Discovery I or Discovery II?

I own a 1998 Discovery V8 and am looking at getting a second one for me
since
the wife won't let me drive it anymore.

I'm totally happy with the 98 and would easily buy a used one without ever
trying the a Series II. Should I spend a couple g's more for a 1999 series
II or stick with another 98? I have the full cd-rom service manual and like
being able to fix it myself as well. Only 1 dealer within 100miles and they
are expensive. I read the series II as not being end-user servicable.

Thanks.

On or around Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:59:54 -0700, "DsRt" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>I own a 1998 Discovery V8 and am looking at getting a second one for me
>since
>the wife won't let me drive it anymore.
>
>I'm totally happy with the 98 and would easily buy a used one without ever
>trying the a Series II. Should I spend a couple g's more for a 1999 series
>II or stick with another 98? I have the full cd-rom service manual and like
>being able to fix it myself as well. Only 1 dealer within 100miles and they
>are expensive. I read the series II as not being end-user servicable.

not so easily, certainly. and ISTR that the original TD5 was disappointing
in the way it performed apart from more top end power.

I'd vote with a late series I and saving the cash, meself. Apart from the
clever bits like HDC, SLS and ACE, there's little to chose. If you don;t
want those bits, then there's not much to be gained.

In <O9udd.112409$a85.34523@fed1read04> DsRt wrote:
> I own a 1998 Discovery V8 and am looking at getting a second one for
> me since the wife won't let me drive it anymore.
>
> I'm totally happy with the 98 and would easily buy a used one without
> ever trying the a Series II. Should I spend a couple g's more for a
> 1999 series II or stick with another 98? I have the full cd-rom
> service manual and like being able to fix it myself as well. Only 1
> dealer within 100miles and they are expensive. I read the series II as
> not being end-user servicable.

I was looking to replace my Series I (1996 V8 ES) with a Series II last
year. I drove all the way down to Reading to see one. I drove the best
part of 200 miles down there in my Series I and then took a fully kitted
ES V8 Series II out for a test drive. I didn't buy it in the end because,
despite ACE and sports mode on the auto, I would have been really hard
pushed to tell the difference between them in handling, comfort or
performance. If anything it seemed a bit sluggish compared to the Series
I - maybe it weighs a bit more ?

I ended up keeping the Series I rather than spending 10 grand to
"upgrade" and used some of the money I'd saved to build a new
competition motor

cheers

Dave W.
http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/