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nikademus
Member Since: 08 Sep 2006
Location: Geelong
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I've been looking at a D4 to replace my 5 year old D3. Is it just me, or is the pricing here in Australia way out of whack?
In the US a D4 HSE is about 56k - compared to the similar spec here for around $110k
In the Uk its about 66k plus VAT - but that is very highly specced compared to our HSE.
Yes, I know we have a GST and a Luxury Car Tax, but even with those in there, it beggars belief that the prices are where they are at - roughly double the rest of the world. I also know the Australian dollar can move - but it has been sitting at almost parity with the US for most of this financial year - when are they going to factor that in?
Thoughts? Disco 2 TD5 "Good"
Disco 3 TDV6 "Better"
Disco 4 HSE SDV6 "Best"
The older I get, the better I was.
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 17th Jan 2011 11:30 am |
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biskit
Member Since: 23 Dec 2009
Location: in my Mancave.
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A mate of mine has just got back from watching the match  but not very happy at the price of a pint, near £10 
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| 17th Jan 2011 12:05 pm |
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VFR800
Member Since: 16 Nov 2010
Location: Calgary
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It is the same all over the world. In Canada it is $10,000 more for the base spec LR4 than the US. The HSE LUX LR4 in the US is $57,665 and in Canada it is $70,790. $13,000 difference.
I bought a Honda VFR800 motorbike last year. In Canada it was $15,300 and in the US it was $8,300. I went over the border and bought it and then shipped it back in a Budget van.
Canadian $ at the moment is worth more than the US $ and yet I am paying more for it.
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| 17th Jan 2011 5:44 pm |
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Neil Pettersen
Member Since: 23 Nov 2007
Location: Cutting the grass
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nikademus wrote: Is it just me, or is the pricing here in Australia way out of whack?
It's called gouging , and we're excellent at it . Keep ya money in ya pocket , and give 'em ya finger .
I've got several Mates in importation , and they're rolling in profit from our currency . It's rife these days.
Cast your mind back to when 22% and 32% sales tax became 10% GST : hardly a price went
down, between upped wholesale and retail margins .
......... and what happend to the reduced prices from reductions in import duty from the 'States ?
Looked at a USA Fender , Gibson , PRS , BadCat , Rivera , Harley D , Kubota, JD ,recently ? It's total BS !
Last edited by Neil Pettersen on 18th Jan 2011 10:16 am. Edited 1 time in total
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| 18th Jan 2011 12:46 am |
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WayneD
Member Since: 11 Sep 2007
Location: Sydney Darwin ,Singapore, USA, UK and now country NSW
Posts: 531
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Maybe I could pick one up here for you in Singapore if you have a spare $240,000 Ozzie to spend Take the road less traveled. Dual battery system.ORS drawers,LR cargo Barrier.ARB Bull bar,side protection bars,Mickey Thompson ATR's 17" rims, Rear wheel carrier, radiator guard TPMS Mitchell Bros Tow Hitch LR RAI Steel Rims , GME UHF, Off Road GPS, Llams (yet to be fitted)
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| 18th Jan 2011 1:20 am |
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Neil Pettersen
Member Since: 23 Nov 2007
Location: Cutting the grass
Posts: 1254
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You having another Tiger Beer liquid lunch today Wayne ? 
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| 18th Jan 2011 2:04 am |
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WayneD
Member Since: 11 Sep 2007
Location: Sydney Darwin ,Singapore, USA, UK and now country NSW
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Have been a good boy Neil now that I am away from Baggy and Jonesy. I am working on a trip to Malaysia in a D3 May need to camp overnight which is handy seeing all my camping gear is either in Darwin on Sydney, hope I can get a tent long enoughy  Take the road less traveled. Dual battery system.ORS drawers,LR cargo Barrier.ARB Bull bar,side protection bars,Mickey Thompson ATR's 17" rims, Rear wheel carrier, radiator guard TPMS Mitchell Bros Tow Hitch LR RAI Steel Rims , GME UHF, Off Road GPS, Llams (yet to be fitted)
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| 18th Jan 2011 8:58 am |
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Neil Pettersen
Member Since: 23 Nov 2007
Location: Cutting the grass
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You'll need to weld heaps of steel on the D3's front , with those crazy coach and truck
drivers all over the road . They scared the Hell out of me ! You're a brave bloke !
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| 18th Jan 2011 10:09 am |
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nikademus
Member Since: 08 Sep 2006
Location: Geelong
Posts: 61
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Thanks guys -its not just me then...
Singapore I understand - they're just making it really hard to own a car there, given that they have  all roads. I notice it didn't seem to stop people buying ferraris, lambo's, bentleys etc when I was there in October. Cars for the uber rich only...
