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  1. 10th April 2020, 01:26 PM #1
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    Disco 3 or 4. Your opinion welcome.

    Against my better judgement I'm looking for a D3 or 4. Previous experience is 3 LR vehicles (1996 RR, 2006 RR, 1975 Series 3) with lots of problems, 2 Landcruisers with minimal problems. But I digress. I need/want a boxy SUV for hauling sports gear and dogs. No towing of caravans. No rock crawling, no heavy 4 wheeling, maybe a country lane or dirt road or a trip to the snow. So, whats the best one, budget around 25K?
    Seems the options are D3's of all types, petrol and diesel. I'm leaning toward a 3 or 4 with a 2.7 diesel. I'm reading about too many expensive issues with the 3.0 twin turbo and I think the 2.7 has adequate power. I'm not too excited about the petrol models because of their thirst, but the price difference and lower engine maintenance gives me second thoughts. At my budget (25Kish) seems there are d3s in the 150k km range, and d4's with the 2.7 with the six speed but higher K's and most will need the timing belt done. I prefer to KISS, but I know with a LR that's not what you're buying into. Cleary thinking with my heart and not my head.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChrisS View Post
    Against my better judgement I'm looking for a D3 or 4.
    If it is against your better judgement - why look at these models?
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    I bought a D3 tdv6 after obviously not enough research. If I knew then what I know now I’d have gone for the V8.

    It’s a lovely drive when it’s driving. It’s a bugger to work on when it’s not.

    If I were buying again right now I’d be looking at a D4 V8. I love the D3, but the 4 is just that much more refined.
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  4. 10th April 2020, 04:50 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by 101RRS View Post
    If it is against your better judgement - why look at these models?
    Like I said - following my heart, not my head. The Landcruiser is the obvious choice for reliability but look at my history - 3 LR vehicles. Guess its like a bad girlfriend that you just cant say no to. If I could find a nice 80's 60 series, LC maybe. But they are underpowered, ride horribly, have terrible leg room so all of that needs to be dealt with to get anything you could travel in compfortably and they're getting pretty old now. And I can buy a much more recent Disco for about the same money.
    If I thought I could find a solid reliable D3 or 4 it would be a no brainer. I get that there will be some problems and I'm OK with that. I'm just pinging others to see how bad it can be - blown trans or motors and I suppose big electrical problems are pretty big deals. Belts, pumps, alternators, suspension, ball joints, egr valves, abs accumulators and bearings I consider to be wear and tear items.
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    Disco 3 or 4. Your opinion welcome.

    Something like this might suit.


    You have been blocked

    I have an L322 with the 3.6 tdv8 with nearly 300,000km. It’s a very nice motor/trans combo. The MY10 RRS got an updated interior which is nice.
    L322 tdv8 poverty pack - wow
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    latest D4 that your budget can afford. if you are not travelling remote then the cost difference between ULP and Deisel would warrant a D3 V8 which I believe only can in the HSE option - so top of the range..... but I could be wrong and happy to be corrected.I am not well versed enough in the range to know if the D4 came in the V8 option, if so then obviously look for 1 of those if in your budget

    Like all late model cars , electrics are part of life, and really these days they are reasonably fool proof if they haven't been drowned.

    Whichever you choose , hope it goes well

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    The D3 V8 are available in HSE or SE

    The D4 v8 is only available as the "v8" one model with everything
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    Quote Originally Posted by rusty05 View Post
    The D4 v8 is only available as the "v8" one model with everything
    It's the Dalai Lama model - One with Everything
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    Not sure about this but I was told there maybe only a handful of D4 SC V8s in Aus. I've only seen 1 for sale in a year of looking.

    Very rare rocket ship 🤤
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    Quote Originally Posted by INter674 View Post
    Not sure about this but I was told there maybe only a handful of D4 SC V8s in Aus. I've only seen 1 for sale in a year of looking.

    Very rare rocket ship 🤤
    Not aware of the SCV8 - there are a few SCV6 units floating around for sale though
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