weirdbeardmt
Active Member
Hi all
Have owned various LRs over the years. Current is an '04 FL1 which, actually has been pretty faultless.
However, now in a stage where I need a bigger car (dogs/children/holidays etc.) and so sizing up a Discovery. Am toying between a Discovery 3 and Discovery 4 and would appreciate some advice.
My needs are pretty simple as, in reality I don't drive a lot. Probably 2-3 times a week and all distances are quite short (due to geographic boundaries of living on a small island.) So it would be main car for ferrying kids around the island, and trips to the dump, as well as light towing. The main motivation here is for holidays away (to mainland and Europe etc.) with all the junk that kids and dogs and the wife need.
Decent 2nd hand Discos don't come along too often here, but at the moment I've got an option on
2007 Disco 3, TDV6 GS, 66k miles. FSH. £13750. Good condition but obviously been used well.
2011 Disco 4, TDV6 XS, 31k miles. FSH. £24500. Apparently it's an ex-Jaguar / LR demonstrator so has additional toys on top of XS spec. Did 28k miles in its first 2 years, then only 3k in the last 2 years. Pretty well immaculate condition, clearly never been off-roaded.
(Bear in mind prices here are ex-VAT)
I would usually plump for the newer car for general peace of mind but with such a jump in price, I'm wondering if it's really worth it. Cars here will never really do really high mileage (not physically possible...!) and equally week in, week out, I'm not going to be doing massive mileage. I figure I will keep this for a decent period of time.
Any thoughts on a decision process between the two? Is there anything particularly between the 3 & 4 to make it worth the jump?
Have owned various LRs over the years. Current is an '04 FL1 which, actually has been pretty faultless.
However, now in a stage where I need a bigger car (dogs/children/holidays etc.) and so sizing up a Discovery. Am toying between a Discovery 3 and Discovery 4 and would appreciate some advice.
My needs are pretty simple as, in reality I don't drive a lot. Probably 2-3 times a week and all distances are quite short (due to geographic boundaries of living on a small island.) So it would be main car for ferrying kids around the island, and trips to the dump, as well as light towing. The main motivation here is for holidays away (to mainland and Europe etc.) with all the junk that kids and dogs and the wife need.
Decent 2nd hand Discos don't come along too often here, but at the moment I've got an option on
2007 Disco 3, TDV6 GS, 66k miles. FSH. £13750. Good condition but obviously been used well.
2011 Disco 4, TDV6 XS, 31k miles. FSH. £24500. Apparently it's an ex-Jaguar / LR demonstrator so has additional toys on top of XS spec. Did 28k miles in its first 2 years, then only 3k in the last 2 years. Pretty well immaculate condition, clearly never been off-roaded.
(Bear in mind prices here are ex-VAT)
I would usually plump for the newer car for general peace of mind but with such a jump in price, I'm wondering if it's really worth it. Cars here will never really do really high mileage (not physically possible...!) and equally week in, week out, I'm not going to be doing massive mileage. I figure I will keep this for a decent period of time.
Any thoughts on a decision process between the two? Is there anything particularly between the 3 & 4 to make it worth the jump?
) one of the Royal family and it was unsurprisingly lovely. As I say, I've never been in a disco 4 but from what I read it's moved the game on if you spend a lot of time on the motorway (the 3 litre diesel is stronger and more frugal than the 2.7 apparently), is slightly nicer inside, apparently has updated terrain response software and has a few external design tweaks.
