What would you buy ( Advice wanted )

Lexington · Oct 16, 2010

I have seen two Discoveries - One is a late model 300tdi Safari with 99000 miles on it and the other is an early TD5 S with around 130000 miles.
Both are similar money .
Both look tidy .
At the minute , I am leaning towards the Safari but would welcome your opinions.

90boy · Oct 16, 2010

300tdi every time

foss · Oct 16, 2010

the 300 no question (from a td5 owner)

thought it was mine! · Oct 16, 2010

ive got a td5 love it to bits, but the 300 more user friendly better for the diy grease monkey.TD5 costs a lot more when it goes tits up

foss · Oct 16, 2010

put it this way....if i had a 300 & it had cost me as much as the td5...it would be in "just left the assembly line" condition...

horse62 · Oct 16, 2010

Seems there is far less to go wrong electronic wise on the 300 I looked at both and went for a 300 TDi in the end, mine still has problems but its 13 years old and its reasonably cheap to fix.

Srm · Oct 16, 2010

There is much more comfort in the Td5 however the 300 tdi will leave your wallet with a bit more in it.

thebiglad · Oct 16, 2010

Lexington said:
I have seen two Discoveries - One is a late model 300tdi Safari with 99000 miles on it and the other is an early TD5 S with around 130000 miles.
Both are similar money .
Both look tidy .
At the minute , I am leaning towards the Safari but would welcome your opinions.

I would be going for the TD5 for one reason only - Rust. It's the Achilles heel of the TDi 300

Lexington · Oct 17, 2010

Thanks for the advice guys.
I think the tdi is the way to go.

Nigel-S · Oct 17, 2010

Depends what you are going to use the vehicle for?

eightinavee · Oct 17, 2010

thebiglad said:
I would be going for the TD5 for one reason only - Rust. It's the Achilles heel of the TDi 300

And the TD5's are going the same way......

oldskool · Oct 18, 2010

thebiglad said:
I would be going for the TD5 for one reason only - Rust. It's the Achilles heel of the TDi 300

Cos TD5's don't rust do they :doh:

thebiglad · Oct 18, 2010

By comparison to D1, Discovery 2 is a paragon of virtue when it comes to rust.

Yes, owners have had some rust above the windscreen - caused by stones and could/should have been treated. The chassis can show some rust also. But nothing compared to the littany of bodywork repairs required on a D1.

Boot floors; how many boot floors have you heard of being replaced on a D2? Ditto rear wheel arches, inner and outer wings, rear crossmembers and body supports, inner front wings, A & B pillar bottoms.

Come on guys get real - TDi300's are great but rusty, end of.

trax99 · Oct 18, 2010

yep, tdi's go rusty, nice easy thing to fix, rust.

however, ACE, air suspension, complex engines etc etc arn't

tid all the way - nice, simple engineering

trax99 · Oct 18, 2010

wish I could f****** spell, i meant tdi

Big Stu 12 · Oct 18, 2010

Just buy what you like and can afford........

Disco01 · Oct 18, 2010

As Nigel-S said, what are you going to be using the vehicle for? Mostly on road, with a bit of off roading, I'd go for a Td5. Mostly off road, with a bit of on roading then go for a 300 Tdi. Obviously there are good and bad examples of both. 300s and Td5s have their pros and cons, not just the engine, which have been discussed plenty of times.

eightinavee · Oct 18, 2010

thebiglad said:
By comparison to D1, Discovery 2 is a paragon of virtue when it comes to rust.

Yes, owners have had some rust above the windscreen - caused by stones and could/should have been treated. The chassis can show some rust also. But nothing compared to the littany of bodywork repairs required on a D1.

Boot floors; how many boot floors have you heard of being replaced on a D2? Ditto rear wheel arches, inner and outer wings, rear crossmembers and body supports, inner front wings, A & B pillar bottoms.

Come on guys get real - TDi300's are great but rusty, end of.[/quote Maybe its warmer and drier in central France,here in the cold,damp and oft well salted west country they are working their way back to earth at an amazing rate.The 99my one I have on the ramp at the moment is going to need a chassis soon along with all the steel coolant pipes,ACE pipes and brake pipes.I dare not look under the carpets anywhere,I've seen enough already.
I saw a TD5 disco chassis a little while ago that would have collapsed in half had the car not been scrapped,then another 99my car that went in for scrappage as the chassis had a 20x2" hole in it.
The first front to rear brake pipes I did on a D2 were on a 3 yr old car...
Granted in some places the D2 is less prone to rust,but when it gets into them they are not so DIY repairable as the D1.But we need not worry as the D3's seem to be rusting quicker than the other two put together.

foss · Oct 18, 2010

thebiglad said:
By comparison to D1, Discovery 2 is a paragon of virtue when it comes to rust.

Yes, owners have had some rust above the windscreen - caused by stones and could/should have been treated. The chassis can show some rust also. But nothing compared to the littany of bodywork repairs required on a D1.

Boot floors; how many boot floors have you heard of being replaced on a D2? Ditto rear wheel g
arches, inner and outer wings, rear crossmembers and body supports, inner front wings, A & B pillar bottoms.

Come on guys get real - TDi300's are great but rusty, end of.

Yep...mines got a small line of bubbles along the top of the screen...but that's a job for the summer and my bro in laws spray booth...

Hedgehog70 · Oct 18, 2010

I have had several of both. If you can afford to run and fix a TD5 then that's the one I would recommend

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