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Drive one for work occaisonally. Love it's smooth gear change with auto box. Much much better than the d3 we had before.but check out d4 horror stories on line and you might reconsider.

 

I may be venturing into the prestige gun chauffeur business/loader/instructor sometime and have ear marked a toyota landcruiser as the preferred transport (I drive one now)

 

If and when they wrong the costs will require a kidney to be sold to fund repairs.mind you my wife does have two kidneys.....

 

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I've had gearbox £1900 + vat air suspension compressor £200 6 injectors £800 countless sensors power steering pump alternator the list goes on still love it though lol. Just wish the japs could make something that drove and looked as good without the good old jap interior that looks like its been crafted out of a bin lid

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I bought it with 50000 its now got 90000 the gear box always goes bang around 80000 a guy near me replaces them all the time it's supposed to be sealed for life but they don't last it's the same in an x5 and 530d **** idea unfortunately, it's been quite reliable lately though cos my wife drives my old defender now so it never turns a wheel lol. I went to px it on a disco and they offered me 7k I want 8 for it really ive just spent £800 quid on a set of tyres for it who ever buys it off me will get a good one

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I bought it with 50000 its now got 90000 the gear box always goes bang around 80000 a guy near me replaces them all the time it's supposed to be sealed for life but they don't last it's the same in an x5 and 530d **** idea unfortunately, it's been quite reliable lately though cos my wife drives my old defender now so it never turns a wheel lol. I went to px it on a disco and they offered me 7k I want 8 for it really ive just spent £800 quid on a set of tyres for it who ever buys it off me will get a good one

we have a work fleet with some X5's and 530d's-i'll ask the workshops chaps next week what they think of the gearboxes as i didnt realise they were a shared unit. from memory i dont recall either beemers requiring gearbox work.

 

drove the D4 last week with 150,000 still goes well and the 530d had 190k and had a little whistle from the engine but it has had a hard life.

 

D4 for the off road capabiltiy and looks/prestige but I've got to say i'd be having kittens at the running costs.

 

same for the range rovers.love them just mega bucks when they dont work.

 

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There's an auto gearbox specialist in Huddersfield where I had mine repaired and its scattered with range rovers and bmw's as soon as I rang him up telling him the problem he instantly said what mileage is it i said 81000 he instantly said your gearbox is gone because u can't change the oil the filter gets blocked and starves the torque converter it then chews itself up, I drove past today and there were 3 parked outside lol. Also my mates an independent landrover specialist and he told me exact same thing. To be right you could change the oil but you have to remove the sump as there is no drain but it is supposedly sealed for life

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Got to be toyota landcruiser , my mates had one for years the 4.2 diesel it's as good as gold , air on pipes is the common one on them and main dealer want about a grand to put new ones on but local garage changes them to rubber hoses for about £150

 

Hopefully he is going to sell it to me soon

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