Last two full services were less than $700. Local indie says they are tough as nails and very over engineered. Plenty of aftermarket available too. Bloody love my 2014 8sp and make excuses to drive it. They feel just that good to drive.

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Originally Posted by Turtle60

Exactly. Caravan 4x4 best tow vehicle for last ten years. Self levelling airbags and no level systems required or permitted. No brainer if you plan to tow. My Last two full services were less than $700. Local indie says they are tough as nails and very over engineered. Plenty of aftermarket available too. Bloody love my 2014 8sp and make excuses to drive it. They feel just that good to drive.

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Absolutely...me n the missus look for reasons to drive our D4 SC and I look for reasons to thrash it☺

Looking at costs. .dealer records since new in 2014 show 1k$ service cost every 2 years. .so cost @3k$ b 4 me...new brakes n rotors at 100k.. .cost $500...new water pump at 90k cost 600 bucks..new rear pinion seal at 97k cost $250 bucks..new battery at 98k... other items such as 1 (?) set new tyres not counted.

I did a precautionary auto n TC n diff and supercharger service since then and will do all reduced k services/ repairs myself ..eg repaired the stuck auto rotary controller that the dealer wanted @2k to fix. Thanks to AULRO members.

So far LCAs seem okay but will tackle that issue when needed.

My Mates LC 200 costs over $750 to dealer service every year ...but it's also had an additional 25k spent on it. There's no comparision when it comes to features and comfort. ..the D4 is waaay better. He reckons we must be rich to own a D4.

So our car cost a lttle more than 10k than he's spent on suspension and other mods...eg auto n engine re map..bigger exhaust etc😎

Crazy but true!!

Don't tow!!!! Fly and stay in 5 star accommodation. Much cheaper in the long run than a van and appropriate tug.

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Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Don't tow!!!! Fly and stay in 5 star accommodation. Much cheaper in the long run than a van and appropriate tug.

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But no where near as much fun IMHO

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Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Don't tow!!!! Fly and stay in 5 star accommodation. Much cheaper in the long run than a van and appropriate tug.

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And nowhere as versatile.

Drive and stay in accomodation works - many places you won’t fly to!