bit of advice needed

Whitey1973 · Mar 21, 2011

my previous thread was asking for advice about buying something to just have some fun in, I might have found a disco (although I was looking for a defender) only thing is its an auto. I have driven autos before but purely on the road.... infact I have never driven off road except when locating/parking my caravan ......does this count?????
anyway back to my point would I be hampered with an auto or is this a better option??????
any advice?

goonarmy · Mar 21, 2011

auto will be fine

DefenderOffender · Mar 21, 2011

Auto is fine if anything people will debate they are better offroad

wiltshire landyman · Mar 21, 2011

assuming its the v8 it will be brilliant offroad

if its a doozil the auto is very underpowerd ,offroad in low box it aint as bad,but onroad they are terrible they take forever to get goin

landy1uk · Mar 21, 2011

Mines auto Diesel TD5 don't seem underpowerd to me, get's going reasonable quick,I Offroad it blooming great, off road I prefer auto, mind you I can't really compare to manual disco as not had a manuel one,
only other ones I offroaded are a 1998 diesel man Freelander and a 1970 Series 2a man, out the 3 prefer auto put in drive and forget and in low,
some times if need the low gear i'll put it in 3rd or second.
not got stuck yet. I watch were I take at the moment as no protection underneath yet soon will be

wiltshire landyman · Mar 21, 2011

landy1uk said:
Mines auto Diesel TD5 don't seem underpowerd to me, get's going reasonable quick,I Offroad it blooming great, off road I prefer auto, mind you I can't really compare to manual disco as not had a manuel one,
only other ones I offroaded are a 1998 diesel man Freelander and a 1970 Series 2a man, out the 3 prefer auto put in drive and forget and in low,
some times if need the low gear i'll put it in 3rd or second.
not got stuck yet. I watch were I take at the moment as no protection underneath yet soon will be

dunno bout the td5 ive only driven a 300 tdi auto and it was awful

bobbler · Mar 22, 2011

had a 300tdi auto jap import disco and tbh it wasnt that bad.

might have been cause it was a later model and LR allegedly upped the power but picked up fine, kept up with my mates tuned 200tdi (fuel pump & turbo tweaked) disco but was better on fuel so I was quite happy

only thing I didnt like was 1st low seemed too high and the engine braking didnt work as well as a manual box but for the OP that shouldnt be too much of an issue.

landy1uk · Mar 22, 2011

wiltshire landyman said:
dunno bout the td5 ive only driven a 300 tdi auto and it was awful

lol opposit to me only disco i've had is this one

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