Discovery 4 Purchase

Discovery 4 Purchase

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ginbreakfast

Original Poster:

40 posts

127 months

Thursday 16th July 2015
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Hi all,

I am going to look at this Disco4 on Saturday:

http://stock.highburyautomotive.com.au/details/201...

It's MY '10, with 50k miles on the clock and a full LR service history.

Is there anything I should be looking out for when inspecting other than the usual?

This will be my first LR purchase, so I am relatively green.

Thanks,

Ben


A.J.M

7,893 posts

185 months

Thursday 16th July 2015
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Seems a nice clean example.

It doesn't say if it's a 2.7 or the 3.0 though.
the 2.7 has a belt change of 7 years or 105,000 miles, the 3.0 is 10 years or 150,000 miles.
2.7 has 188 bhp and the 3.0 has 245bhp, there is a big difference in the engines and performance etc.

Check the history is complete and all up to date.

I would strongly urge you to get the gearbox oil megaflushed, ZF the box makers say it should get changed at 50-75k.
Do it early and it will keep the box and torque converter in good health.

I would check all the switches and toys work properly. Drive it in high and low range, you need to put it into neutral to change up/down.
Raise and lower the suspension a few times to work the system.
The compressor should run for 30 seconds max on start up, any longer and it could be getting tired.
Yours may be in the cross over point from the D3 Hitachi unit which is rubbish, and the AMK unit which is far better.

For servicing, i would change the oil, oil filter and air filter every 10,000 miles. LR say the air filter should be every 45k and the oil 15k or so, but imho, that's way too long.

KieronGSi

1,108 posts

203 months

Thursday 16th July 2015
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Its a 2.7


Status Not found
VIN: SALLAAA13AA535097 Build date: 03-Mar-2010
Model: Discovery 4 / L319 Selling dealer: M7978
Model year: 2010 Warranty start date: 27-May-2010

CAB style 5 DOOR
Transmission 6 SPD AUTO TRANS ZF 6HP26
Drive RHD
Series DISCOVERY 2.7 V6 LION DIESEL
Engine 2.7L V6 24V DOHC EFI T/C DSL
Colour ZERMATT SILVER
Trim LESS INTERIOR VENEER PACK

ginbreakfast

Original Poster:

40 posts

127 months

Friday 17th July 2015
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Thanks guys - really useful!!

A.J.M

7,893 posts

185 months

Monday 20th July 2015
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How did you get on with it?

ginbreakfast

Original Poster:

40 posts

127 months

Monday 20th July 2015
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It was a clean car, it drove well, but unfortunately we couldn't agree on price.

It wasn't meant to be and I have no problem walking from a deal if I'm not 100% comfortable.

In the meantime the boss has also informed me that she prefers the RR sport of a similar vintage, so I expect we'll be focusing the search for one of those....

Watch this space!

A.J.M

7,893 posts

185 months

Monday 20th July 2015
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hehe

Rule 1. Alway's listen to the Boss. biggrin

Similar checks apply as they are the same underneigh, so suspension, transmission and engine checks are the same.
Not as spacious inside, but handle better.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 20th July 2015
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ginbreakfast said:
In the meantime the boss has also informed me that she prefers the RR sport of a similar vintage, so I expect we'll be focusing the search for one of those....
Prepare (for her) to be disappointed by comparison (unless she's a hairdresser, got a name like Chardonnay and has fake tan the colour of a traffic cone)

camel_landy

4,863 posts

182 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Crossflow Kid said:
Prepare (for her) to be disappointed by comparison (unless she's a hairdresser, got a name like Chardonnay and has fake tan the colour of a traffic cone)
That's a little unfair... I'll admit a lot of RRS out there suffer from 'Bling' but there are still plenty of 'understated' examples. wink

Unless you really need the larger boot of a Disco, the RRS is a cracking car.

M

camel_landy

4,863 posts

182 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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A.J.M said:
Similar checks apply as they are the same underneigh, so suspension, transmission and engine checks are the same.
Not as spacious inside, but handle better.
Almost... The RRS is often fitted with the active anti-roll bar (ACE). These can start to leak and expensive to replace.

M

A.J.M

7,893 posts

185 months

Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Somehow I don't think the rrs suffers from the same stereotypes in Australia as it does here...

Plus it's just as good off road, with the bonus of 5 less inches in the chassis so doesn't get hung up as much.

What's the use for the car?
Will it be a city and daily car or will it venture off road?

ginbreakfast

Original Poster:

40 posts

127 months

Wednesday 22nd July 2015
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It'll be for a bit of both - tooling around the city and heading out to the country for the weekend....

You are right, the RRS doesn't have the same image here as in the UK. We don't need the 2nd row of seats, so I'm happy either way.




A.J.M

7,893 posts

185 months

Thursday 23rd July 2015
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Thought that would be the case.

The two biggest things you can do to improve it will be decent tyres and driving training.
Green oval experience is an Australian LR company that do off road training and also parts for the cars.

You could also check out Australian Land Rover owners club, for local members, decent garages for servicing etc.

phib

4,464 posts

258 months

Friday 24th July 2015
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camel_landy said:
That's a little unfair... I'll admit a lot of RRS out there suffer from 'Bling' but there are still plenty of 'understated' examples. wink

Unless you really need the larger boot of a Disco, the RRS is a cracking car.

M
You don't live in surrey or berkshire ..... do you ? Seems to be Bling capital !!

Phib

ginbreakfast

Original Poster:

40 posts

127 months

Monday 10th August 2015
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2010 3.0 TDV6 Range Rover Sport in Stornoway Grey with almond leather interior purchased.

The 3.0 feels A LOT better suited to the car.

Hope to pick it up this week - pictures to follow. Thanks for the comments chaps - very useful.

Next on the shopping list - a PH sticker and some green oval driving experiences....


ginbreakfast

Original Poster:

40 posts

127 months

Sunday 16th August 2015
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So far so good.

What a cracking motor....