I think the "old" brands are in for a rude shock in this decade. The koreans have really started to get their together and the chinese will be right behind them. A friend of mine bought a Kia Sorreno and I laughed at him - right up untill I drove it. It's bloody good! The equipment level shames the top spec Disco for about 40% of the price. I'm not saying I'd pick one over a Disco, but it's gotta be a reality check.
I'm just going to put my purchase on hold for 6 months and see what happens. Disco 2 TD5 "Good"
Disco 3 TDV6 "Better"
Disco 4 HSE SDV6 "Best"
The older I get, the better I was.
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| 22nd Jan 2011 12:40 am |
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Neil Pettersen
Member Since: 23 Nov 2007
Location: Cutting the grass
Posts: 1254
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Test drove a Hyundai i45 a few months back and was impressed at the
improved build spec vs Camry . The gearbox was not too clever , but after
years of ZF's , nothing much else impresses me in the transmission game.
Toyota are going to come a cropper in this decade in the face of other
Asian marques. Their interiors are total rubbish , of late . Camry are dreadful.
http://www.caradvice.com.au/68687/hyundai-i45-review/
It too is 8 grand over priced ...........
PS I have to admit to being somewhat disinterested in D4 , but one parked next to
me at Bunnings this morning , so I had a look over it ( 3.0 SE ). I can't see $90K.
They're taking the pi$$ TBH. I'm not paying that.I thought $64 was more than enough !
The difference would buy me a new tractor.......
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| 22nd Jan 2011 6:33 am |
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nikademus
Member Since: 08 Sep 2006
Location: Geelong
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Just on a footnote, I was trawling the motoring pages of the local press and noticed that Kia sales are up 40 % for the year. That is amazing. Not wanting to sound like a kia fanboy, but I would say that is the year that we saw the tide turn.
I took a Toyota Prado for a spin too. Nice car. Still very Toyota-ish, but it feels strong. Disco 2 TD5 "Good"
Disco 3 TDV6 "Better"
Disco 4 HSE SDV6 "Best"
The older I get, the better I was.
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| 25th Jan 2011 10:45 pm |
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jonesy63
Member Since: 17 Oct 2006
Location: Didn't we have a lovely time, the day we went to ...
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nikademus wrote: I took a Toyota Prado for a spin too. Nice car. Still very Toyota-ish, but it feels strong.
Yes - I've been in one lately too... I've never known what it was like to drive about in a toaster/fridge before. Nippon vehicles at the moment seem to be like appliances.  No soul or spirit at all.
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| 26th Jan 2011 8:08 am |
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Neil Pettersen
Member Since: 23 Nov 2007
Location: Cutting the grass
Posts: 1254
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| ..... and look at the prices on this ! |
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http://www.themotorreport.com.au/50954/201...in-january
$76k plus on roads ...... we'll need to wheelbarrow the damn bank notes around to a Dealer
to buy any old 4x4 rubbish at this rate . I thought $1.2m for a house was enough , but these
prices for cheap plastic 4x4 cars has become totally ludicrous .
Time to draw the line and buy an ex-lease 2yr Commodore for 22 grand .... it's transport
, not an investment : I'm over it !
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| 26th Jan 2011 10:41 am |
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nikademus
Member Since: 08 Sep 2006
Location: Geelong
Posts: 61
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ya know, if they put the 3.0 litre diesel in the tdv6 it wouldn't be such a proble. After all, the 2.7 will be in the ford disco by mid year and you can't tell me its a saving to have two different diesels in your line up.
if they did that i'd buy one. Disco 2 TD5 "Good"
Disco 3 TDV6 "Better"
Disco 4 HSE SDV6 "Best"
The older I get, the better I was.
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| 25th Feb 2011 11:04 am |
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PCH
Member Since: 12 Jan 2005
Location: Anywhere but work
Posts: 812
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I'm in the market for a replacement D3.
After contacting 2 LR dealers and getting a price for a D4, neither seem really interested in chasing me to make a sale on a $100K+ D4. Go figure  Maybe sales are just too good at the moment to bother with the small sale
Well maybe I need to find a dealer interested in my business and that might mean not LR.
Chris 2011 Discovery 4 (MY12) SDV6 HSE with General Grabber AT's, Traxide Aux Battery system, custom rear drawers and Autosafe half height cargo barrier
Gone - 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE
ARB Bull Bar, Warn 9.5XP Winch, IPF D/Lights, Cooper STT's, LR Raised Air Intake, Traxide aux battery system, custom drawers and half height Autosafe cargo barrier, Mitchell Bros 4x4 tow hitch
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