Member Since: 22 Mar 2016
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 19
2005 s manual with 107k , had it's clutch done at 90k by last owner because he towed a 23 ft caravan.
I personally prefer the manual. D3 05 S manual
22nd Jul 2016 9:28 pm
BBB
Member Since: 01 Apr 2015
Location: Chester
Posts: 269
Just got rid of my 2008 manual
125000 miles with only the detent circlip and a few xy resets
Dealer wanted to change the clutch at 70000 because of the epb warning coming up, read about the xy reset never came back again, so that was a fortune saved
I suspect many have been changed when not needed
Can take quite a bit of abuse as well, you should see the Missus reversing the horse trailer....and the smell
Previous 3 vehicles whilst she has had the horse all needed new clutch and flywheel after about 18 months
Obviously all failed whilst I was driving the cars, so it must be the way I drive There is no I in team, but there are five in Individual Brilliance
Disco gone, emigrated to a VW Amarok
22nd Jul 2016 9:44 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20841
A manual D3 is far from a poor drive or unreliable, but an auto suits the car much better My D3 Build Thread
Over 80K miles a true, 26.5 mpg - which is probably 1.5 to 3 mpg better than an auto.Am I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
23rd Jul 2016 3:54 pm
kev_blizard
Member Since: 05 May 2014
Location: worksop
Posts: 244
apparently when the D3 came out the manual gearbox's were 1K more to buy than the auto's, might try an auto next time but happy with my manual for now .last year on our trip don to Cornwall travelling through the night cruise control set at 60 mine showed 33mpg
Mines showing 33mpg after all this time if driven sensibly
5th Jun 2021 6:38 pm
highlands
Member Since: 10 Jan 2010
Location: NW Highlands
Posts: 5103
Our first D3 was a manual.
I paid quite a bit north of a grand for a new clutch a month or so before crashing it and writing it off.
I'm happier with the auto on the D3 even though I generally prefer manuals but that's not to say there was anything inherently wrong with the manual, just felt the engine was better matched to the auto.
mpg was a bit better with the manual but not such that it worried me either way.Black 05 TDV6 HSE Auto
Grey 05 TDV6 HSE Auto (Gone)
54 TDV6 SE Man (killed by me )
5th Jun 2021 8:08 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23826
Disco_Mikey wrote:
A manual D3 is far from a poor drive or unreliable, but an auto suits the car much better
As above. 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
5th Jun 2021 8:14 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73082
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