Member Since: 01 Mar 2009
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 149
Which D4 model?
I'm looking to sink £30-32k into a new (to me) D4, question is which one? My D3 SE has quite a few toys including heated rear seats, Xenon headlights and electric, memory seats and I don't want to lose these.
I'd like one with less than 50k miles and I've heard the 255HP SD 8 speed auto is the one to have which probably means a late 2011/early 2012 XS model is within budget. Alternatively I could go for a slightly older 245HP SD 6 speed HSE.
Question is, should I go for a well specced XS or slghtly older HSE. Are the extra electrical toys on the HSE of more value than the 8 speed box/more power of the newer XS?
14th Dec 2014 2:47 pm
MarsKy
Member Since: 23 Dec 2011
Location: Lanarkshire
Posts: 847
Get the best engine and gearbox combination first - it's where you will notice it most.
Everything else is secondary.
14th Dec 2014 3:25 pm
wormus
Member Since: 01 Mar 2009
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 149
Thanks, so are there any toys any HSE owners would miss that aren't already on the XS? For example, I've got by for years without a reversing camera and I think I'm sure I wouldn't use a TV. However, I like my music so what about the Logic 7 Hifi, is is much better than the standard HK one in the XS? Does the same thing apply to the navigation?
All answers appreciated, don't want to end up with the wrong model. Logic suggests the newer car will be better but they are so similar it's difficult to tell, especially as many options on the XS can be enabled with a computer?
14th Dec 2014 3:37 pm
cherokee
Member Since: 03 Jul 2007
Location: preston
Posts: 562
IMO you should test drive the two and make your
own mind up, you are the person who will be driving
and living with your decisions, for another 2k you can
have best of both worlds,I have HSE 255 8speed its
the Dogs.
Regs Paul.Always walk behind a Shooter and
In front of a Sh*ter
14th Dec 2014 3:40 pm
Stingray
Member Since: 03 Apr 2005
Location: North Wales
Posts: 218
I stand to be corrected, but I believe that only the HSE has heated rear seats.
14th Dec 2014 5:12 pm
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10340
The XS doesnt have heated rear seats, only fronts, and halogen headlights as well.
I've an 8 speed XS, and had an HSE a couple of times when mines been in - to be honest, I can live without the extra's the HSE has, given how much more expensive they are. XS has cruise/satnav/leather/front are rear park sensors.
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Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
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14th Dec 2014 5:39 pm
Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
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I really appreciate the HSE spec but if getting an HSE meant settling for the old gearbox I would leave it and go for the XS.
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14th Dec 2014 6:37 pm
D4mation
Member Since: 29 Jul 2011
Location: Ruralshire
Posts: 593
For 8sp 225HP you need MY12, so 61 plate or later.
But even the HSE had some options, for example the Harman/Kardon LOGIC7 ICE was an extra £1250, so I didn't bother - who needs 17 loudspeakers when you can get away with 11.
There's a spreadsheet in my gallery showing difference and options between MY12 HSE and XS.MY12 D4 HSE Ipanema Sand
14th Dec 2014 6:38 pm
wormus
Member Since: 01 Mar 2009
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 149
Thanks everyone, you've been a great help. I think I'll wait until early next year and go for an 8sp HSE.
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