worth a test drive, for, I would suggest at least half a day.
NJSSAm I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
Um, maybe an idea, I'm interested generally in EVs. Ugly as hell though....____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey
1st Oct 2016 11:30 pm
Irwin
Member Since: 04 Aug 2015
Location: Internet
Posts: 270
The new x1 is nice enough as well. Much improved. The 2.2l tractor engine in the DS was replaced with a 2.0l engine. Same one as the evoque. Test drive them all, you will probably drive home in a D4
1st Oct 2016 11:37 pm
GlosBoy
Member Since: 16 Oct 2009
Location: Chandlers Ford
Posts: 2444
My company car is outlander phev
It's okay but mileage is rubbish and small petrol tank means filling up lots on long journeys
I bought the XC60 D5 for my ex the other week - very impressedD4 HSE - Aintree Green
D4 Orkney my13 - gone
Stornaway D4. Gone, Didn't like it at all
D3 silver manual. Loved my first LR
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
What about the F Pace?DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
2nd Oct 2016 7:59 am
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13865
Hyundai Santa Fe? I've been driving one on a regular basis in the US and I must say I'm impressed. Its good to drive, has lots of room, good boot, occasional 7 seats and well made. It also comes with a 5 year warranty. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
2nd Oct 2016 9:50 am
jollybodger
Member Since: 11 Jul 2005
Location: Marlow, Bucks
Posts: 313
Got to the same stage as others - love the D3, it was a brilliant family car, carried us all (and all the kids friends, dogs when they arrived) all over the UK and down to the alps. But kids left home, dogs too ( ) so need less capability.
However now at 155,955 and starting to cost where repeairs occur at too frequent rate.
Having a look at XC60 and Merc GLC. Love the Merc but getting tempted by the amazing deals available on the XC60.
Felt hard walking back to Tonka this afternoon after test driving the XC60, he looked as ever just perfect.
2nd Oct 2016 5:25 pm
Pedros
Member Since: 25 Jun 2011
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 454
Oh to always have a reason to own a Disco. Get more dogs, adopt some kids. Buy an inaccessible croft in the Highlands.
The problem with owning a Disco is you get used to the space. You get used to that see-it-all driving position and with the D4, you even get used to a bit of decent performance. Hell, you even get used to paying the service and repair bills! (Okay, maybe not the last one so much).
So when you start looking around for something else, it is really hard to find something that stacks up against it. In some ways, it's like the couple who decide to downsize after the kids have flown the nest and they end up getting an even bigger property. Some compromises, you think you can make until it comes down to it.
2nd Oct 2016 10:15 pm
Dannyson
Member Since: 15 Oct 2014
Location: Newquay, Cornwall
Posts: 820
- thats me...! went from a 3 bed semi in St Albans with one bathroom for 30 years bringing up the kids - thought we would downsize to Cornwall and ended up with a 4 bedroom detached new build with three bathrooms for the two of us (with the grandchildren sleep overs when it suits the daughter....) its a nonsense .... no wonder there is a housing blockage.
Oh - and a D4 now as well, when I used to mange with a Fiesta and then a Mondeo back in the eighties...
All rather odd really.....
I'm struggling with what car I might buy next though - as I really don't like the look of the D5 - which could be any car anywhere IMO...
All first world problems I know... but maybe after a 'hard' brexit - things will be different?2016MY Discovery HSE - Black
2009MY Toyota Land Cruiser (Lc4) - Black
3rd Oct 2016 11:12 pm
Barn1e D3 Decade
Member Since: 28 Aug 2006
Location: Mid-sussex
Posts: 2021
After reading this thread I now realise I am doing things to justify keeping the D3 Eldest son left home so we got second dog. Moving house to the countryside to house at top of narrow lane. Decided to keep caravan and have more holidays in Blighty. New house will need work done so plenty of trips to tip and builders merchants. My D3 rules my life. And I thought it was SWMBO.2005, TDV6 S, Auto, 190k miles, owned from new, V8 Brake Upgrade, Nancom Evo, RLD protector, BAS EGR blanking & Remap, separate ATF cooler, changing all the fluids ahead of time.
4th Oct 2016 7:31 am
silversurfer13
Member Since: 15 Aug 2016
Location: London
Posts: 58
What's the budget we've got to play with??
I ask as I've had several of the options mentioned here before getting the SWMBO the D4.
Get a darker colour interior and it'll feel smaller straight away.
Depending on the money, it really is the smart option
This is not an exercise on commonsense either! I love the D3, I know I could get an 8 speed D4 and love it, but don't want another, so the replacement has to satisfy some criteria
- Not a D4
- Premium brand, so not a vauxhall / ford / or anything from Korea or America
- Quiet, comfortable, refined on road
- Physically smaller but still practical (Freelander for example)
- High driving position
- 4WD but not off road (campsites maybe)
- Auto
- Diesel pref a 6 pot (no not the FL then )
- More fuel efficient and cheaper road tax a bonus but not the main thing
Audi Q5? D Sport? - but there's no 6 pot diesel.____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey
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- thats me...! went from a 3 bed semi in St Albans with one bathroom for 30 years bringing up the kids - thought we would downsize to Cornwall and ended up with a 4 bedroom detached new build with three bathrooms for the two of us (with the grandchildren sleep overs when it suits the daughter....) its a nonsense .... no wonder there is a housing blockage.
Eldest son left home so we got second dog. Moving house to the countryside to house at top of narrow lane. Decided to keep caravan and have more holidays in Blighty. New house will need work done so plenty of trips to tip and builders merchants. My D3 rules my life. And I thought it was SWMBO.
