Member Since: 21 Feb 2009
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 50
Discovery 3 Metropolis LE 2006
Can anyone confirm if the V5 logbook for a 2006 D3 Metropolis LE should state Metropolis as a friend has purchased 1 and the log book states HSE.
The car is black with full black leather, all the HSE bits and in addition has rear air con, chrome mirror caps, chrome gear selector surround and cup holders, rear Rosen drop down DVD player, looks like factory tints all round and full length roof rails, HK 14 speaker hifi, sat nav, heated electric leather seats
No badges on rear other than Discovery 3 and no rear side chrome strips or bars
The car does not have electric steering column adjust which I thought was on HSE but not sure which years This was introduced.
Is there anyway to tell if this is HSE by logbook or VIN number
Thanks in advance
13th Sep 2020 8:41 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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Posts: 72787
Sounds like a Metropolis, leckie steering column wasn’t on the D3 until a few years later. ISTR chatter at the time that they were registered as HSE but that was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
13th Sep 2020 8:53 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
My V5 says Discovery Metropolis LE A
I think they were HSE with every extra fitted.
Only ever seen 06 and 56 plate ones for sale, black/grey/silver were the main colours
I thought elec column was std on HSE approx 2008 omwards
Metropolis only has manual lumbar support, if yours is elec then it points to a later interior?
The chrome missing on the window rubbers I can understand as the rubbers bubble up, and the chrome bits are silly money, but for the rear chrome to not be there may mean it has been removed, again they fade/lose their chrome and go a sort of dull blotchy grey.
In the 5 years I have had mine I have seen a few advertised as Metropolis when they are quite obviously not.
Can you easily see the radio aeriels in the two rear most side windows? if easy to see aftermarket tint, if you have to look hard to see then its factory tint.
14th Sep 2020 7:11 am
Madrilleno
Member Since: 13 Oct 2014
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 1742
This is the V5 for my D3 Metropolis.
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