Thread: What D3 do you have?

Ditto, except mine's 3 years in August and she'll have done around 150,000 by then.

I'll be ready for a D3 SE TDV8 in 18 months.........Whats the chance?

Originally Posted by PCH

If LR do actually increase the TDV6 to 3.0 lt what do you think the fuel consumption will be like. I'd like more km/lt but I don't think that will come with a bigger engine.

Chris

I would imagine the fuel consumption rate would be either the same or slightly better than the 2.7.

A big engine being lazy will often be more efficient on fuel than a small engine working hard.

I find it hard to understand that out of all the D3's you see on the road there's only 24 forum users (assuming they all polled on this tread). I wonder if that means there's only 24 D3's that go off road or there's only 24 that are IT literate?

I find it hard to understand that out of all the D3's you see on the road there's only 24 forum users (assuming they all polled on this tread). I wonder if that means there's only 24 D3's that go off road or there's only 24 that are IT literate?

Not that strange if you think about it. LR is considered a prestige brand, majority are most likely bought for that reason, like RRS and RR's. Its not so much about it being a 4WD but a presitge vehicle. When I bought mine it was $105k, people thought I was nuts taking it off road, even with it dropping in price, still think I am nuts. Look on say carsales for 03/04 D2 models, most of them have never been taken off road. Look on AULRO, there arent many late model LR's, aside from mainly Fenders. Taking it further, any late model brand of 4WD is predominately used for larger families ie the shopping trolley/ school bus...not 4WDing. Hence why I will never buy new again, but pick up a road used model and then go play, not the other way around,

Regards

Stevo

Originally Posted by stevo68

Not that strange if you think about it. LR is considered a prestige brand, majority are most likely bought for that reason, like RRS and RR's. Its not so much about it being a 4WD but a presitge vehicle. When I bought mine it was $105k, people thought I was nuts taking it off road, even with it dropping in price, still think I am nuts. Look on say carsales for 03/04 models, most of them have never been taken off road. Look on AULRO, there arent many late model LR's, aside from mainly Fenders. Taking it further, any late model brand of 4WD is predominately used for larger families ie the shopping trolley/ school bus...not 4WDing. Hence why I will never buy new again, but pick up a road used model and then go play, not the other way around,

Regards

Stevo

Stevo, I reckon you're on the money. There aren't too many people out there wishing to take a $100K 4WD down a dirt road let alone a rocky track.

Occasionally I head down the more prestigious suburbs of Melbourne and see D3's and RRS like they were Commodores or Falcons and they are really used as shopping trolleys.

A mate at work told me yesterday that his bro just picked up his RRS TDV6 with satnav and he didn't even know what the 4x4 info screen would be used for. That RRS will never see a dirt road.

Chris

Originally Posted by PCH

There aren't too many people out there wishing to take a $100K 4WD down a dirt road let alone a rocky track.

Well, I must be stranger than what I thought. If you spend all that money on such a capable 4WD, you've got to use it, and I've had a ball the last 12 months getting my D3 dirty.

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

Well, I must be stranger than what I thought. If you spend all that money on such a capable 4WD, you've got to use it, and I've had a ball the last 12 months getting my D3 dirty.

That makes two of us then.

Chris