buzz
Member Since: 19 May 2006
Location: lancashire
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Can't wait to use it for camping. (Easter hopefully)
If you have kids Chancer they will love it too.[/quote]
DD i'm going  but i thought that we were the only d3 campers. good to see that there are some other hardy people out there not just the tintenters Gone.......but not forgotten
06 Zermatt 7 seat auto with PDC and privacy
Club £400 V.E.D.
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Swifty
Member Since: 13 Sep 2006
Location: here
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LT wrote:fisherman wrote:Remap tomorrow too.
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| 21st Feb 2007 7:52 pm |
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Swifty
Member Since: 13 Sep 2006
Location: here
Posts: 245
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buzz wrote:Can't wait to use it for camping. (Easter hopefully)
If you have kids Chancer they will love it too.
DD i'm going but i thought that we were the only d3 campers. good to see that there are some other hardy people out there not just the tintenters[/quote]
Me too! Its just so practical, loads of space, eats the miles en-route and will carry everything involved (we don't travel light when the wifes packed the fitted kitchen). 
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| 21st Feb 2007 7:54 pm |
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pjv
Member Since: 22 Sep 2006
Location: Northwest
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and don't forget that the base 5 seater with springs is pretty good value (provided 7 seats aren't essential). This gets all the space, most of the on road good manners and around 75% of the off road capability. i've only covered 3k but the grin hasn't faded. However, with hindsight i do now wish I'd stretched the budget for 7 seat air sprung becuase of the extra gadgets 
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| 21st Feb 2007 8:07 pm |
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randalls
Member Since: 02 Mar 2006
Location: aberdeenshire
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I have owned a D2 & D3's. 2 of them had minor warranty issues, which were sorted out. This car is very capable, very comfortable & very solid. I would consider buying a warranty if you can, or get one with a decent warranty the D3 is a very complex annimal & if any large components were to fail it could be a very expensive repair. I dont suppose many breakers have them lying about cheap either !!!!   2007 TDV6 HSE 'Silver Lady'. With 'free' privacy glass LOL.
Taking the greenpi$$ is: Green taxing your citizens more & using some of the money to buy nukes.
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| 21st Feb 2007 8:47 pm |
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Jads777
Member Since: 03 Sep 2005
Location: Channel Islands
Posts: 697
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"Richard Hammond, also of Top Gear fame, lauded it as the "Best 4X4 of all time".
In Australia, the vehicle was awarded "4WD of the Year" by virtually all of the 4WD press, impressing often conservative journalists of "hard-core" magazines after it effortlessly ambled where the traditionally highly-rated Toyota LandCruiser and Nissan Patrol had to scramble.
Amongst the off-road driving and Land Rover enthusiast community, the all-new Discovery has gradually gained acceptance. Given the improved road-going qualities of the vehicle, many were worried that the vehicle's off-road abilities would be compromised, and others expressed doubts about relying on electronic systems in extreme conditions. However, by 2006, 2 years after the vehicle's launch, the vehicle's abilities and reliability have been proved both by the press and private owners."
Full article at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover_LR3
The greatest off-roader of all time - Greenpeace.
(I lied about that last one).
Seriously though, get it bought.
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| 21st Feb 2007 10:27 pm |
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randalls
Member Since: 02 Mar 2006
Location: aberdeenshire
Posts: 703
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I notice this site is listed on the external references on Wikipedia, that's really cool..... 2007 TDV6 HSE 'Silver Lady'. With 'free' privacy glass LOL.
Taking the greenpi$$ is: Green taxing your citizens more & using some of the money to buy nukes.
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| 21st Feb 2007 10:43 pm |
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ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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Chancer wrote: I would really like to hear some honest opinions on what they are like to live with to help me decide what I'm going to do.
Nuff said ...just go buy one and see for yourself!!! I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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| 21st Feb 2007 10:48 pm |
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Chancer
Member Since: 21 Feb 2007
Location: England
Posts: 78
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It won't be until later this year but, unless something totally unexpected comes up, I'll be taking the plunge and buying myself a D3.
Judging by the responses I got to my query, and having read some of the other messages on this site, I think I'm going to be in good company.
Thanks to everybody for all the advice.
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| 22nd Feb 2007 6:47 pm |
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DiscoDad
Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Beautiful Teesdale
Posts: 3003
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Good man, you know it makes sense! Back in the game!
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| 22nd Feb 2007 6:50 pm |
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Doctor Diesel
Member Since: 23 Sep 2006
Location: Driving the kids around as usual
Posts: 1587
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randalls wrote:I notice this site is listed on the external references on Wikipedia, that's really cool.....
that was me, that was!! 2007 HSE Java Black.....sold
2007 B150 Horizon Blue
2008 Toyota Aygo Platinum
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The Master of Suave !
Ding-Dong Matron
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| 22nd Feb 2007 6:52 pm |
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captain_sugar
Member Since: 05 Sep 2006
Location: Hradec Kralove
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Chancer,
Back to the subject of your question:
I had a nissan xtrail before. Although it it still presented as the top of it's class I was unhappy with it.
Off road it manages something but you will soon meet the limits (don't trust the journalists who write about off-road capabilities in standard car-magazines: they like to put their buttom in an on road-mercedes and get rewarded in some way for their POSITIVE comments). Soon means soon even for a person that doesn't do any systematic off-roading. I don't do but I found out that each car has limits. I got stuck with the disco3 as well. Mainly because i am not a systematic off-roader: off road stupidity. Happened in the Xtrail and happened in the LR. But the LR case was far more extreme than the xtrail case.
On-road:
No doubt whatever. Comparing the LR with the xtrail is like comparing a Wartburg to a Ford.
Believe me. Mainly the x-trail was a frustration because of to noisy at high speeds. For family use with occasional distances the xtrail is OK. IN my case where I spend few days on the road it is horrible. The LR is wonderfull.
Reliability:
I had the small things of the early 2005 version which were nothing more than annoyance (and at that time stress caused by the fear it was more than annoyance). All things have been solved by software updates (this means that in an average car, you wouldn't know about things happening). Only the noisy Windshield wipers remain to be solved. Hope they have a software update for that soon!
Congatulations for LR that they did hocus pocus and had such a complicated, powerfull, comfortable, ... -some say the best 4x4xall- car just out of the blue. With, as far, a nice reliability!
Good luck and choose a GOOD dealer! It helps in case of problems.
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| 22nd Feb 2007 8:52 pm |
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Jads777
Member Since: 03 Sep 2005
Location: Channel Islands
Posts: 697
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Doctor Diesel wrote:randalls wrote:I notice this site is listed on the external references on Wikipedia, that's really cool.....
that was me, that was!!
Well done, that man.
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| 22nd Feb 2007 9:11 pm |
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Swifty
Member Since: 13 Sep 2006
Location: here
Posts: 245
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In the interests of Clarity - just buy the D3 and "have done".
Like you - I ended up paying more than I planned to. I bought a used 54 from a dealer. I was nervous about it, I had owned Audi Quattro's for a few years. I have a growing family.
With the help of this site and the fantastic conributors i got straight on top of the dealer situation and the warranty issues.
5 months later and 12k miles later, its the best car I ever owned. I can't see me not buying another LR in the foreseeable future.
It's really easy to go on for pages about how good the car is. But I won't - my typing is crap and it takes ages.
do it.
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| 23rd Feb 2007 1:14 am |
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Chancer
Member Since: 21 Feb 2007
Location: England
Posts: 78
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Speaking of dealers, it's the Stratstone Landrover Dealer in Newport Pagnell I've been dealing with so far. Does anybody have any experience with them?
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