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DIY Ace
 


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United Kingdom 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Bonatti GreyDiscovery 3
Good looking 17 year old...

I'm parked up outside church today waiting to meet a friend and couldn't help but notice how handsome the D3 still is today, despite its age.

Such a masterpiece of design that not only has stood the test of time, but I believe is actually becoming better looking compared to the jelly-moulds being released now.

Boxy, practical and extremely comfy. (I just wish it was more efficient.)

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LT
 


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I totally agree. The original D3 is a design classic and will I believe become collectable in the future.

I had that very conversation at a JLR main dealer on Thursday. An original spec silver D3, as used in the original advertising campaign, is tipped for collectibility and apparently already attracting interest.
 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography 
 
Post #23063953rd Sep 2022 11:05 am
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ronp
 


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Very nice. Thumbs Up

For me, the Disco 3 & 4 are classics in the making …. the less bling, the better.
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Post #23063983rd Sep 2022 11:43 am
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Disco_Mikey
 


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I agree Thumbs Up
 My D3 Build Thread

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Post #23064003rd Sep 2022 11:57 am
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sarumlight
 


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Here's one seen last week in its natural habitat

  
Post #23064063rd Sep 2022 1:56 pm
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maxbasscat
 


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Ukraine 2005 LR3 4.4 V8 SE Auto Tonga GreenLR3

Agree, a classic
 D3 2.7 Zermatt silver (not another one)
D3 4.4 V8 Zambezi silver
D3 4.4 V8 Adriatic Blue
D3 2.7 (gone) Tonga Green
D3 4.4 V8 LHD Tonga Green
FFRR TDV8
Defender 300 
 
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ruben
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yes, it will surely become a classic, but do you think that something as stupid will ever happen, IMHO, like what is happening with the old defender?? at least here you can see Defender from 2010 with high mileage for €50,000, and I don't quite understand despite how beautiful it is!!
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I don’t think the D3s are rare enough, even the V8s, for them to become weird cult vehicles commanding insane premiums.. unfortunately.

Meanwhile a D3 in its natural habitat earning its keep. It’ll be 18 and allowed to buy alcohol next January Laughing

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Post #23065294th Sep 2022 6:11 pm
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Mr E
 


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I agree

I've owned many Land Rovers
Defenders I was never happy with the look, always modding it to never be quite pleased, same with the d2's.

But the D3 needs nothing.
It's a perfect shape, looks good in any setting, it's quiet and warm - which pleases the wife.
Sometimes I look for toys for it, but it just doesn't need anything!
  
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One of the most practical classics about!
  
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nearlee
 


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Still miss mine Big Cry
 Just remember:-
Amateurs built the Ark
Professionals built the titanic 
 
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Widwi
 


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My Discovery in September....
  
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ruggedpeak
 


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I agree totally and love my D3 to bits, even if I may have to sell it soon due to emigration Big Cry

Less than 20 years ago I owned a white 4 door Range Rover 3.5 EFi. I sold it as I transitioned to a long line of D1's, D2's and my current D3.

That Range Rover cost me £1500 and would now be worth a tidy sum now had I kept it. I wonder if good solid D3's will go the same way? Do I stick it in a shed for a decade and see what happens?!

I believe the D3/4 to be one of the best Land Rover's ever made and the last proper Land Rover before they went all Waitrose car park chic Laughing

If only the Camel Trophy had continued and done it with D3's...........
 Tony

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Post #231236924th Oct 2022 12:09 pm
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ruggedpeak
 


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kajtzu wrote:
I don’t think the D3s are rare enough, even the V8s, for them to become weird cult vehicles commanding insane premiums.. unfortunately.


I thought that about my bog standard white RR Classic and sold it. Within a few years RRC's vanished from the road and prices skyrocketed. Doh!!!!!


I reckon there will be a tipping point where D3's stop being bought by the wider masses and get scrapped and numbers around will fall dramatically. Talking to a mechanic mate about 2ndhand prices, normal punters are put off by the costs of maintaining a D3 and the risk of the engine going bang at any moment. They have all the attributes of a proper classic IMHO.
 Tony

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United Kingdom 2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Manual Zermatt SilverDiscovery 3

If only we'd had the vision to keep all the cars we have owned. I've had and sold Ford Escort Mk2's Cortina's, Capri's, a Triumph GT6, and a 1979 Sahara Beige 2 door RR classic, of which turned out to be very valuable collectable cars! Big Cry
 Richard


D3 SE 2007. Triumph 2.5Pi 1973. Ferguson TEA20 1948.



Discovery 2 4.0 ES 2001- Gone
Discovery 1 300Tdi ES '95 - Gone
Range Rover Classic '79 - Gone 
 
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