This is my third Landrover..... A freelander, a TD5, and now a D3.... they all sorted themselves out after the first 12 months of "snags" and "niggles" and proved to be reliable for longer ownership. I plan to run mine until the "wheels fall off" which in my terms is 180k....... After the warranty is out i shall use a non franchised "specialist" like JE Engineering to keep her going.
I met a guy in a hotel the other week ( no comments please) who works for Citroen in the R&D team..... his advice..... never, ever buy a new model vehicle in the fist year of manufacture as the manufacturer has many things to iron out...
Still at least the D3 does not leak ..... arh how i miss the good lod days!
20th May 2006 5:44 pm
THUB
Member Since: 10 Dec 2005
Location: West Berkshire.
Posts: 717
After 3 years
With my previous Discoverys after 4th year I took out an annual scheme with Car Care, via CSMA. It worked very well on my cars and my wife's MGF. Head gaskets and so on. Premium about £350 for each car which seemed fair enough to me. I do not know price for a D3 but have to say that I have been more than satisfied with the scheme.
20th May 2006 6:50 pm
LRtuning
Member Since: 22 Feb 2005
Location: AUSTRALIA + UK
Posts: 468
I wonder what the UK courts would make of the following scenario;
Your 72,000 mile 40 month old Disco3 breaks down with a gearbox failure.....warranty has gone and you're facing a £4000 repair bill!!!
Would a disco3 costing £45000 really be of 'reasonable' quality and 'fit for the purpose' if such a failure occurred within 4 years of manufacture?
I think it would be reasonable to presume that the car should last a lot longer than 3 years without failure!
Interestingly the standard warranty in South Africa is 5 years...makes you think doenst it????Money talks.Sex sells.Mud sticks.Time flys. happens.People talk.Impressions last!
20th May 2006 6:51 pm
blue meanie D3 Decade
Member Since: 04 Aug 2005
Location: Newbury
Posts: 6861
LR warranty for the 4th year I reckon, suck it and see with a 3rd party warranty afterwards maybe? depends whether you want to realise value out of it for a new one I would think in which case it would have to go before the 4th year's up.
you have your PC back then THUB?
and theeeeennn......???
20th May 2006 7:05 pm
gilmore
Member Since: 16 Jan 2005
Location: On the sofa
Posts: 2185
I think that I have another 2 years to shake out all the niggles and then itshould be pretty sorted so I'm keeping mine for a total of 5 years. Then the wife says she wants it! Its the only thing that will pursuade her to ditch her M reg Volvo 850 T5 estate (which will have inter-planetary mileage by then).
21st May 2006 10:29 am
Steve55
Member Since: 26 Aug 2005
Location: Solihull
Posts: 16
Message to Juan Luis Martin:
I have two Land Rovers, including the one noted below. Just coming up to 12 months old and no problems. Just for your information this year 116,000 T5 Disco 3 / RRS will pop-out of Lode Lane here in Solihull, so if they we're so bad the press would have picked this up.
"She who shall be obeyed" drives the 2 year old Defender 90 and pull's the 2 horse with it and has not destroyed it yet.
Here's my promise to you, if your's starts displaying major faults I'll park my LR's at the front and rear gates of the factory (only 3km away) and jam it all up, just as the taxi drivers did in Stuggart when there E Class's started breaking down after 500,000+ km service.
PS While I was in Germany last week went from Frankfurt Main to Bensheim in an E Class ............... 528,450 Km and still going!Discovery 3 SE Auto Zambezi Silver
Black Leather Seats
Build Date: 12th April 2005 23:40
Leave Site: 14th April 2005 04:16
Source: Land Rover Lode Lane
Reg: 1st July 05
21st May 2006 12:20 pm
JLMARTIN
Member Since: 03 Mar 2006
Location: Madrid
Posts: 203
Cheers, Steve.
I am quite confident that the D3 will prove one solid long-lasting vehicle.
If not, i´ll join you at the road-block. 8)JL Martin
2006 TDV6 HSE Tonga Green/Alpaca (used to be LRTuned)
21st May 2006 2:01 pm
cornwallboy
Member Since: 27 Mar 2006
Location: cornwall
Posts: 29
Brilliant -- many tks for responses, guys...
Thanks to all you out there for the response on the burning issue of our times -- to run, or not to run, a D3 after LR warranty expires.
The consensus appears to be play it safe. Tho' this not rocket science, here are the chief options:
a) The wimp choice (probably mine); replace D3 with new model after 3 yrs old;
b) Bit more macho: Keep running it but with an extended LR warranty or one from reputable insurer. Even then, probably sell car after 5 years or 100-120k when things start to wear out naturally.
c) Mr Universe! Run indefinitely without cover and rely on good independent LR service garages. But down here in Cornwall, the indies have superb tractor-honed skills and can keep the crappiest TD running. But will they have the skills, ooo aaaaaar, to keep the Microsoft-on-wheels running?
As always, you pays your penny, and u takes your choice...
And to Juan Luis, the sobbing Spaniard. I echo Steve55's spot on comments. Juan-L, this will be one of the best, if not the best, car you will ever own. Yes, you will have problems and niggles. But these will be forgiven and become irrelevant, such is the sheer pleasure the D3 provides.
Rather, Juan-L, like a senorita....
Tks again, people..
21st May 2006 4:25 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50934
Re: Brilliant -- many tks for responses, guys...
cornwallboy wrote:
The consensus appears to be play it safe. Tho' this not rocket science, here are the chief options:
a) The wimp choice (probably mine); replace D3 with new model after 3 yrs old;
You've been speaking to my wife.....she often calls me a wimp too 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
21st May 2006 5:21 pm
LR3invancouver
Member Since: 18 May 2006
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 18
I will be forced to keep mine
Even if I want to buy a new one my "05 HSE will be so beat up that no one in their right mind will want it. I have torn off most of the plastic body parts (at least once), badly dented the skid plates and put some nice dents on the rocker pannels. I am hoping to find someone who can lift it to help with the cleaqrence related injuries. Anyone who wants a long term reliability report contact me in a couple of years....
29th May 2006 11:20 pm
Penguin
Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
Location: A fun place
Posts: 485
ok, defently NO
The DIII is currently for almost a week in the garage for a fault they can't find
(They currently are swapping electronics from a RRS to mine)
Can't say much more at the moment, but I regret for the moment I didn't buy a defender 110In a time of chimpanzees, I was a penguin. www.m-release.com
1st Jun 2006 1:38 pm
pdip1952
Member Since: 27 Aug 2006
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 27
Discovery 3
I have had my Metropolis for about six weeks now. I traded in a year old RR Vogue TD6..... within months of owning that the front diff failed and after repair and another few thousand miles was making noises again. I don't know how LR have kept the problem under wraps to the degree that they have given the number of failures I know about.
The Discover 3 is so much better..... the TDV6 is a world apart from the TD6. Everything about the Discovery seems to be so much better. My faith in LR has been renewed based on the quality of the Disco.... touch wood she won't give me any problems!!
Member Since: 28 Jul 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 565
Slimer wrote:
I'm keeping mine past that, as posted elesewhere there's only 2 things I'll change it for ...
give us a clue Sli...please regards
tony
05 "Battlestar Galactica"
In 7 years ownership
09/13 New Battery (I did that)
11/13 new alternator. (I did that)
2 x EGR Blanked. (I did that )
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