Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525
now..now empathy gentleman please..the ladies lost her disco...how would you feel ????????????
13th Nov 2014 1:45 am
mcsimmo
Member Since: 08 Aug 2011
Location: North of the south
Posts: 1795
The only plus to getting the Golf would be the huge savings on maintenance and running costs. Man with no D3 anymore, but cant leave the forum....how sad.
13th Nov 2014 8:00 am
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15269
Oh dear Miss Dizzy ...... been there, done that.
Moved out my D4 just over a year ago and got me a nice fast 'sports tourer' white body, graphite alloys, black roof.
Looked and drove the biz, fast and with great economy ......... but it wasn't a Land Rover ....... it was just a car!!
Got rid of it in Aug to get back in a Land Rover ...... sadly not a Disco but a FL2.
D4 was costing me way to much to run for my business (hence the car), but the FL2 though not quite as economical as the car, is way cheaper to run than the Disco.
Still rather be in a D4 though
Trust me Miss Dizzy ....... you'll be back !...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
< ‘tis but a mere scratch …….. it’ll polish out.
13th Nov 2014 8:57 am
fat bloke
Member Since: 07 Aug 2006
Location: OXFORD
Posts: 1257
You can always put the GREEN OVAL on the front grill to remind you of what you are missing it might make your car drive better when the snow comes
13th Nov 2014 11:28 am
Dizzykebab
Member Since: 23 Feb 2013
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 389
Ha ha Robbie love that pic yeah there was lots of arguing ha ha but it's his turn to choose
RonP that's exactly it the running /servicing costs were getting silly so will keep this little for two years (whilst I pay off all the credit card the disco has accrued ) then trade in against something with the green oval badge again when it's my turn to choose
13th Nov 2014 11:47 am
Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Posts: 17932
Make sure you stick around on the forum Dizzy so you are well placed to pounce on the next green oval.
Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73121
And have a good laugh at our troubles. Besides, our standards are not very high. We let ronp back in.
13th Nov 2014 12:23 pm
Dizzykebab
Member Since: 23 Feb 2013
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 389
aww poor Ron lol yeah I'll be still here
My god this thing has toys galore built in touch screen sat nav Bluetooth , heated leather seats , etc unlike my base model disco did
13th Nov 2014 8:47 pm
Rizco
Member Since: 07 Mar 2013
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 72
See she is warming to it already!!
I have no doubt that we will be back in a LR in the not to distant future but for now the golf R will do us just fine, should be ok in the snow too as it's still 4x4.
And my god is it quick!!
14th Nov 2014 3:02 pm
euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
You're still breathing then ? "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
14th Nov 2014 3:04 pm
Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Posts: 17932
Contract killings are just plain slow these days.
Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73121
Marriage counciling, D3.co.uk style.
14th Nov 2014 3:06 pm
Rizco
Member Since: 07 Mar 2013
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 72
Yes I am still breathing, hell I am beaming from ear to ear, not the Disco grin, I don't feel special in the golf R, the car is more the star of the show, I'm just glad i get to poke it with my right foot!
My brother in law has a LR dealership and I know what Donna will be picking, as soon as it becomes affordable in a year or two!
I really enjoyed my time with the disco, it swallowed all of my fishing gear well and accompanied me round some of the best lakes in the country but it was too adept at removing pound notes from my wallet
Glad we always had a warranty because we definitely used it!
Won't miss the horrible dread anytime the dash bongs at you with some message that you fear will cost you a kidney, but it was good looking down on people !!
Sat at disco axle height now, we could see right up your noses, probably.
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for two years (whilst I pay off all the credit card the disco has accrued ) then trade in against something with the green oval badge again when it's my turn to choose 
