Hi cracking forum you have here,first off my name is paul but ive been known as jonah since i was about 2years old, i live in Birmingham and used to own a 300tdi about 5 years ago, since then ive had a bmw and a rover75 v6 2.5.
I have now decided to purchase a discovery td5 and have around £7000 to play with and would really like some advice on what to look for etc also any advice on any trusted 4x4 dealers within the midlands
Thanks

heres soe advice, avoid any advice on cars from our resident mod Sirus, he's got more scrappers than a scrap yard.........

with the current 4x4 market and 7k to play with you could have a couple of disco's and still have change to fill 'em up a few times. good luck mate.

With a budget of £7000 and a bit of luck you should be able to buy a facelift Td5 - post 2002 - with a better engine and lots of improvements to aid reliability.

Also, re gearboxes, if you are interested in fuel consumption/mpg, go for a manual box.

The aerodynamics of these vehicles dictates a motorway cruising speed of 60-65mpg for reasonable mpg, otherwise fuel consumption starts to get heavy.

If you cruise on a motorway at 60mph, with an autobox, and come to a hill you will slow down a bit and into the "torque lockup zone" speed, just where you don't want to be. Noise will increase and mpg will go down.

Good luck in your search

Dave

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'98 Disco Tdi 300 auto,
'93 Disco Tdi 200 manual,


2005 Suzuki Bandit 1200

Thanks for that it will have to be an automatic for me

Saw a nice td5 the other day in Stockport on a garage forecourt.Think it was w reg one owner not sure transmission. Service history .It had window price £4995.I know for a fact that the garage has been struggling with sales so Im sure he would be willing to negotiate.

Bought my 2000 TD5 from Gotham car sales ( so truly a Batcar). With my usual sense of timing I did it just before the 4x4 price crash but at least it sneaks under the increased tax by twelve weeks. They seemed vey helpful, service, credit check and MOT included. Later they paid for me to have the engine injector wiring loom replaced locally to save having to take it back to them for a misfire. Very happy with the car which they had sold it to the previous owner, and had serviced for him.

It's near Nottingham

They seem to have a few pass through their site

I have no connection other than one time customer.

Gotham Car Sales, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Hi I got my 2001 disco 2 TD5 7 seat ES Auto for £3495 56,000 miles 1 owner full service history. Leather and all extras privacy glass etc lots of car for the ££££s

Rust.

All ya have to do now is afford to run the bastid