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knightian
Member Since: 31 Mar 2023
Location: ASHFORD
Posts: 6
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| Reasonable budget for maintenance? |
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Hello all, first time LR owner here 
I bought my D4 2016 Graphite a month ago. c85k miles. I had an AA inspection done before purchase, which didn't flag any major issues. I've also compiled a matrix of the service history and other than one oil change which went a bit beyond the LR interval everything has been done as specified. I'm searching for a deal on a second hand GAP IIDTool now, so I can avoid committing any of Christian and Vera's "sins".
My question is, what do you think is a reasonable budget to set aside for maintenance? Obviously I've read all the horror stories about snapped cranks and clogged turbos, so I know the answer can be "a lot".
But what would be a reasonable expectation when looking over a three year period?
I've put £2,400 / year into my budget for regular servicing plus repairs. Curious if experienced owners think that's about average, too much, too little?
Thanks!
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 31st Mar 2023 3:22 pm |
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Moo
D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14478
  
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Welcome. Nice car.  Keep an eye open for GAP tools across the other sites as well. 👍🏻
As for budget, I don’t think you’re far out. Also, in the paperwork, does if he took if the inlet manifolds have been done. It’s a know fault on these and about £1600 if the pair if done together. D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
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
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| 31st Mar 2023 3:51 pm |
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knightian
Member Since: 31 Mar 2023
Location: ASHFORD
Posts: 6
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Thanks Moo! Great to get some perspective from someone with a lot of Discovery experience.
No - the car's not had the inlet manifolds replaced, so that's one to watch out for. It has had a replacement EGR and air compressor in the past year, so that's two pricey jobs I hope not to have in the near future.
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| 31st Mar 2023 4:00 pm |
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LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23866
 
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That seems a good enough figure, put £200 per month into NS&I Premium Bonds and hope you get lucky both with them and your Discovery. 
If you know what your mileage is likely to be per annum, you could be a little more precise with estimations.
We know when belts need to be changed, oil & filter every 6k miles is prudent. Suspension components typically need replacing every 75k-125k miles etc. etc.
All the information is on here. 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)
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| 31st Mar 2023 4:27 pm |
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knightian
Member Since: 31 Mar 2023
Location: ASHFORD
Posts: 6
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Thanks LT - great idea to try and hit both jackpots 
Also good point on the expected mileage. I'll only be doing 5k miles / year, so planning a maintenance schedule on this basis. I found this checklist https://media.disco3.co.uk/gallery/albums/...2012MY.pdf on the forum which is really helpful for the service intervals, so thank you to whoever posted that. I'm assuming that the intervals are the lesser of mileage or age, so I was planning to do the camshaft timing belts later this year for example.
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| 31st Mar 2023 4:53 pm |
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grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6415
 
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put that 2.4K into Warranty Direct extended warranty will defo pay foritself
speaking from experience and very happy with them
G
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| 31st Mar 2023 5:04 pm |
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knightian
Member Since: 31 Mar 2023
Location: ASHFORD
Posts: 6
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Thanks grzesiul - really interesting. I had planned to get an extended warranty from either Warranty Direct or WarrantyWise, but got cold feet after reading page after page of negative reviews from people that had tried to claim.
In fairness, most of the people that tried to claim seemed to have unrealistic expectations of what the policies cover, but still I have to confess it did put me off. I'll do some more reading on the insurance/warranty part of the forum though!
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| 31st Mar 2023 5:57 pm |
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