Discovery 3 - Is it possible to avoid a moneypit?
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LetsHopeItFits
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I'm not saying they can't tackle rough stuff - I'm saying that they will break eventually from being bashed, unlike something with low range that can just crawl over, and particulerly down stuff.
A Forester with a bit of a lift and some bigger tyres definately would, but then I'm not sure how much that would compromise it on the road.
Very good suggestion, particularly the slightly newer diesel version, I shall look into one of those.
From what I've gathered, the Prado 150 is better, and ACE is notoriously unreliable and expensive to fix, is it not?
14.5mpg is what my disco would average, 12mpg around town, 17mpg if I was careful. On standard size ATs, nothing on the roof, etc.
A small-ish petrol is fine, a big diesel is fine. I want at least 25mpg, more would be nice, less is unacceptable.
I agree, I did it in my stock disco. You can do it in a stock shogun sport if you avoid the bombhole. You can do it in a stock Panda 4x4 if you don't mind bashing it a bit. You can do it in a lifted Mazda MX5 too. I mentioned Strata because its a relatively well know greenlane that you need a decent 4x4 to do it in if you want to complete it without and damage.
A D3 or a Prado can do both, I much prefer the D3, but if a D3 is going to break, fail its MoT and bankrupt me, I'll look for a Prado.
Driving to or from the greenlane at 85.
Its time to call it - I won't buy a D3, or any other Land Rover, for at least a few years.
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Are you getting upset because we gave you an answer you don't like?
A D3 will cost you plenty, it's a knackered old luxury 4x4.
A D2 is also the same but less expensive to put right, they don't all have ace you know.
Many green laning idiots have knackered jacked up D2s, wreck em, take the bolt on tat off then stick it on another knackered old D2 then repeat.
It's obvious you haven't learned that life is a compromise, unless you are rich but even then someone will have more money than you.
In the meantime I will make sure I keep away from knackered old 4x4s doing 85mph in the fast lane.
A D3 will cost you plenty, it's a knackered old luxury 4x4.
A D2 is also the same but less expensive to put right, they don't all have ace you know.
Many green laning idiots have knackered jacked up D2s, wreck em, take the bolt on tat off then stick it on another knackered old D2 then repeat.
It's obvious you haven't learned that life is a compromise, unless you are rich but even then someone will have more money than you.
In the meantime I will make sure I keep away from knackered old 4x4s doing 85mph in the fast lane.
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A disco that does 14mpg sounds a bit poorly to me
And after all that…
Mine is not wallowy and can sit on a motorway all day at 80 if I wanted.
Not sure what you drove.
A D2 on rear air is like a race car compared to a D3 handling wise.
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… After 4 pages of “I want a D3”, and then culminating in “I’m not getting a LR for a few years”
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I scanned through this and my advice would be to definitely not buy one based entirely on the responses from the OP.
He's already decided it will be a nightmare so I don't see why you'd go into it like that. Hang on to your Subaru!
He's already decided it will be a nightmare so I don't see why you'd go into it like that. Hang on to your Subaru!
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