Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Sitting Down
Posts: 2232
Deal or no Deal
My Hse MY 12 D4 for Brand new Freelander Metropolis Firenze Red Ivory interior
Cost to change to me £500
Tax due end of Sept £485 Big 3 yr service Mot Dec Circa £600 Jan around 1k to extend warranty.
Freelander £500 quid now nothing for 12 months, cheaper ins, £300 less tax a yr, about 4mpg more.
My thoughts are that saving a few quid with the Freelander and having a brand new car, first time since 1990, will suffer greater depreciation than the D4.
Not factoring in any excess de valution on Freelander due to new D Sport model as it has moved up so much in price.
Any thoughtsD4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
D4 HSE MY12 Marmais Teal: Gone. Missed a lot!
Freelander 2 SD HSE MY11 Silver:Thankfully gone.
D4 HSE MY11 Silver: Gone missed !
Range Rover Sport MY06 HSE Buck Blue: Gone missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Facelift MY Red Gone Missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Cobalt Blue: Gone Missed!
Discovery D1 Auto Oxford Blue Not missed at all!
Discovery D1 Avalon Blue First LR! missed!
Now demoted to a VW
4th Sep 2014 9:18 pm
Andym01207
Member Since: 01 Mar 2012
Location: County Durham
Posts: 412
I wouldn't.
4th Sep 2014 9:20 pm
Russell
Member Since: 23 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
Posts: 10564
Nor would I.
Freelander is now an obsolete model and so may loose a lot of money, plus the D4 to Freelander is a bog leap down, still a nice car but nnot a DiscoveryMY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
MY15 D4 HSE Kaikoura Stone
MY12 D4 HSE Nara Bronze Sold and gone
MY11 D4 HSE Stornaway Grey Sold and gone
D3 S spec Silver Sold and gone
Tow bar, full length roof bars, side steps, tow bar storage unit, surround camers.
D4 camera club
4th Sep 2014 9:52 pm
Parallax33
Member Since: 03 Jun 2014
Location: Christchurch
Posts: 1125
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15272
Unless economy is your big goal, I'd stick with the D4 (or even a D3).
My D4 went a year ago because it was just costing me too much to run for my business (45p then 25p per mile goes no way in running a D4).
After a year out I'm now in a FL2, good to be back in a LR after a car, (and the FL2 is a good motor) but would much rather be sitting in a D4.
Plus they don't talk too much over on the FL2 site ...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
< ‘tis but a mere scratch …….. it’ll polish out.
5th Sep 2014 7:15 am
Parallax33
Member Since: 03 Jun 2014
Location: Christchurch
Posts: 1125
My thoughts;
This story runs from as a kid wanting to be in a Land Rover. They have always oozed "British" as a car, in its way to surge forward against all odds, even when declared a failure they seem to burst from the flames in a mission to rock crawl the world.
So, I started LR ownership about 6 years ago when we acquired an Freelander 1.8 XS. Terrible car, but its spirit struck me, and I got hooked on LR. So I went out and bought a brand new FL2 GS TD4 Manual, which was plagued with clutch problems and almost destroyed the feeling I had about LR. Went to my dealer after a year and said I wanted to give LR another chance. We agreed an amazing deal on an FL2 GS SD4 Manual - Never looked back, was a fantastic car. It went fast when I needed, and occasionally handled off roading when it needed to. We stayed together for 2 years.
However, the FL2 was quite small and I have 3 kids, one is now 17, and every time we went on holidays the FL2 was pack full to the brim. Almost to the point that I could not close the boot lid. Added to that, every time a Disco went past me, I felt inadequate, like there was more to this LR business than first met the eye... so, this year I made a bit of a leap of faith and put up some extra cash to really push to a Disco4.
The difference is amazing. Sitting higher up, able to go through anything, levels of comfort are far higher than the FL2 ever was, and what would once fill a FL2 to the brim, now rattles around in the back of my Disco
Decide which car you really want, go for that, don't compromise. If you really need a smaller car and worry about fuel use, I really suggest to wait it out a year because all these nice shiny new Disco Sports are going to be on the market at a good price because a new engine variant has come in. The FL2 will then have some major impacts on their resale values, while Discos will still be fairly buoyant ahead of a new announcement for FFD in 2017.
Member Since: 07 Aug 2006
Location: OXFORD
Posts: 1258
Ask Noel
5th Sep 2014 5:48 pm
lespes
Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Sitting Down
Posts: 2232
Life's a little complex at present
So many unknown variables.
Except for the sitter on the fence would be a big no then
should buy some un needed accessory now after my brief spell of insanityD4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
D4 HSE MY12 Marmais Teal: Gone. Missed a lot!
Freelander 2 SD HSE MY11 Silver:Thankfully gone.
D4 HSE MY11 Silver: Gone missed !
Range Rover Sport MY06 HSE Buck Blue: Gone missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Facelift MY Red Gone Missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Cobalt Blue: Gone Missed!
Discovery D1 Auto Oxford Blue Not missed at all!
Discovery D1 Avalon Blue First LR! missed!
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