OffRoader
Member Since: 23 Aug 2005
Location: North Extreme
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| Survey: your longest faultless period ? |
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Survey: how long has been the period with your Disco 3 without ANY error messages on the info display, real faults or issues ?
Note that Low MPG, fixed headrests, too spacy interior, poor maps in GPS and other natural features are NOT counted, only faults and issues which are unexpected behaviour against the specs asnd can be repaired.
Benchmark: My record for faultless time is with BMW 525, it's 8 years and 32 days :=) I'm the first owner of it and now it's already 14 years old. Due issues, I have had to visit any BMW service dealer only three times so far. -- too many modifications made to my Disco 3 to be listed in here --
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 11th Apr 2006 7:56 pm |
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randalls
Member Since: 02 Mar 2006
Location: aberdeenshire
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There are plenty of threads detailing some owners issues on the D3 in this forum already, I am not sure your thread is going to achieve anything purposeful above that. What you have to ask yourself is, is your 14 year old Krautmobile capable safely of taking you down a sheer muddy & rock strewn hillside on HDC alone ? will it plough through several feet of muddy water several times and then up & down a hillside wet and laden with rocks with no compaint whatsoever? I witnessed 4 D3's do this on sunday and nobody got an error report, thats the reality of using a D3 that works, so maybe it's time to balance this forum with positive reports of what D3's can do rather than acting a little 'trollish' and re-hashing all the issues everybody who follows this forum is well aware of. If you dont like your D3, be pro-active and chop it in for something else. This is not a flame, I am a little tired of negative threads, how about we start a positive one at the same time....   2007 TDV6 HSE 'Silver Lady'. With 'free' privacy glass LOL.
Taking the greenpi$$ is: Green taxing your citizens more & using some of the money to buy nukes.
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| 11th Apr 2006 8:45 pm |
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DG
Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
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Well bloody said that man - people who are just looking to find any old excuse to have a pop at Disco 3's or Land Rover should have the rough end of a pineapple shoved in an appropriate place.  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
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| 11th Apr 2006 9:10 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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Apart from a flat tyre and a loose connector in week 2... mine has NEVER stopped on or thrown a wobbler off road (got it stuff of course once)... and done some good stuff off road too that would break many other 4x4's
24th December 04 and still going.
My BMW and Audi were NOT as reliable.
-s
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| 11th Apr 2006 9:23 pm |
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espri
Member Since: 07 Nov 2005
Location: Tyrol, Austria
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I wouldn't find this survey negative at all. Maybe it's just what we need to quantify the real situation with the Disco3. As is often said here, there is a natural tendency for negative reports to dominate on the forum. A neutral survey might bring some of the silent majority out of the woodwork!
Mind you, I can't help much, for I've only had the car for about four weeks. However, there hasn't been anything in that time that has made me need an unexpected visit to the dealer.
Eric
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| 11th Apr 2006 10:11 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
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Eric... so that's good then 
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| 11th Apr 2006 10:12 pm |
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Husky
Member Since: 29 Jan 2006
Location: Lake Macquarie
Posts: 109
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To those who want a positive thread its simple - start one
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| 11th Apr 2006 10:15 pm |
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dylansdad
Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: Solihull
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purchased nov 2004............ days fault free 0
but hey, have a meeting with the dealership principal thursday to discuss the outstanding issues. 2004 TDV6 HSE Auto Zambezi Silver
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| 11th Apr 2006 11:01 pm |
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DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
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Husky Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:15 pm Post subject:
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To those who want a positive thread its simple - start one
look here:
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3980&highlight= 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
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| 11th Apr 2006 11:04 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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Oh you would... 
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| 11th Apr 2006 11:05 pm |
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DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
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Would whaaaaat?  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
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| 11th Apr 2006 11:08 pm |
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randalls
Member Since: 02 Mar 2006
Location: aberdeenshire
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Here's my positive thread..... http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3983 2007 TDV6 HSE 'Silver Lady'. With 'free' privacy glass LOL.
Taking the greenpi$$ is: Green taxing your citizens more & using some of the money to buy nukes.
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| 11th Apr 2006 11:11 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
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Days lost to hard failures = a big fat '0'
Days lost to dealer intervention = a big fat '0'
Days lost to software upgrades = a big fat '0' - entirely due to LR's proactive response to issues and provision of an alternative vehicle
Number of times 'stranded' at roadside = a big fat '0'
Number of times a reboot hasn't cured any errors = a big fat '0'
Number of times I haven't enjoyed driving my Disco3 = a big fat '0'
Days of Disco 3 ownership - and lovin' it = 210 8)
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| 11th Apr 2006 11:14 pm |
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blue meanie
D3 Decade
Member Since: 04 Aug 2005
Location: Newbury
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on that too, it is the billy's of a vehicle! and theeeeennn......???
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| 11th Apr 2006 11:38 pm |
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OffRoader
Member Since: 23 Aug 2005
Location: North Extreme
Posts: 120
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| Purely positive motivation: to return my faith |
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My motivation for this threat was purely to get the facts. I believe that people (like I also) write into here mostly WHEN they have issues or problems and want to get hints and help from others. People do not write if everything is fine
=> my belief is that there might be some people around whose Disco 3 just works fine without any trouble . we just never hear about those guys beucause they are happily offroading.
Original motivation of mine was to return my faith after those 7 visits to dealer during 2 months.
Offroader -- too many modifications made to my Disco 3 to be listed in here --
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| 12th Apr 2006 9:16 am |
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