Disco 4 (LR4) New (to me) D4 nearly sorted...

Tigger Eeyore & Roo · Dec 24, 2016

Part de-facelifted and debadged. Tow bar on. Bash plate now on, but needs a new photo for that. Very happy with it do far...

And finally, workmate along for the ride (as ever!)...

(Got to make that my new signature

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gstuart · Dec 24, 2016

looks really nice

have been looking at the D4 grills

my dogs have already claimed the back seats

is nice seeing some more D3-D4s on the forum

Littelwill · Dec 24, 2016

Really like the colour!

gstuart · Dec 24, 2016

Littelwill said:
Really like the colour!

reminds me of the old british racing green on the lotus elans

gstuart · Dec 24, 2016

meant to ask what u getting mpg wise please

around town and on a run

brian47 · Dec 24, 2016

The colour looks very similar to "Epsom Green"

Tigger Eeyore & Roo · Dec 24, 2016

Thanks for the posts gstuart and Littlwill

Fuel economy? Mine don't do very much town work, but the hills here don't seem to help the fuel economy and I notice the difference if I drive somewhere else. Pottering about the lanes, mixed with A and B roads with not too much traffic returns around 27-28 mpg on the computer. A long journey on the flat can get up to around 31 mpg. The economy is virtually identical to my previous D4 of the same model year (both of them were the later one, with AdBlue). Driving over 30,000 miles a year (and paying for the fuel myself) I'm pretty conscious of this!
As for the colour, thanks. I'm really pleased with it. It's such a classic LR colour and a lot of the recent Defenders around here seem to share the same colour.

Tigger Eeyore & Roo · Dec 24, 2016

brian47 said:
The colour looks very similar to "Epsom Green"

Nice colour that. Looked great on D2's.

Triumph even used some of that to paint a very limited number of Trophys at the time; it looked superb on those.

gstuart · Dec 24, 2016

Tigger Eeyore & Roo said:
Thanks for the posts gstuart and Littlwill
Fuel economy? Mine don't do very much town work, but the hills here don't seem to help the fuel economy and I notice the difference if I drive somewhere else. Pottering about the lanes, mixed with A and B roads with not too much traffic returns around 27-28 mpg on the computer. A long journey on the flat can get up to around 31 mpg. The economy is virtually identical to my previous D4 of the same model year (both of them were the later one, with AdBlue). Driving over 30,000 miles a year (and paying for the fuel myself) I'm pretty conscious of this!
As for the colour, thanks. I'm really pleased with it. It's such a classic LR colour and a lot of the recent Defenders around here seem to share the same colour.

when i first got mine , the mpg monitor was stuck on around. 20mpg, then going up a hill it went into limp mode, removed the map sensor, was blocked solid

doing a 5-10 min run around town mine dropped to around 9mpg

gave it a good thrashing and now returns 28-29 mpg, still got to blank the egrs

the turbo actuator had been sticking but after today's italian tune up it seems to have freed it off, will spray it with some wd40

really pleased with it and can't get over how nice it is to drive, so comfortable and quiet whilst sitting at 70mph , is nice when u stick ur foot down there's plenty of power

mine is work in progress , just completed the air suspension rebuild

is my favourite landy by far

biggeeeee · Dec 24, 2016

Looks really good.
I've got a real dog as well and he's in the boot, not like those furry dice dogs some have

I'm averaging around 200mpg9 on a long run as the evidence will show

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and around the 29mpg normal as I don't do town driving. Seems to cope well with sitting at 65 - 70.
Was on a private stretch of land

this morning as before I realised was doing 85mph!

gstuart · Dec 24, 2016

biggeeeee said:
Looks really good.
I've got a real dog as well and he's in the boot, not like those furry dice dogs some have

I'm averaging around 200mpg9 on a long run as the evidence will show
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and around the 29mpg normal as I don't do town driving. Seems to cope well with sitting at 65 - 70.
Was on a private stretch of land this morning as before I realised was doing 85mph!

no wonder ur getting that mpg , you've got ur handbrake on

biggeeeee · Dec 24, 2016

gstuart said:
no wonder ur getting that mpg , you've got ur handbrake onView attachment 113888

- Job for the better weather, light just flashes away all the time, EPB doesn't work
Hope the MPG doesn't fall away to your standard when its sorted

Tigger Eeyore & Roo · Dec 24, 2016

gstuart said:
is my favourite landy by far

Glad to say that I'm on my th LR and I've not had a duff one yet, but the two D4's I've had have been my all time favourites. All being well, I hope to be able to hang on to one or other of these for as long as I an afford to keep one running!

Tigger Eeyore & Roo · Dec 24, 2016

biggeeeee said:
Looks really good.
I've got a real dog as well and he's in the boot, not like those furry dice dogs some have

I'm averaging around 200mpg9 on a long run as the evidence will show
View attachment 113868

and around the 29mpg normal as I don't do town driving. Seems to cope well with sitting at 65 - 70.
Was on a private stretch of land this morning as before I realised was doing 85mph!

That's damn impressive economy - little wonder you've still got a full tank after 86,000 miles....

Never without a border collie or two!

Tigger Eeyore & Roo · Dec 31, 2016

One of my last Disco, that I just remembered, when on holiday in Wales last year:

2,000 Feet above sea level at that point too

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