Member Since: 09 Mar 2016
Location: kent seaside
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just hit 100k.. what to do
Do I sell it knowing I won't be able to extend the warranty next year (replace with a newer D4) or do I keep it knowing its dropped like a stone in value and run it in the ground?
Tricky one as its not yet let me down, bought 2.5 years ago with 59k for £20 now worth £12 / £13 at bestwww.southeast4x4response.org.uk Responder of 9 years service SE140
Ex defender 50th owner, GB165
2010 MY XS -sold
2014 MY HSE Lux curent
2017 MY Disco Sport (wife's)
" if it fly's, floats, is fast or fornicates you can't afford it my boy" RIP Gramps 2009
5th Sep 2018 12:43 pm
robpenrose
Member Since: 12 Jan 2016
Location: Surrey / SW London
Posts: 2136
Keep if its a good one.
Current: D4 HSE
Previous: BMW Z4M Coupe
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5th Sep 2018 1:01 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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It’s a difficult call as it could go on for ever or it could go from being worth £12/13k to £4/5k on the next drive. Only time will tell whether it’s a good ‘un. Keeping it is an unquantifiable gamble, replacing it will cost money, it always does. All part of the joys and frolics that is LR ownership.
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Location: Truro
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Mine is also a 2010 and is on 105,000, last year I did consider changing it, but couldn’t really afford to buy what I would like, although there wasn’t really anything that stood out as a replacement, which made the decision to keep it easier.
Due to this, I decided to keep it and will probably just wait until something extremely expensive goes wrong, as it can’t be worth much now. Since making the decision, new suspension arms have been fitted, along with replacing the handbrake and the air compressor, so I am hopeful mine should be fault free for a bit, well a few days at least.Andy
5th Sep 2018 1:37 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Hardware17 wrote:
DSL … you forgot "strip it for parts".
That was implicit.
Gets free membership of The Strippers’ Club, almost worth it just for that.
5th Sep 2018 1:39 pm
robpenrose
Member Since: 12 Jan 2016
Location: Surrey / SW London
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DSL wrote:
It’s a difficult call as it could go on for ever or it could go from being worth £12/13k to £4/5k on the next drive. Only time will tell whether it’s a good ‘un. Keeping it is an unquantifiable gamble, replacing it will cost money, it always does. All part of the joys and frolics that is LR ownership.
Not sure that helped any.
The same applies to a newer one as well. But you’ve just invested more money in it. I suppose you maybe able to get a warranty to take some of the worry away.
Current: D4 HSE
Previous: BMW Z4M Coupe
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5th Sep 2018 1:42 pm
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6266
get super expensive (milage wise) cover from WD on this and keep it
what you gonna get D5??? ugly duckling nahhhh
better the devil you know as the saying goes.Land Rovers don't leak they just mark there spot
1973 Land Rover Series 3 110 safari Gone but not forgotten
1990 Discovery 200Tdi Gone thank god
1996 Discovery 300Tdi sadly missed (still going strong but not with me)
2003 Discovery TD5 Gone to LR heaven
2004 Discovery TD5 Gone to Aberdeen hope it likes it there
2005 RRS HSE Rimini Red (my Disco 3 in a posh frock)
Think I see a pattern here
5th Sep 2018 2:38 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13933
Keep it. What you lose in depreciation on the next one will more than cover any big bills. The key is to not skip on maintenance.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
5th Sep 2018 5:25 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Don’t skip on maintenance and keep yer fingers crossed, I’ve yet to find out what maintenance will stop bearing shell rotation or cranks snapping.
5th Sep 2018 5:29 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23386
I can see the case for keeping it and I ran my first 2006 D3 to close to 150k miles. However, I knew that I could always replace it with another one (albeit a D4).
If you really want to keep driving a D4 for the foreseeable future, then I'd buy a low mileage (sub 20k) D4 with the EU6 engine. I'd probably pay a bit more from a LR main dealer and get the 2yr used warranty and then keep extending that.
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
5th Sep 2018 6:17 pm
Disco dazboy
Member Since: 02 Dec 2013
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 1782
I would agree with LT apart from the fact that the warranty won’t cover the crank snapping!D3 x2 now gone
Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace 4motion
5th Sep 2018 7:17 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6577
DSL wrote:
Don’t skip on maintenance and keep yer fingers crossed, I’ve yet to find out what maintenance will stop bearing shell rotation or cranks snapping.
It’s a feature pack called petrol V8 or supercharged V6
(Ducking)
5th Sep 2018 7:19 pm
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