D3 V6 petrol - tell me the good things

[Gullible]

Well I've seen a lot of threads with people saying how they love their TDV6 or V8 D3, so I thought it was about time the D3 V6's had a say.

Lets hear what you think about the economy, performance, and ride. Tell us if you've gassed it and what you think about the gas.

[AnD3rew]

nothing useful to offer in the way of experience except to note that I was very surprised when buying my TDV6 to note on the spec sheets that the fuel consumption for the V6 Petrol was worse than the V8.

[WhiteD3]

Had mine for just over 2 years, 60,000 km. Apart from tyres, no problems. Today its getting the 60k service and the only faults are the AC fan whines in sync with the motor revs (suspect a suppressor is US somewhere) and the fuel gauge never reads quite full.

Paid 64k on the road. The TDV6 was an additional 14k at the time, which is a lot of diesel!

Combined fwy/suburbia is 15L/100km (according to the carputer) so call it 16. To achieve this I have had to change my driving style to gentle acceleration, etc. Hwy will get down to 11.

The V6 shortcomings vs the TDV6 are economy, range and towing. The advantage is they are significantly cheaper to buy than a TDV6 and there's nothing too technical about the Ford 4.0 V6 under the bonnet.

I love my D3 and would kill for a TDV6, but the TDV6 economics for me just don't add up.

Re the gas; Is there a kit on the market in Australia? Didn't think there was but I had a look at one from the UK. First issue is the tank goes where the spare is thus requiring another 3k to be spent on a rear wheel carrier. The tank hangs down a long way which would impinge on off road ability. Say 4k for the conversion + 3k for the carrier = 7k. That's a lot of petrol.

Try this thread http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-zone/56...-lpg-link.html

[CaverD3]

The V6 engine is cheap and adequate for the job.

[WhiteD3]

The V6 engine is cheap and adequate for the job.

Very Succinct

[Neil P]

..... I love my D3 and would kill for a TDV6 .....

I hate diesels and wouldn't swap if they were the same price.
The Ford diesel is an unreliable POS either side of the Pacific .

[loanrangie]

I hate diesels and wouldn't swap if they were the same price.
The Ford diesel is an unreliable POS either side of the Pacific .

There have been no TDV6 failures that i am aware of and never heard of problems with the same motor in the Jag and whatever Puegot they were fitted to so i am surprised by your comment.

[CaverD3]

I hate diesels and wouldn't swap if they were the same price.
The Ford diesel is an unreliable POS either side of the Pacific .

And the TDV6 is not Ford diesel it is a high tech European developed by Peugeot/Citroen and what was Fords Premier Auto Group (Aston, Land Rover Jag and Volvo)
It was adapted by Land Rover who made a number of changes to enable it to run a steep angles and to make it more robust.

You must be confusing it with the Americans or Japanese who can't make decent diesels.

[Ashes]

V6 - much cheaper to get into - good for us as it's our first LR and first 4wd so would be less costly to move on quickly if we didn't like it.
V6 - sucks the fuel like there is no tomorrow when you drop the boot- average around 20 l/100km for off road, about 13-15 around town and down near 10 for highway. I didn't buy the petrol for the economy, for me it would take a long time to recoup the diesel difference. Should be cheaper to service if you were to go to an independant.

Throttle response is pretty good off road and maybe has the edge over the diesel when you need a bit of power in a hurry but not the V8. Pretty marginal really in the power stakes and the TD is a different kind of power. It's definately not a formula 1 racer so not the quickest off the line.

Range not a huge issue for me as we are new to the 4wd world and won't go too far from civilisation for quite a while. If we do end up wanting to do "the trip" then I'll probably consider a diesel and one kitted out for the outback instead of the one I have now. Ours is very much the family car that will go offroad occasionally.

After about 3 months of ownership, I'm not regretting buying a petrol.

It's a great car whatever engine is in it.

[Roger]

I did the sums on Diesel vs Petrol. If diesel is $1.20 and Petrol is $1.50 and we use the LR Combined ltrs/100 of of 15.2ltrs/100 for petrol and 10.2ltrs/100 for diesel then it would take 119,460 kms before break even. As the price difference at the time I was negotiating was $12615.00 more for the diesel. As we swap cars in the company @ 100,000 kms then it was logical for me go with Petrol V6. Plus I had a budget to work within. When we did the purchase that was not the price of diesel vs petrol but I played it safe and did the numbers conservatively using a range of what ifs. But who knows what the future holds in fuel pricing, (diesel was more expensive than petrol when I did the purchase). As far as performance, I think its fine. I have driven it a little off road, and 20,000 kms on road so far and it is great. Fuel consumption when doing some remote tours might become a pain, as I know I will need to fill it more often than a diesel, but I will manage OK. All I know is the car is fantastic, and I am not a car lover/enthusiast normally but I have been seduced by the LR V6 D3. By the way I am also managing to get about an average of 12 to 13 ltrs/100 kms around my regional city in my V6. (however, the diesel would be correspondingly better also). Off road I have been getting about 17ltrs/km, but then I don't hammer it. Once this one is sold, I probably won't get a D4 diesel as it won't come within the companies budget and since they won't have a V6 petrol I might be forced out of the Disco's. Bummer. But then thats in the future eh!