camLR3
Member Since: 28 Dec 2006
Location: Cambridge
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Selling my Disco 3 next week.
+ve points.
1) this web site has to be one of the best owners webs sites
2) I have enjoyed owing it
-ve points
1) Nearly £1 a mile depreciation
2) The dealer is hopeless
3) Other road users attitudes.
4) Multiple little things going wrong with the vehicle.
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DiscoDad
Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Beautiful Teesdale
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camLR3 wrote:
-ve points
3) Other road users attitudes.
That wouldn't make me sell it.
Quite the opposite in fact! 
Hope you get something nice. (i.e. Don't buy a Prius).  Back in the game!
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| 19th Mar 2007 10:59 am |
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cmyers_uk
Member Since: 10 Apr 2005
Location: Near Bristol, UK
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I went away had a 535d BMW wow fast , great , nothing against it at all, never broke down , never in to dealer, really cheap servicing, 35mpg , 272bhp , no antis but 8 months later , new disco 3 that says it all really. Good luck with whatever you choose maybe you will be back sooner than you think
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| 19th Mar 2007 8:34 pm |
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Smarticus
Member Since: 01 Jan 2005
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 655
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£1 a mile depreciation - struth. We traded in our D3 for a new one and it worked out at less than 25p a mile depreciation ...... Mind you we had done 45,000 and secured a big discount off the new vehicle (and I am rubbish at sums). Disco 4 TDV6HSE
Defender 200TDi CSW
RR Evoque
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| 19th Mar 2007 8:49 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
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WOW at a £1 per mile depreciation my car is worth -£27,000
SWMBO is gonna have a spaz !!
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| 19th Mar 2007 8:52 pm |
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captain_sugar
Member Since: 05 Sep 2006
Location: Hradec Kralove
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| Re: She's off to the dealer (for ever) |
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camLR3 wrote:1) Nearly £1 a mile depreciation
If you calculate the depreciation for the very first mile, you even get a "better" figure.
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| 19th Mar 2007 9:28 pm |
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sideview
Member Since: 02 Dec 2006
Location: in the valley
Posts: 1663
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2) The dealer is hopeless
4) Multiple little things going wrong with the vehicle.
These two would bother me if bad enough for sure.
Couldn't care less what others attitudes are.
Don't care about depreciation either, only how much I enjoy driving it 
Good luck to you in finding something that suits you better though & sorry you had bad luck with it. I'm not so good at giving advice...may I offer you a sarcastic comment instead?
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| 19th Mar 2007 9:52 pm |
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bobbycrispbox
Member Since: 15 May 2006
Location: Where women glow and men plunder
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Mine had 11 miles on the clock when it came from the dealer. Maybe I should have stung them for the £500 per mile depreciation 
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| 19th Mar 2007 9:59 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
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Shmoogle on RRS has just had the rear shock go on a 535d and it seem BMW are reluctant to replace the knackered alloy it caused - seems not everything is as good as they say in BMW land. Very different cars, the BMW isn't very fast off road either  DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 19th Mar 2007 10:11 pm |
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DN
D3 Decade
Member Since: 24 Jun 2006
Location: W.London.
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Has something happened that we don't know about? ( apart from the impending road tax doom,) as there seem to be rather a lot of second hand D3's for sale, and a fair few people on here baling out, or thinking about it. Please tell me I haven't made a poor choice of vehicle.......  
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| 19th Mar 2007 10:33 pm |
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NICKNICK
Member Since: 14 Jul 2006
Location: uk
Posts: 104
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535 rides like it has no suspension.
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| 19th Mar 2007 10:41 pm |
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Gareth
Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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DND, you have the best vehicle. Lots of second hand examples, and I have also seen lots of 07 reg examples too!
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| 19th Mar 2007 10:48 pm |
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cmyers_uk
Member Since: 10 Apr 2005
Location: Near Bristol, UK
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Quote:535 rides like it has no suspension.
Mine didnt, but then maybe Im young enough to enjoy a firm ride For driving fast it is awesome, but the point I was trying to make was no matter how good it was I still went back to Disco 3 with all its niggles and crap dealers (IMHExperience).
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| 19th Mar 2007 10:53 pm |
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DN
D3 Decade
Member Since: 24 Jun 2006
Location: W.London.
Posts: 2337
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Thanks Gareth, I hope mine gets through as many reasonably trouble free miles as yours has. I'm planning on keeping it for a good while yet. 
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| 19th Mar 2007 10:59 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
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Cymers I dare say it is a fast well handling car but it is pointless comparison to a D3, just in the same way it is pointless to compare the BMW's off road prowess. If your dealer isn't good and not sorting problems then change them. I sure as hell wouldn't put up with crap service if I've paid all that for a car DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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