After some advice again!

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Great thing about old discos is you can now buy one with a decent MOT and in useable condition for the princely sum of 5 or 6 hundred quid. This means that you can buy one, run it for some time and if it turns out to be a pile of ****e, cash it in and get another one without losing much or indeed any of your hard earned. In fact it's reasonable to expect the best part of a year's use and then a profit if you use your loaf.
 
Just needed to check though cus there are some 5 seaters knocking about and they're no good to me. whereabout is this disco then? pm me if you wish.

thanks
 
sturose said:
OK thanks anyway, just have to keep looking.
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So sturose, you are looking for a 7 seater Disco, you seem to be opting for diesel? and it sounds like you haven't done much work on cars before and you want the vehicle for general running around not just off-roading - would that be about it?

Do you have a preference for manual or autoboxes?

If you want cheap and basic transport with a good level of reliability and cheap to fix, I would suggest a Tdi 200 manual. If you want something that feels a bit more refined, go for a Tdi300 either man or auto.

The crucial issues with the 10yr+ Discos is RUST RUST RUST. Most of the common mechanical problems are relatively straightforward and reasonably priced to fix.

Have you found an LR specialist garage close to you yet. Getting servicing done at LR dealers for older Discos is an expensive nightmare, so plan to find a local specialist.

Have you driven any Disco's yet. Not as daft a question as it might sound, people often buy Discos without driving them for a number of reasons and then complain that they don't run/drive properly. These vehicles weigh over 2000kgs and only have about 111-120bhp - so they are slow & large by comparison to driving an average family car - are you ready for that?

Please don't get me wrong, I love my Discos, but I do all the servicing & repairs on them myself so the costs are very low (parts are cheap!!) and I have realistic performance expectations.

MPG for example, are you ready for 30mpg for a diesel, 14mpg for a V8 petrol?

Do you see what I'm getting at now? I wasn't trying to be argumentative, I was just trying to get you to tell us, what your needs/wants are, so that we can advice you constructively.

Good luck

Dave
 
it sounds like you haven't done much work on cars before
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I was a little sarcastic there, I don't know much about discos but I can do most BASIC work on a car. My current car is a renault savanna and I serviced it myself and am just about to do the brakes myself. I am reasonably competent with a haynes manual at my side.

Do you have a preference for manual or autoboxes?
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No preference, I am going to view a TDi300 auto tomorrow.

Have you driven any Disco's yet
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Very short test drives but I realise that a motor of this size will not perform the same way a family car will. I have driven larger vehicles before and prefer it.

MPG for example, are you ready for 30mpg for a diesel, 14mpg for a V8 petrol?
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30 mpg is more than I get out of my 2ltr savanna. I don't want a V8 due to the high fuel consumption.

You have said nothing to put me off, I realise it will be quite a difference from the car I drive now but I am having a hell of a game getting parts for my savanna. I don't like modern seven seaters like galaxys or zafiras and discos are solid reliable motors with parts readily available. There are several stockists of new and used parts local to me.
I have done a little homework!!
 
you want to spend at least an hour looking around the car, checking the points i mentioned before, i mean really check for corrotion, the chassis don't normaly rust on discos (apart from a little surface rust) unless you are handy with a grinder and a welder don't touch one with body rot, oh and paint blisters are normaly a sign of aluminium pannels reacting with steel framework
 
G-man said:
the chassis don't normaly rust on discos (apart from a little surface rust)
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However when they do go it tends to be where the towbar bolts to the chassis legs. As there's a dip there that fills up with crud and ****e and rots out. Right where you'd fit rear jate rings. I know cos when I took the plough off mine I put my fingers through the chassis there.
 
A few years back I bought a 'cheap' Discovery, as I did not have the funds to buy a Defender, which was what I really wanted.
At the time I was not wise to the things to look for on a used Disco.
You learn quick though!!
Since then I have spent ££££s on it, with more to come as the boot floor and sill replacement are looming come next MOT.
In hindsight looking at the amount that has been spent on it, perhaps I should have just gone and bought a Disco II or a Defender in the first place, but Land Rovers are an institution and you do fall in love with them, no matter how much grief they cause!
Oh well, live and learn......:rolleyes:

Remember there are loads of used Discoverys out there for sale, take your time, don't buy the first one you see...... and you'll eventually pick a good one.
 
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