welshsurferdude
Member Since: 15 Dec 2012
Location: Cardiff
Posts: 209
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| Best place to get a 5.0 V8 D4? |
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Hi all
Ive sold my wife's faithful 2004 D3 HSE 2.7tdv6 after owning it since 2013 and racking up 75k miles to 205k on clocks 
it was getting too long in the tooth so decided to get rid and took the cash.
very happy considering I only paid 8000 for it all these years ago!
Any how, Ill be looking to replace it after the wedding in May next year, as shes now currently driving my Defender 110 XS USW and Im in my mums old Freelander2 td4,
Im tucking away the £5000 til then, and ill be looking to import a D4 5.0 v8 as the SDV6's seem too cranksnaphappy for me!
Ive seen one in Dubai for 8000 on a 2012 and can have it landed in UK with duty paid for around 3-4k.
or a 2014 D4.5 SCV6 in USA with a broken headlight for £9000
Any other markets to look at, Dont mind LHD but RHD is a bonus
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 10th Nov 2018 12:49 am |
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MrBrain
Member Since: 12 Mar 2014
Location: bucks
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I also want one.
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| 10th Nov 2018 1:13 am |
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MrBrain
Member Since: 12 Mar 2014
Location: bucks
Posts: 471
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New Zealand? Japan?
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| 10th Nov 2018 1:14 am |
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welshsurferdude
Member Since: 15 Dec 2012
Location: Cardiff
Posts: 209
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Seems USA and Middle East are the best priced places at the moment.
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| 10th Nov 2018 1:19 am |
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pagoda
Member Since: 13 Aug 2009
Location: Not London Anymore (or the US for that matter)
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Early D4s in the US had the V8, bit only the older box. The V8s carry a premium coz it’s the US and a V8. The V6 got the 8 speed. I’m sure you know that. The V8s aren’t that cheap. A young D4 V6 (say 2016) with low miles fully loaded are expensive at $45-50k. Shipping from the US is dead easy and super cheap. Don’t know about taxes/duty.
What do you think you could get a D4 V8 for at what mileage? PAGODA
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| 10th Nov 2018 2:15 am |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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There are a few LHD V8s and V6s for sale in Europe on Mobile.de and AutoScout24. You might want to take a look. 
The petrol D4 was V8 until MY13 and V6 after that until end of production. I think the V8 is Euro 5 and the V6s are all Euro 6. Not that emissions really matter as the low emission zones seem make Euro 4 gasoline equivalent to Euro 6 diesels in terms of emissions... so my D3 V8 is compliant for ULEZ. 
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| 10th Nov 2018 8:17 am |
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jezmoore
Member Since: 27 Dec 2011
Location: newcastle under lyme
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You will struggle to source a nice low mileage v8 disco 4 5.0,i tasked my local importer to find me one over 12 months ago,I know my spec is quite particular,got to be rhd and black leather but still nothing suitable found
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| 18th Nov 2018 7:49 pm |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6568
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You’re searching for an unicorn 8)
Take a look at Japanese car auctions as that’s probably one of the few countries where those were sold as RHD and petrol... and South Africa (I think), possibly Australia and New Zealand.
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| 18th Nov 2018 8:17 pm |
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Avalon
Member Since: 01 Apr 2013
Location: Bavaria
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kajtzu wrote:I think the V8 is Euro 5 and the V6s are all Euro 6.
My MY14 V6 SC is also only classified as Euro 5. Disco4 V6 SC HSE (MY2014)
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| 18th Nov 2018 11:27 pm |
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A1GSS
Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
Location: Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 4691
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Loads in South Africa. RHD too. Importing might be a challenge. ____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey
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| 18th Nov 2018 11:29 pm |
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jezmoore
Member Since: 27 Dec 2011
Location: newcastle under lyme
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Would be a trip of a lifetime driving it back though
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| 19th Nov 2018 11:52 am |
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A1GSS
Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
Location: Saffron Walden, Essex
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I did take a look... about 13000km though some very epic lands and landscapes. Or £3k on a ship. ____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey
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| 19th Nov 2018 1:35 pm |
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SafariDave
Member Since: 19 Nov 2011
Location: NYC & LA
Posts: 775
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The D4 5.0 V8 suffer from engine timing chain tensioner issues check to make sure they don't need to be replaced or have been replaced a very expensive job. If it rattles when you turn it on thats one of the signs. Also leaking water pumps.
Dave D3 2005 V8 SE Bonatti Grey "The Rhino" (our NYC D3)
De-tangoed Headlights, D4 2016 Style Black Pack Grille, D4 19" Wheels/ Bridgestone Alenza
D3 2005 V8 SE Bonatti Grey, D4 2016 Style Black Pack Grille (our LA D3)
D2 1999 V8 SD7 Chawton White (our Caribbean Beach truck)
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| 19th Nov 2018 4:59 pm |
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KiwiD4
Member Since: 17 Aug 2017
Location: Christchurch
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Definitely look closely at Japan. Most of the used D4s on the roads down here come from there, including my own.
My 2011 had just 45,000 kms when I got it, and is a high spec. It was a heck of a lot of car for not a lot of cash. 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!
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| 19th Nov 2018 5:03 pm |
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