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That one would look much better with the wheels returned to oem silver. (Or replaced by the lovely Landmark alloys)

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Even I thought ooh for a moment. Until I saw the price !
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Yeah saw that earlier and I love the engine but a white Disco4 is about as undesirable as it gets to me.

Theres was some cool stuff on there when I was mooching around this morning though.

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/200 ... eo-156-gta

Can't decide if this is a cool oddball or the waste of a good car

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/196 ... ord-estate
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Yeah, the black wheels/windows look awful.
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ZedLeg wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 4:20 pm
Can't decide if this is a cool oddball or the waste of a good car

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/196 ... ord-estate
it looks like exactly what it is - a saloon with an estate back crudely attached.
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ZedLeg wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 4:20 pm saw
Can't decide if this is a cool oddball or the waste of a good car

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/196 ... ord-estate
The latter.

You can hardly tell that it’s a conversion. So long as you spoon your eyeballs out first of course.
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To be fair, even the king of estates - Volvo couldn't manage a back door that fitted the estate conversion back in the day on their 200 series.
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mik wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 4:43 pm
ZedLeg wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 4:20 pm saw
Can't decide if this is a cool oddball or the waste of a good car

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/196 ... ord-estate
The latter.

You can hardly tell that it’s a conversion. So long as you spoon your eyeballs out first of course.
Aye, a vinyl roof is always a good tell for a conversion that's a bit of a bodge.
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16vCento wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 4:12 pm Oooo.

Not sure about the white though 🤔
But an actual proper engine...

Wheels can be sorted easily as mik says.
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No interior shots, so not sure if that is 6sp or 8sp box?
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If you can get 15mpg out of the V8 D4 I’ll be mightily impressed.

The D4 party truck of going down the road at 80 feeling like a Destroyer in the Pacific will drain its tank like a mofo.

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Rich B wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 4:24 pm
ZedLeg wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 4:20 pm
Can't decide if this is a cool oddball or the waste of a good car

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/196 ... ord-estate
it looks like exactly what it is - a saloon with an estate back crudely attached.
This. Lines, trim, everything looks wrong. And what's going on with the rear wheels? The camber looks iffy to say the least.
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mik wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:07 pm No interior shots, so not sure if that is 6sp or 8sp box?
6 according to the blurb mik. I assume the ZF8 went into widespread use a bit later than 2011 - I dont know. It was in our 2012 125 mind.
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My XF is a 2012 and is the 8 speed ZF box, I know the XK 5.0 had the 6 speed for quite a while.
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I had it in my head there were concerns about the robustness of the ZF8 when launched vs the old ZF6, but I'm fairly sure it was put in the 535i models around that time so maybe there weren't.
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Swervin_Mervin wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 8:47 pm I had it in my head there were concerns about the robustness of the ZF8 when launched vs the old ZF6, but I'm fairly sure it was put in the 535i models around that time so maybe there weren't.
My 530d had the 8sp, but the 740d was only ever given the 6sp. You’d normally expect the posher car to get the latest new tech first so it’s totally possible there were concerns it might not hold up with more power & weight to cope with.

FWIW I never noticed the difference in driving them.
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Swervin_Mervin wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 3:58 pm Not a want of mine but I know there are a few sadists in here that have a love for the unreliable heaps that JLR turn out:

V8 Disco 4
£32,750 winning bid :shock:
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The way this forum truncates the visible link makes that read 'peedster'. :lol:
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Swervin_Mervin wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:02 am
Swervin_Mervin wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 3:58 pm Not a want of mine but I know there are a few sadists in here that have a love for the unreliable heaps that JLR turn out:

V8 Disco 4
£32,750 winning bid :shock:
Oof. Plus another £2k buyer commission.

You’ve got to really want the v8 for that premium!
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