Land Rover Discovery 3 & 4 – occasion video & advice

Posted on 15-10-2015 to 16:00 by CasperH – 31 Comments”

The Land Rover Discovery is already since 1989. In 2004 came the third generation on the market, which in 2010 Discovery 4 was named after a facelift. Very much there is, however, not changed, so we will be both the third, as the fourth generation handle in this video.

It is an important addition to the facelift was the new 3.0 TDV6 diesel, which is a very welcome replacement of the outdated 2.7. Other changes on the facelift include redesigned headlamps and a better finished interior. From 2012 is the new, convenient ZF eight speed automatic transmission optional.

The Discovery is such a family car with off road capability that still continue to be his man is off the beaten path. You can seriously offroaden if you would like to. At the same time it is a car that is easy to behave on the asphalt. In our country most of the Discovery’s a relatively easy existence had when you consider that they are designed.

Offer on Marketplace
On Marktplaats.nl in total approximately 115 Discovery’s 3&4 to purchase. That are almost all diesels, on a single V8 petrol after. Manual cars are rare, there are about 10 pieces to buy. Almost half of all the Discovery’s equipped with a trailer hitch, and about a third has an open / panoramic roof. Slightly less than half have the optional third row of seats, which ensures that you with 7 persons on the path.

Prices start around 8000 euros, and up to about 70,000 euro for thick performed recent cars, a single outlier in the direction of the € 100,000 is disregarded.

Pros

• Good handling characteristics.
• Extremely capable offroader.
• Fine reisauto with well-finished cabin.
• Very suitable as a towing vehicle.
• Although Land Rover name has become unreliable to build cars, it seems that now the things are for each other. They do well in customer satisfaction surveys.

Issues

• The timing belt and the turbos from the 3.0 TDV6 are difficult to reach. For repairs you have a lot of the bodywork has to be removed, which means that this is a lot of time (and in the workshop so: money) costs.
• A software update of 2012 seems sometimes to be causing problems on the Discovery 4’s from 2010. To recognize the changing intensity of dashboard lights, the intensity of the back-up camera and failed parking sensors.
• The parking brake (electro-mechanical in this case) wears out at some of Discovery’s excessively quickly.
• Discovery 3’s to 2006-a broken frame for the sunroof, which leaks. Replacement is expensive so check this well.
• For all of Discovery’s true: it is an offroader. If ‘ie one time it is used, for which it is meant to be, it may just be that there is damage to the soil. Look under the car!
• The suspension is not completely free of faults and defects, and repairs are expensive.
• Also the diesels are thirsty, so you can so’n juicy V8 on gas considering…
• Maintenance is always important, but at the Discovery certainly: check the books. Cars without a demonstrable maintenance history are potential moneypits, especially the Discovery 3’s.
• In addition, the maintenance of a Discovery is not cheap. It is a large, heavy car with its expensive components. A Discovery drive on a tight budget is not recommended.

Find the Discovery, or any other car on Marktplaats.nl

Gallery: Land Rover Discovery 4 2011

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