Member Since: 21 Apr 2016
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 520
i have a 58 plate with 165000 on the clock no idea what the value would be on it ,not that much probably,but got to be honest I don't really care I know that in the next yr it will probably cost me a couple of grand and i will pay it just because the car does everything i want its a work horse its a family car its a nice place to beD3 in Buckingham blue now SWMBO's Mine D4 commercial
Xenon's fitted Timed climate
EGR Blanked Remapped
Remap Reversing Camera
gear box reset
updated Bluetooth
4x4 info
all done by Bodsy
Fridge fitted
Reversing camera fitted
5th Sep 2017 7:12 am
ostosix
Member Since: 19 Mar 2017
Location: Lincoln
Posts: 307
Keep it
5th Sep 2017 7:23 am
woolley11
Member Since: 21 Sep 2012
Location: East Yorkshire
Posts: 24
Well I think after a lot of deliberation, I think we'll keep her.
As pointed out could still have costly maintenance issues with any other replacement.
It's on a private reg so that's nearly another 100 bucks to swap over too
Thanks for the input guys
5th Sep 2017 7:42 am
professorpool
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Woking
Posts: 3213
kajtzu wrote:
Probably doesn’t make sense in the UK but here in Finland similarly driven 2006 D3s go regularly for 14-19k EUR and it would probably still make sense to fix. Yes, really.
I'm taking mine to Finland to sell it when that day comes in the long distant future!
NoDo$h wrote:
Tyres need replacing from time to time. I wouldn't see that as a D3 issue, that's a fact of motoring regardless of vehicle. Same goes for bushes etc.
You may get £3,500 - £4k p/x on a good day. What would you buy to replace it? Is that going to cost you more than £2k and is it going to provide the same benefits etc. that led you to buy a D3 in the first instance?
Sounds like a generally well looked after car and £1-£2k is pretty much the price of maintaining a D3 each year. I've a 155k 08 I bought new and frankly it would have to burst into flames for me to get rid.
I have a 2007 with 182k on the clock. Spent about £7,000 this year including £2700 and £1000 this month alone on a refurb of the gearbox and brakes respectively.
I take a similar view.
With prestige brands and 4x4's particularly after a certain age it is all about condition and the age is largely irrelevant. As I said in another thread a 33 year old disco went not long back for £7,000.
I spotted an interesting signature on the defeaner forum not long back
"You never own a landrover, you maintain it until the next owner"
or word to that effect..
Think it is a bit like that. Your disco (any disco really) is capable of being kept on the road indefinitely and as others have said it is difficult to imagine anything else that would give the same use pleasure anyway - without spending the same sort of money.D3 07 SE - still going strong
D3 07 HSE - gone to car heaven
FL1 - gone to Romania
D3 05 HSE - gone to a divorce diet
D1 V8 manual - gone but not forgotten
RR Classic - gone to car heaven
Jeeps, Lexus, X-trails... Too many to name..
5th Sep 2017 9:07 am
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6643
LR D3 and D4 (well, LR in general) are fairly uncommon cars both new and 2nd Hand. When people import cars from Germany it’s Audi, BMW, MB they usually import. It does seem to keep its value fairly well. Cars that have not been driven on roads that are salted in the winter are quite good imports as they will hold up for many years to come.
Official stats:
2012, 362 registered LRs (any model)
2013, 162 there was a change in car tax at the start of the year
2014, 205
2015, 218
2016, 283
1H17, 162
Keep it The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the best of everything they have.
5th Sep 2017 3:24 pm
D&G
Member Since: 29 Jun 2017
Location: Charente 16480
Posts: 3483
Keep it.
I wish I had never brought my D3,
Up until now, I was happy to drive my Jap 4x4s. Pretty much zero problems with three of them over 10 years.
But the D3 has ruined that. It is just a far nicer place to be imho
I can't see me getting rid of it to drive anything else, so have just accepted that it is going to cost a shed load to run but a 2006 car doesn't deprecate that much over five years so maintenance is offset by that.
Though a D4 would be nice and a RRS 3.6 An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.” ― Millard Fillmore
2006 Disco 3
Gas Gas 300ec / Gas Gas tx249 / Bandit 1250
XR 650r / Pajero 2.8 Lifted and Safari Snorkel-gone.
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