Member Since: 24 Jan 2010
Location: West kent
Posts: 8531
you wont like it your love it, go for it and good luck
9th Dec 2010 7:02 pm
mwestcrew
Member Since: 24 May 2005
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 334
It'll spend weeks in the dealer while they poke it and prod it, update the software 50 times, give you a worn out RRS to drive and you'll still have the same faults you had a year before........then you can be just like me!!!!
9 weeks in the dealer so far this year, still not right Worst £54K I have ever spent. Now where did I put that LandCruiser V8 brochure............!2011 D4 Landmark, Mini Cooper SD Clubman, Range Rover Vogue SE
...or you could just drive around in it and put fuel in it every 400-odd miles.
Mine seems OK so far. But it is a D3, and it's the Alpaca interior, not black, so not the same at all... ____
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
10th Dec 2010 12:28 am
elemental
Member Since: 03 Jul 2009
Location: Deepest Aargau
Posts: 91
My D4 has a black leather interior and has been faultless* so far with 9000km on the clock (8 months). So any problems other members are having are probably not linked to interior colour scheme.
Why do you want pictures of the black interior anyway? It's black, all of it. Just black. Black. Like non-LR black too.
(*apart from: lumbar support has stopped working and bluetooth threw a fit for a couple of weeks but has decided to work again today)using arm rest more than rear diff
10th Dec 2010 12:45 pm
Twells2Yoda
Member Since: 12 May 2010
Location: West Kent
Posts: 40
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11th Dec 2010 6:02 pm
Twells2Yoda
Member Since: 12 May 2010
Location: West Kent
Posts: 40
NEWBIE! (black trim pic request)
Try this pic in my small gallery - should be able to click on line below if I have learned how to do it properly
Click image to enlarge
Hope this gives some idea - I'm still shiny newby but I am well chuffed with this car since receiving in June and 7600 miles later. One return visit to dealer with electronic parking brake warning light - Dealer gave me a Freelnder for the morning while software update was done. No other problem since except one freezing morning wen't off in a hurry to have the "reduced power" warning. Parked at next lay-bye - switched everything off for 2 minutes, then didn't welly it untill temp. was at "normal" indication. No further problem. (All without too much worry - thanks to having read others post on here telling me what to do in the event of that happening.)
Only slight disapointment is an average (measured) mpg of 21 (even if half my miles are with 2 tonne Tintent on the back) although the on board computer is consistently optimistic by about 5mpg. (i.e. shows 26mpg when measured tankfill to tankfill mpg = 21). mpg on long runs no caravan is about 27.
Member Since: 30 Sep 2009
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 139
Our D4 HSE was purchased new last May. 5,500 faultless miles so far.Current:
2014 RRS 3.0 HSE
Porsche 997 GT3
BMW 118d SE
Past:
D4 HSE 3.0 TDV6 Auto
D3 HSE 2.7 TDV6 Auto
15th Dec 2010 12:48 am
ijwoo1
Member Since: 04 Jul 2010
Location: London
Posts: 29
Just to give you my hopefully balanced view on the "should I, shouldn't I" quandry.
I was apprehensive about buying a D4 for all the usual reasons after having two ultra reliable BMWs, but I was seduced by a test drive. Well what can I say, within 24hours of driving a brand new D4 home, I get a warning light that needs 11days in the workshop to resolve.
However, that was two months ago and right now I am blown away by it. The initial hassle has been forgotten and I would say that it is quite the best car Ive owned. Aside from the practicality of the thing, its the refinement that impresses me the most.
So I'd say go for it, but with eyes wide open. I think finding a service agent that can resolve problems without needing support from LR is half the battle. The root cause of most customer dissatisfaction seems to be the repeated and extended trips to gets things fixed, while other owners appear untroubled. That doesnt point to the car being fundamentally flawed, but rather a broken support model.
15th Dec 2010 10:51 am
doubledoom
Member Since: 09 Jul 2010
Location: Lowestoft
Posts: 132
We have two cars and change them every 2-3 years. These have included Audi, BMW and Jaguar. So far, the Disco has been the most reliable based on the time period I have owned it.
Every brand has its niggles. Many seem to think that the Disco 3 was the testing model for all the new parts and the problems that occurred with that were fixed with the Disco 4.
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