Member Since: 04 Oct 2010
Location: Beautiful Yorkshire
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...but it hurts when you fill up and other motorists come over to see how much it costs to fill it!
I kinda like the looks of "...what the is that scruffy, long haired b d earning to be able to afford to fill up that big hunking thing".
D3 incl. genuine glass windscreen, front bi-focal headlights, full width rear bumper, self levelling washer bottle contents and audible 'tick tock' indicator stalk
911 GT3 had one [never]
R8 V12 just gone [past me]
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14th Mar 2011 3:00 pm
dick dastardly
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: wiggleigh bottom
Posts: 1112
would rather fill the d3 rather than pay depreciation on an uncomfortable bone shaker beamerThere's one wheel on my wagon, but i'm still rollin' along, it's the cherokee, they're after me, but I'm singing a happy song
14th Mar 2011 9:39 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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Ah but depreciation on a D3 will catch up when the Market returns to "normal".
would rather fill the d3 rather than pay depreciation on an uncomfortable bone shaker beamer
I hear where you are coming from, trouble is I traded my d3 with almost no depreciation over two years for a full spec BMW with 5 years servicing thrown in and road tax for less than a tank of D3 diesel. My yearly running costs have just dropped by £2000.
I loved my d3 but it is just a commodity......give it a couple of years and I may buy another.........sad thing is how many D3's are coming up for sale on here...
14th Mar 2011 9:50 pm
ron3005
Member Since: 15 Mar 2010
Location: Feltham
Posts: 314
Was good to meet you the other day Jim hope you come back to the fold in the future
In terms of fuel economy the 320d is in a league of its own. The 58.9mpg figure they quote isn't pulled out of the air (although you'll have to have a light foot to achieve it - it is possible). Ours never dips below 40mpg in town and on long journeys the fuel economy steps up comfortably in to the 50s. The ride quality is absolutely fine (it's a road-biased machine remember!) and the handling, steering, road-manners etc. are all superb. The quality is top notch, it's a very classy BMW all round.
Enjoy!!
(Just as well the snow has passed, I won't be saying the same next winter... )2007 Porsche Boxster (987) 2.7
2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE G4 Challenge (1 of 68)
2023 Defender 90 D250 X-Dynamic HSE
15th Mar 2011 12:59 am
ron3005
Member Since: 15 Mar 2010
Location: Feltham
Posts: 314
jojim65 wrote:
ron3005 wrote:
Was good to meet you the other day Jim hope you come back to the fold in the future
Hi Ron, how are the new bits shaping up...........you need to show off how easy it was to change the steering wheel....
Could'nt beleive how easy it was Jim thanks even feels like I'm driving a new D3 went into the boot last night that bulb it was like a spotlight going on big thanks mate same with the inside when I open the doors
15th Mar 2011 5:56 pm
rasu52
Member Since: 11 Feb 2010
Location: Dead Man's Gultch
Posts: 100
Yes have just done the same thing with one of my Disco's,
Also replaced with a BMW, but a nice ecoomical 118SE D and only £30pa RFL
Wonder how Land Rover will fare under the TATA name? Don't have the same ring about it anymore.
15th Mar 2011 8:15 pm
disco3kenny
Member Since: 19 Jan 2008
Location: Here
Posts: 1007
Both me babies are going nowhere.....sell the kids first
Both re-mapped...and luverly to drive so Mr Cameron go ride yourself
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50934
Have a good one Jim ....don't be too much of a stranger 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
15th Mar 2011 11:49 pm
zarnd
Member Since: 23 Apr 2010
Location: Kent
Posts: 794
Sensible car to buy. Couldn't ever get rid of the D3 though, it's too good a car especially in bad weather.
Member Since: 26 Mar 2011
Location: Northants
Posts: 1
Looks like I have bucked the trend, brand new to the forum, and just sold an A4 Quattro S-line special edition with all the toys, for a D3 Commercial, and I have to say, I don't miss the Audi
5th Apr 2011 11:00 pm
euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
I'm getting really worried......Ive just gone the "other" way !
Sold a mint '57 plate 520d Touring (45mpg)....never missed a beat/had anything replaced, and bought a late '05 Disco.......(24ish mpg) that has so far needed.....new front diff,new arb bushes and 4 new tyres....and all to get me out the drive during the 1/2 hour per year that it snows !!!
What have I done ......
Have to say,the kids and the missus much prefer the LR and,in my mind anyway I'm convinced it makes me look much more rugged and manly,so maybe the cost of diesel isn't the only consideration when buying a car ? "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
6th Apr 2011 8:35 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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euangibson wrote:
Sold a mint '57 plate 520d Touring (45mpg)....never missed a beat/had anything replaced, :
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