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wiggs

Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
Posts: 14372

2015 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Fuji White

one week on and 500 miles

Had my disco SE ( java black ) for 1 week now and i love it.I purchased it to use for work as im dumping the company car.This was original supposed to be in November but i got a good price if i took it before the end of September.I have used it a couple of times for work were i don't need too many tools (im in the process of making a sliding rear floor as its quite long and i can't reach in the back all the way ).Its been fantastic .

Ok , when i picked it up i was disgusted with the Valet they had done (told me they done it twice!!).The bonnet has swirl marks all over it .The rest of the car wasn't to bad but i did find 3 scratches on the paint and 2 on the wheel arches.I made them draw a diagram on the handover sheet to prove that they were there.
I took it home washed it properly and applied Diamond Brite to the car ...came up 100% better..even got one of the small scratches out.

Electrically wise everything has worked perfectly (fingers crossed).
I did have fun trying to store the lazy entry as it only seamed to work if i stored both keys to memory 1 (2 and 3 didn't work with lazy entry but were ok with just random settings) maybee i haven't read the manual properly.

Last night the top of the cooler box (lid) started squeeking when i rest my arm on it ...today its got worse and is bloody anoying..checked all screws etc but all seems ok.If anybody has had this problem it would be nice to know what was done to cure it.

Anyway its booked in Land Rover on Tuesday for the paint issues and i will tell them about the lid on the cooler box aswell.

So all in all its GREAT...Lets hope it stays that way as i will be doing a fair bit of milage when i start using it full time for work in November..(gives me time to find any teathing problems before hand)

Fuel consuption is showing around 26 round town and 29 on the motorway but thats the car and not my workings.

Lets hope they do a good job with the scratches on Tuesday

30th Sep 2006 4:50 pm

Gareth
Site Moderator

Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26772

Welcome Wiggs, another member of the Manchester contingent! Which dealer are you using?

30th Sep 2006 5:59 pm

simon

Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296

2011 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Fuji White

The squeak is probably from the catch. Mine did this and my dealer used some silicone grease / spray lube

on it. OK since but still squeaks if you really lean on it after 2 yrs.

-s

30th Sep 2006 6:59 pm

wiggs

Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
Posts: 14372

@Gareth

Using Stratstone in Bury.
Did originaly try Guy Salmon in Stockport but they couldn't (or wouldn't) get any were near my internet price.

@simon

Thanks ..i have some in the garage ..i will try it later.

1st Oct 2006 9:47 am

dylansdad

Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: Solihull
Posts: 745

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Zambezi Silver

simon wrote:
OK since but still squeaks if you really lean on it after 2 yrs.

-s

you got nothing better to do than lean on it for 2 years

2004 TDV6 HSE Auto Zambezi Silver

1st Oct 2006 7:01 pm

wiggs

Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
Posts: 14372

update

Got my car back after an hour and a half and all the paint issues have been resolved..

And thanks to Simon ..i now have a squeek free cooler box lid..i sprayed some grease on the catch ..well its the square rubber post that was actually causing the noise.

Happy again

G4 Gone ...but not forgotten

4th Oct 2006 4:30 pm

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