M3DPO wrote:

All these figures are a misconception nobody has lost anything on their vehicles I can never understand owners who have traveled 100+ thousand mile in a vehicle over all types of terrain, towed a trailer, horse box or caravan with up tp 7 people on board and then say they have lost x thousand pounds in depreciation.
It is what it has cost to travel x thousand miles, not how much the vehicle has depreciated in value

Depreciation has to be taken in to consideration when looking at the total cost of ownership and in the case of Discovery's when buying from new they form a fairly large chunk of the overall cost.

I know us Discovery owners tend to be biased but there other vehicles out there that will cover all of the above for less money. Probably not in such a refined pleasant manor but you pays your money and takes your choice as they say.

As retirement looms ever closer I'm trying to tick both boxes, drive a nice Discovery on a smaller budget, so far it's paid off, but as we all know D3's have a habit of chucking the toys out every so often