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Location: GL
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I'm sure you can find a v8 will less miles on
16th Oct 2017 11:39 pm
pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
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Quote:
I got more interested once I figured out that the petrol engine, at least on paper, is more reliable than the diesel one. All smiles since.
+1000000000000000000
Love my V8. So smooth. Coming up to its first year in my ownership .
Jumped in the SWMBO Outlander PHEV tonight and even in electric mode its noisier than the V8
16th Oct 2017 11:51 pm
Mogwyth
Member Since: 03 Oct 2014
Location: Pwllheli
Posts: 3976
Had mine three years now, head says there are probably more sensible options out there, heart says not on your nelly. Had the odd compressor niggle and electrical gremlin but apart from one coil the engine has been rock solid.==================================
05 D3 HSE V8 4.4
04 MG TF 135
03 MG TF 115 Cool Blue Edition
02 MG TF 160
00 Hymer B564 Lionheart
1971 Series III 109
17th Oct 2017 12:05 am
KiwiD4
Member Since: 17 Aug 2017
Location: Christchurch
Posts: 310
al cope wrote:
I didnt think the D4 had been sold in the UK with the V8, only gulf states and the USA
V8 D4 also sold new down under in New Zealand, and I believe Australia.
And Japan, where mine came from, really cheap and easy to import down here. I got my MY11 5.0 V8, 40,000 kms (yep, that's all) for the equivalend of 28,000GBP.
If importing though, you would need to check insurance, tax, goverment saftey requirements etc. Heaps of the used cars in NZ are imported from Japan and Singapore, so it's really easy for us.King of the typo.
MY11 D4 5.0 V8, Bournville, lots of goodies!
Now departed: '85 RR Vogue, '94 D1, '95 D1, '70 SIIA, '97 D1, '04 D2a. All V8, except for the SIIA - but that drank as much petrol anyway!
17th Oct 2017 2:38 am
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6570
Mogwyth wrote:
Had mine three years now, head says there are probably more sensible options out there, heart says not on your nelly. Had the odd compressor niggle and electrical gremlin but apart from one coil the engine has been rock solid.
I already have one sensible Volvo that my wife tends to drive with, no reason to be too sensible and get another ....
My only regret is I didn’t get a LR years ago
17th Oct 2017 6:03 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6570
pjm-84 wrote:
Quote:
I got more interested once I figured out that the petrol engine, at least on paper, is more reliable than the diesel one. All smiles since.
+1000000000000000000
Love my V8. So smooth. Coming up to its first year in my ownership .
Jumped in the SWMBO Outlander PHEV tonight and even in electric mode its noisier than the V8
The kids like the V8 roar, one of them said it is like the lion king the V8 is really, really smooth. No need to drive pedal to the metal, just a slight nudge will make it move forward.
17th Oct 2017 6:07 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Remember every minute of roar is about 5 ltrs of petrol.
17th Oct 2017 6:14 pm
Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
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If you don't need the room in the boot may as well get the supercharged 4.2 RRS.
Same MPG.
Many more
Lots more available than a D3 V8
17th Oct 2017 6:14 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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DSL wrote:
Remember every minute of roar is about 5 ltrs of petrol.
It’s the price one has to pay for not sounding like a tractor
Actually they meant the startup sound, windows closed (the default 9-10 months of the year) the engine is quite quiet.
17th Oct 2017 6:27 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Got my plan in place to take my tractor sounding D4 to your fantastic country end June 18. In at Tornio, over to Kuusamo, up to Lokka area then Inari. Looking forward to it already as Road Trip 17 was rudely interrupted.
17th Oct 2017 6:44 pm
kajtzu
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Location: Helsinki
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The mosquitos will surely appreciate your presence at that time of the year. Bring plenty of DDT with you
17th Oct 2017 6:50 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Don't worry, the phrase "we're going chemical" is used frequently. And lots of RAID use for car & tent. When chemical fails, there is "we're going nuclear" but I haven't got to that point yet. A good smokey fire helps no end. Along with baseball cap on whenever out of the car, long sleeves with elastic cuffs and jeans tucked into socks.
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17th Oct 2017 6:55 pm
Mogwyth
Member Since: 03 Oct 2014
Location: Pwllheli
Posts: 3976
Pete K wrote:
If you don't need the room in the boot may as well get the supercharged 4.2 RRS.
Same MPG.
Many more
Lots more available than a D3 V8
That may be the direction we head in if only to stop friends and family taking advantage of me having a seven seater. ==================================
05 D3 HSE V8 4.4
04 MG TF 135
03 MG TF 115 Cool Blue Edition
02 MG TF 160
00 Hymer B564 Lionheart
1971 Series III 109
17th Oct 2017 6:59 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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My excuse is “the load mat is in the way”
17th Oct 2017 7:00 pm
geoffsnook
Member Since: 13 Jun 2014
Location: south wales
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Mogwyth wrote:
Pete K wrote:
If you don't need the room in the boot may as well get the supercharged 4.2 RRS.
Same MPG.
Many more
Lots more available than a D3 V8
That may be the direction we head in if only to stop friends and family taking advantage of me having a seven seater.
You will not regret it if you do the noise when the supercharger winds up is lovely lots more permagrin Discovery 3 se gone
Range rover sport supercharged here:)
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the V8 is really, really smooth. No need to drive pedal to the metal, just a slight nudge will make it move forward.
mosquitos will surely appreciate your presence at that time of the year. 
