Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13906
Iggy, does the cost of change to buy the D4 really add up to enough value in order to make the change worthwhile?
I ask this becuase many moons ago I considered the same question: Keep my old bus or buy a new D4?
The cost of change was £40,000 and I thought that it seemed a daft amount of money to spend on a more blinged version of my D3. I therefore kept my old bus and put the £40,000 into my pension and decided to wait until the D5 came out (how disappointing was that?!). Yes my old bus is 12 years old and not as plush, but it drives well, is stupidly reliable because I look after it mechanically and does exactly the same job as a D4.
If you want a D4, face lift yours (do it well and no one will know) and put a bit of money aside just in case for repairs. In the end you'll have a car that is equally capable, looks the part and more importantly you'll be quids in. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
17th Feb 2017 10:46 pm
woody32 Site Sponsor
Member Since: 11 Mar 2009
Location: Somerset
Posts: 3551
mz mini wrote:
Woody is the apprentice working this weekend
You after apprentice prices again
I've put a new sign up in the workshop so take note
Wanted D4s non runners pm for competitive price.
IID Pro MV License - D3/4 RRS - Enabling, Updates,Transmission flushing.
Mobile or workshop,PM for details.
17th Feb 2017 11:56 pm
sailorboi
Member Since: 26 Oct 2012
Location: Bristol
Posts: 2020
^^^^
I think I will wait in the waiting room then! 07 Java Black TD V6 D3, EGRs Blanked, Tow bar, Full dog guard & divider, LED Spots , DRLs, GG ATs, RLD Sump guard, RLD Spare Wheel Protector, D4 LED Rear Lights, Limo tints on boot and Midnight tint on rear windows, Kenwood screen with Garmin nav, Rear cameras, D4 Steering wheel with flappy paddles, T-max split charge system, Tree sliders, Prospeed roof rack & Ladder, Alisport fast road inter cooler,
Massey Ferguson 35x
Sankey Narrow Track Camping Trailer (Gone but to a great home)
18th Feb 2017 12:55 am
Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9402
Nice one Woody
Moo, great points, car was £42k, but add in monthly and balloon payment and it ends up around £47k. Don't get me wrong a gorgeous car, but hell of a lot of money
Another option is to save for a bit or just hang on to my D3.....not looked at AutoTrader since yesterday and have emailed LR tho day no
Need a few days of thought
Going tho read that article on PCP now Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
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