DISCO3.CO.UK - View topic - any point in changing my '12 D4 to a '16 D4?

Someone-Gone

Member Since: 21 Dec 2015
Location: Gone
Posts: 5117

Go for a D5 for a bit more money! Ya know ya want to.

15th Oct 2019 9:13 am

Moo
D3 Decade

Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13878

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Manual Zambezi Silver

Might not be much more more bearing in mind the depreciation on the D5

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

15th Oct 2019 10:09 am

Someone-Gone

Member Since: 21 Dec 2015
Location: Gone
Posts: 5117

Ouch, that one really hurt.

Still got the retro D4?

15th Oct 2019 10:34 am

Moo
D3 Decade

Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13878

Yep, classic D4 going well, but thinking of heading to the future and going all electric or hybrid. Don't really need D4 now that I don't tow and have sold my share in the construction business.

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

15th Oct 2019 11:51 am

ianm27

Member Since: 02 Jun 2016
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 2154

2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 GS Auto Orkney Grey

Moo wrote:
....Don't really need D4 ....

And since when has that bit of logic stopped most of us from having a D4??

Uncle Ray's spare wheel protector
Limo Tint
Blackvue front & rear dashcam
Cruise control switch pack
Bodsy's remote for FBH

15th Oct 2019 12:08 pm

Moo
D3 Decade

Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13878

I'm actually having a mid life crisis and looking to reset my life and the things I want out of it. I'm lucky in that I can afford to buy pretty much what I want but choose not to.I've never been into the b'

of status or labels but I like quality and tools that do a task. I'm much more about experiences. 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

15th Oct 2019 12:30 pm

LT

Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23330

2016 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 Landmark LE Auto Santorini Black

I’m enjoying the SDV8 FFRR experience. Nothing beats the all round versatility, practicality and comfort of the D4 though. I for one still love the looks of the D3/4 as well. It’s a timeless classic in my book. Whereas the D5 will soon be forgotten. 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

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15th Oct 2019 12:53 pm

RogB

Member Since: 15 Jun 2018
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 1650

ive had mostly FL2 and a couple of Evoque for the last 10 years or so, but over the last 18months have really lusted after a D4. Part of me just wanted one and part of me wanted to own a 3.0 V6 before they get thrown off the edge of the earth for ever.

I dont NEED something as big as the D4, I dont NEED something as thirsty (ish) as the D4 but i just WANTED one, and eventually in August this year I let my heart overrule my head and i got one.... and i couldnt be happier

15th Oct 2019 12:59 pm

kajtzu

Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6565

2005 Discovery 3 4.4 V8 HSE Auto Cairns Blue

Yeah, the happiness factor is something which the D3 and D4 certainly check for many of us

Today, in -4 oC I turned on the heated windshield and - because the screen was replaced last Friday - all the ice just melted away. It’s like having a new car now

SWMBO’s Volvo doesn’t have “such modern things” (I think it wasn’t available on MY14 if one selected a bunch of safety features, radars and cameras) so..

15th Oct 2019 4:04 pm