Hull Disco

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fairway1

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Hello all!

My name is Ashley & I live in Kingston Upon Hull, East Yorkshire.

I've recently, and initially reluctantly, become the rather proud owner of a 1997 300TDI Discovery (three door, automatic).

Truth is, I'm moving over to sunny Spain later this year and I was actually on the look out for a small, car derived type van, something like a Corsa van or a Belingo van, which I could use to help transport my things over there, as well as use as a daily run around, then sell it on after I've moved.

My manager at work heared on the grape vine that I was after such a vehicle and reminded me he wanted rid of his Discovery, as he now drives a new Vectra it was surplus to requirements. He'd only owned this Discovery 5 or 6 months, never had any problems with it and told me he would happily let it go to me for exactly the price he paid for it when he bought it a few months previously.

I purchased it (08/01/2013) for £1000. It is taxed until the end of this month but is MOT'd until May. Theres 129,000 on the clock and is all round good condition.

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My manager purchased this Disco from the firm who have an office next door to ours over is Stallingborough, near Grimsby.

They where a firm of diving instructors, and the Disco (with it's beefy tow bar) was used to pull trailers with little boats on and trailers full of diving gear. There was a spare wheel cover fitted which had an advert for them printed on it and their contact details, but I removed it & gave them it back because I think they forgot it was still fitted when the sold the vehicle.

I'm not sure how long the diving instructor firm owned the Discovery for, but it appears to have been a fair while & they've looked after it well. They had a new timing belt (the full kit, adjuster etc) fitted not so long ago as well as servicing (in house) at regular intervals. They also had those beefier wheels / tyres fitted and I think they look great! The snorkel was fitted for when they had to reverse trailers into rivers / lakes to load or unload their boat from the trailer.
 
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