Yep, sold the Defender, and now have a 2008 Discovery TDV6 HSE in Stornoway with black leather.

This will be the shoot bus. Just going through my cleaning routine inside it today as I've had it for 2 hrs now. Got a few things to put on it to modernise it too and just alter the look a bit.

It's an awesome car and rides smoother than the RR  Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

Good combination. My 5 years of D3 ownership brought very little drama and the TDV6 is a much stronger power plant than the TD6 of old. I miss mine....it's a good choice  Is this where I put the car details and a bit about myself ?........

Piccys? 405 AB exec seats Baltic and Cirrus
93 RR Classic efi

Remember it's easier to get forgiveness than permission!

Gone in order:
4.4 TDV8 SE - gone to a good home
93 Classic hard dash Plymouth Blue
03 L322 Oslo Blue
2000 Disco TD5 ES Epsom Green
98 P38 Rioja Red
89 Classic Cairngorm Brown

RRUK wrote:

Yep, sold the Defender, and now have a 2008 Discovery...

RRUK wrote:

... it's an awesome car and rides smoother than the RR

I dunno about the ride, and the cabin quality bears no comparison, but the overall go/stop/steer is better. Awesome is right. Graham

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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

I had never heard about a better ride. Might be worth checking all is with the suspension in the RR.

Better ride than the SC Adam... Hmmmmmmm you sure pal?

Your SC must be truly shocking ride wise if you feel the disco 3 is better 😂😂😂

Welcome to the D3 owners club!

Satnav update is easy, Bluetooth is best replaced with a D4 unit, gearbox update worthwhile to avoid a 3rd slouch issue some owners report, and suspension compressor and update should be on the list as well
Deffo keep the services done well before LR intervals and look at replacing the oil pump as well  FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
Mantec Sump Guard, Rigid Load liner, MY10 BT upgrade.

I drove a D4 in South Africa all the way to the Kruger park, through and back and have to say they are very nice driving cars. After driving one I thought, is the RR (at that time my 4.2 SC) worth that much more money and honestly NO.

But my 5.0 I find a nicer car to drive than anything. The Disco has the advantage of more useable space inside but looks wise the FFRR is way nicer IMHO. I'd buy a D4 as a second car next to a FFRR but still would drive a FFRR as the no.1 but only second hand where the price difference is not soo much  MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

Adam, my wife asked me why you've bought a *shoe box* instead of keeping the Defender - not to mention that the prices for a Defender are going to the sky .....  All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

2023 FFRR L460
2020 Range Rover Velar

Frank, prices are keen but the general feeling is that the high prices out there are speculative. I got good money for mine, bought the D3 and had about half the money to put back in the bank.

With all the kit in the D3, comfort levels, extra space etc, it's a no brainer. A much much nicer place to be. Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

 Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

 Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

looks good  All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

2023 FFRR L460
2020 Range Rover Velar

Lots of electrics and other stuff to go wrong (at that age on a high end Disco 3) and it will of course continue to depreciate at a good rate - there is a reason why you were able to put half your money for the Defender in the bank.

Sorry to be negative, and what do I know anyway, but I think I would have kept the Defender

We had an 07 HSE for a four years. More expensive to maintain than the current Range Rover.

Great car though.

Wife really missed it and prefers it over the Range due to extra space in the back of it.

Cheers and enjoy Alex

2018 Skoda Kodiaq vRS
2009 Caterham Supersport Race car
2007 M5 Touring
2005 Range Rover Vogue SE Supercharged
2004 SL55 AMG