Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: Southern California
Posts: 563
I sold two cars to get my LR3.
One was a very much loved 94 Mitsubishi Montero that was quite the billy goat, fun to drive, and had great MPG (manual 5spd V-6). But after 150,000 miles it was starting to wear out.
The other car was my daily driver, a 98 Volvo V70. I used both cars extensivly in pursuit of my habits. The Montero would get me to all the local mountains where I would fly RC Sailplanes. The Volvo was a comfortable daily driver for work and longer trips, around 20,000 miles a year.
I searched long and hard for one vehicle that could do it all. Drive comfortably for a daily driver, fit my large 6'-7" body, go off road, and have a long enough trunk area for my gliders (63" min).
The Range Rover Sport and the LR3 both fit the bill marvelously. My preference really is for the Sport, but it was nearly $20,000 more than my LR3
After 6,000 miles in a short amount of time, I'm quite happy with the purchase. I've done things in it that I only dreamed about before, and let's not discount the sense of community and place that Land Rovers have!
NW
1st May 2006 4:34 am
Gurvan
Member Since: 02 Jan 2005
Location: Germany... Not far from both the US and Hard German rock...
Posts: 1089
dickgriff wrote:
Yeh - who wants to look at bleedin' people carriers and french ones at that !! (no offence Gurvan)
None taken...
And BTW, a DIII IS a "bleedin' people carrier"...
And a damned good one at that beside being also a wonderful car and an astonishing 4x4...
1st May 2006 9:11 am
DiscoStu
Member Since: 09 Apr 2006
Location: London
Posts: 11412
I sold my Discovery II GS 7-seat (my third Land Rover). Had lots of extras, was a vey nice car (except for the annoying lean to the right it developed). Broke down on the M1 1 week after I got it (bkn. fuel pick up pipe in diesel tank), but totally reliable after that! It was better on fuel than my D3, though that was the only thing that was better!! It also got me a £1000 loyalty bonus, swapping from a Discovery to a Discovery 3.
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50934
Gurvan wrote:
And BTW, a DIII IS a "bleedin' people carrier"...
AAAArrrgghhhh No, No, No, No, No, No, No - you can't say THAT .......I don't allow 'people' in mine 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
1st May 2006 9:22 am
Gurvan
Member Since: 02 Jan 2005
Location: Germany... Not far from both the US and Hard German rock...
Posts: 1089
dickgriff wrote:
Gurvan wrote:
And BTW, a DIII IS a "bleedin' people carrier"...
AAAArrrgghhhh No, No, No, No, No, No, No - you can't say THAT .......I don't allow 'people' in mine
Ok, ok... Seen that way, I can only yield that point !
1st May 2006 9:25 am
kevi
Member Since: 18 Mar 2006
Location: in the rhondda valleys
Posts: 945
traded in discovery 11 v8 xs oil fields are hard to come by these days
but never a days trouble with it the three years i had it
ps whats BTW Practice safe eating - always use condiments.
2 Too many seats now
No trouble so far
tow pack, tasmods sills
IT goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows
1st May 2006 11:52 am
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50934
BTW = By The Way 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
1st May 2006 11:54 am
Tommyknocker
Member Since: 14 Feb 2006
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 68
Traded in
A BMW 320d Touring. Nice little car a toy compared to the D3. Had a 1994 V8 in New York that we loved. Starter motor was the only thing that caused us grief.06 Bonatti Grey HSE, Ebony Interior with Privacy Glass & Rubbing Strips.
1st May 2006 12:42 pm
BrianW
Member Since: 23 Apr 2006
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 5
Not sold yet but ordered a bonatti grey "S" automatic yesterday and must now sell our Honda S2000.
Will be really sad to see it go.
1st May 2006 2:01 pm
Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Posts: 17932
Well having had a disappointing quote for my soul from the devil, decided to PX my 3.5 year old E39 530d. You know the one - the one that the books describe as one of the best cars ever made. Well my £42k cared for and over spec'd car was now only worth about £12.5K, which kinda hurt!
So I PX'd the 3.2 DSG Audi TT to gain the funds required. Well, it had 4 wheel drive!
So from driving the TT, my Wife now has the BMW. That's not gone down that well either.
1st May 2006 2:14 pm
dldisco3
Member Since: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Hasselt
Posts: 191
Sold my beloved Freelander td4
And bought a D3 and a D1
2nd May 2006 5:24 pm
espri
Member Since: 07 Nov 2005
Location: Tyrol, Austria
Posts: 387
My previous car was a 99 Volkswagen T4 Caravelle, a "VW bus", which had done about 310,000 kms. I was very happy with it and it was very reliable until about the last 50,000 kms, when more started going wrong.
Member Since: 01 Oct 2005
Location: England
Posts: 203
I traded my 2003 Disco 2 GS (59,000 miles) for my D3 and no money changed hands
Unfortunately Mrs Tucker only let me have the 110 when I was planning to 'down-size' the Disco and use the 110 for load-lugging instead, Ooops
4th May 2006 2:11 pm
Mr Bling
Member Since: 06 Mar 2006
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 259
Lease expired on BMW Z4, and I also traded in my '97 Disco ES TDi 7 seater (which blew up between signing the deal and getting the new car, so they reduced the trade-in value to £2500 )2005 Disco 3 TDV6 7 seater. Leather, DVD, fully colour-coded.
1970 Triumph Spitfire Mk3
1981 Triumph TR7 FHC (16V Sprint)
2001 Porsche Boxster 2.7
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- you can't say THAT .......I don't allow 'people' in mine 
