Just booked a test drive

I've just booked a test drive of the Discovery 3.

Having looked at it up close, it's not as bad as I thought it was.

It's worse.

The way my mind works on this is "Find the people who designed the Transit
Connect, have them build some ungodly bastard offspring of the Transit
Connect and the Range Rover and then feed it an ugly pill, followed by
sandpapering it for a month and then finally clubbing it with a baseball
bat"

The thing is hideous. It really is.

With a bit of luck the test drive will sell me on it, but I'm not sure why
something like a Disco needs a 6 speed box or that crappy centre console.
It's not too expensive thought - the 5 door diesel one is £22k with the 7
door diesel coming in at £24k. I'm not even going to look at the petrol.

P.

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Paul S. Brown wrote:
> I've just booked a test drive of the Discovery 3.
>
> Having looked at it up close, it's not as bad as I thought it was.
>
> It's worse.
>
> The way my mind works on this is "Find the people who designed the
> Transit Connect, have them build some ungodly bastard offspring of
> the Transit Connect and the Range Rover and then feed it an ugly
> pill, followed by sandpapering it for a month and then finally
> clubbing it with a baseball bat"
>
> The thing is hideous. It really is.
>
> With a bit of luck the test drive will sell me on it, but I'm not
> sure why something like a Disco needs a 6 speed box or that crappy
> centre console. It's not too expensive thought - the 5 door diesel
> one is £22k with the 7 door diesel coming in at £24k. I'm not even
> going to look at the petrol.
>
> P.


22k? Where did you get those prices from or is that +VAT and the 7 door
version is news to me or should that read 7-seat!! I was told that the
entry level 7 seater was a shade under 30k and wasn't available until 2005
anyway

Darren Griffin - PocketGPS wrote:

> Paul S. Brown wrote:
>> I've just booked a test drive of the Discovery 3.
>>
>> Having looked at it up close, it's not as bad as I thought it was.
>>
>> It's worse.
>>
>> The way my mind works on this is "Find the people who designed the
>> Transit Connect, have them build some ungodly bastard offspring of
>> the Transit Connect and the Range Rover and then feed it an ugly
>> pill, followed by sandpapering it for a month and then finally
>> clubbing it with a baseball bat"
>>
>> The thing is hideous. It really is.
>>
>> With a bit of luck the test drive will sell me on it, but I'm not
>> sure why something like a Disco needs a 6 speed box or that crappy
>> centre console. It's not too expensive thought - the 5 door diesel
>> one is £22k with the 7 door diesel coming in at £24k. I'm not even
>> going to look at the petrol.
>>
>> P.
>
>
> 22k? Where did you get those prices from or is that +VAT and the 7 door
> version is news to me or should that read 7-seat!! I was told that the
> entry level 7 seater was a shade under 30k and wasn't available until 2005
> anyway

I got those prices from the pricing handout thingy that the dealer gave me
today. Even with VAT added to that price you're still looking at a
driveaway price of £25k.

I'll scan the flyer and stick the scan up somewhere.


And that should have read "Seats" - not "Doors" -sorry.

P.

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Paul S. Brown wrote:

>
> I got those prices from the pricing handout thingy that the dealer gave me
> today. Even with VAT added to that price you're still looking at a
> driveaway price of £25k.
>
> I'll scan the flyer and stick the scan up somewhere.
>
>
> And that should have read "Seats" - not "Doors" -sorry.

Scanner's not working just now, but here's the OTR (with VAT) prices from
the flyer:

TDV6 (5 seat) - £26,995
TDV6 (7 seat) - £28,995
Diesel S model - £31,995
Diesel SE model - £36,995
Diesel HSE model - £41,995
Petrol S Model - £37,995
Petrol SE model - £42,995
Petrol HSE model - £46,995

All of those include a years road tax, and registration fees.

So, not much more than the TD5 was at launch really, especially allowing for
5 years of (low) inflation in the meanwhile.

P.

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In message <[email protected]>, Darren
Griffin - PocketGPS <[email protected]> writes
>Paul S. Brown wrote:
>> I've just booked a test drive of the Discovery 3.
>>
>> Having looked at it up close, it's not as bad as I thought it was.
>>
>> It's worse.
>>
>> The way my mind works on this is "Find the people who designed the
>> Transit Connect, have them build some ungodly bastard offspring of
>> the Transit Connect and the Range Rover and then feed it an ugly
>> pill, followed by sandpapering it for a month and then finally
>> clubbing it with a baseball bat"
>>
>> The thing is hideous. It really is.
>>
>> With a bit of luck the test drive will sell me on it, but I'm not
>> sure why something like a Disco needs a 6 speed box or that crappy
>> centre console. It's not too expensive thought - the 5 door diesel
>> one is £22k with the 7 door diesel coming in at £24k. I'm not even
>> going to look at the petrol.
>>
>> P.
>
>
>22k? Where did you get those prices from or is that +VAT and the 7 door
>version is news to me or should that read 7-seat!! I was told that the
>entry level 7 seater was a shade under 30k and wasn't available until 2005
>anyway
>

The brochure says 'On the road price' for 5-seater is £26,995 and entry
level 7-seater is £28,995. These figures include VAT, £165 Road Fund
Licence and £38 Government Vehicle First Registration Fee
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Peter