Ownership diary of Discovery 5 HSE Lux

I’m the same, in terms of practicality and comfort.

Oldest is now having his driving lessons and his MINI is lined up ready to go.

The only thing for me is in to a 5, 6 cylinders of course or a X5 again.

This is my thought cycle, maybe not as harsh as that and reliability touch wood has been good to me. Oh I do need another window regulator for near side rear.




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Well I thought I’d better blow the cob webs off this post and it isn’t an update to say it’s gone!

Just over 2 years of ownership, some stats
18,540 miles travelled averaging a true 28.36 mpg. Given some of these journeys are <5 mile trips.

Nothing too much to report on. Another window regulator went which I replaced myself and despite having 12 month services, it likes to have an interim oil change due to the oil dilution sensor telling it to, so in theory serviced every 6 months.

Being honest, I do keep an eye out for other potential replacements. I’ve been using my son’s MINI as a bit of a pool car. This averages comfortable 42mpg so is much cheaper to run around in and less headache coming to parking it up and not having to worry about it.

Truth is, the value in these has crashed. Probably linked partly with the cost of living, but the increased insurance premiums, bad press of JLR stuff being stolen hasn’t helped. Trade values are poor, so to get anything decent to replace requires some extra £££ in to cover the negative equity which continually chasing its tail on.

So the love and think about changing relationship continues. Secretly, I do think I’d miss it too much, but a Range Rover Sport I often eye up on the roads would be a good replacement, but then I expect I’d be having the same conversations with myself after another year or so!

Leaning, definitely doesn’t get done as often. Such a chore, it’s a minimum of 2 hours. Yesterday I tackled it again, and out on some nice Fusso wax which should hopefully be more longer lasting and beads really well.


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Service due this week and it’s a big one, £1054 which I think is the most I’ve ever paid for any service! This price also seems to vary dealer to dealer, as in Liverpool it’s £1250! Go figure.

It’ll also get the security update too and I know I’ll get some recommendation to replace the front tyres


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Sounds like a “gulp” moment to me!

 

Wow, that is some service, makes me thankful that I got the 5 year service pack for the U11 X1. That seems a huge amount of money for a service even if it is a big one!

 

That’s even more than the big service on my M5, albeit not by much (~£925). The biggest contributor was changing 8 spark plugs.

 

Yeah I’ve had to mentally prepare myself for it, especially when I’m getting an itch to change into something else (M340/D) perhaps.

Hopefully mate can sort something on price, in the mean time consuming as much freebie as I can

Office view




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Do Range Rovers and Discoveries come with there own "M" tax BMW style ?

£1250 for a service which is probably 2 hours labour, £50 in oil and some filters

Oh and a lengthy list of -- we noticed brakes / tyres are 10% worn would you like us to change them etc

 

Or nowadays an Oil Change and lots of looking at stuff, oh and the usual scoping charge.....which is quite a con

 

BMW dealers get quite a bashing on here and elsewhere but 3 weeks ago my 2018 640d got an MOT and Brake fluid service at my local main dealer for the princely sum of £124. That also included a new 340i touring loan car for the day. I realise that is a minor service but couldn’t quite believe how cheap it actually was.

 

That's a fair price , £55 for the MOT, £10 for some fluid, half an hours labour....so car was free

 

The servicing models are bonkers when JLR involved. I’ll probably also need another interim oil change in 6 months time due to the oil dilution sensor.

The selection of new RR,RRS and Discos is all so tempting. They really are fantastic machines!

Anyways, mate came up trumps and shaved off a bit of the bill. This is all that was done which is in line with the indicated service requirements ion the website. Although no screen wash noted and I had to ask for the key batteries to be done!

Also, booked in again for the security update as their topic system went down.

Tyres advisory on the front as approaching 2.5mm. I may get this done when update is done, although winters will soon be going on as I can’t seem to shift these.





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Blimey!.. 41% off parts + labour for a mere £144, your mate did you a huge favour, well done

 

He sure did, so grateful to him.

Tyres will be next on the list, and then the intermediary oil change in Feb or March.


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So first update of 2025, I’ll be coming up to 3 years ownership this summer.

All going fine on the ownership front. Aside from a new tyre, no other unforeseen or planned costs so far. I’m half expecting an interim oil change to appear, as it has historically but nothing so far, of course I’ve probably jinxed myself now! The next planned service is a big one which includes belts to be changed, this is circa £1500 in JLR. Hoping my friend is able to help again.

Nothing else really to update in terms of day to day use.

Scores on the door for long term MPG is 28.2 mpg with an average 23.6p per mile.

In terms of changing, the miles are creeping up so I do think it’s time to start looking. The problem is the depreciation. I also think compared to some other owners stories, this one is quite well behaved, so why change if it’s not broke.

I do continue to frequent the BMW used car site, whilst filtering 340i and 340d!

Lastly, I participated in a paid toured green laning day. It was fantastic and reflect just how completely capable this machine is, even for a beginner like me!




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