I think I'm Buying A Discovery 2

Hi All,

After being a long time lurker on here, decided to take the plunge and get myself a disco. I've looked through lots of threads with some good advice for buying one, but I have a few questions I have not really found answers for.

I'm buying mainly as a weekend toy, something for a bit of greenlaning and P+P. Not out to spend a fortune, so some of the high milage stuff fits my bracket. No objections on spending money to get it to what I want, but I'd rather buy something decent to begin with rather than spend all my money sticking a POS back together. I've a list of the stuff to check from a couple of threads on here which I have been using on the ones I've been to see (and there are some really bad ones so far)

In terms of engines I'm fairly open to either petrol or diesels. There seem to be a fair few V8's with LPG conversions with underslung tanks - although the general consensus seems to be that that these are not so great with offroading in mind. So I've been looking round at some TD5's also which i've seen a few that fit what I want, but some are fairly high milage.

Talking to a few people at the LRO show, it seems that the 200/300tdi's are good for 300,000 miles - are the TD5's in the same kind of longevity range? What about the 3.9 petrols? I'm not going to (initially) be piling the milage on, but its nice to know that if I need to sell it, it not going to be an issue if the milage is high

I guess a lot comes down the the life they have had, and the servicing etc that they have been given. I'd probably look at getting a decent service or overhaul done as a first job anyway

Also, people seem to prefer the 200/300tdi's for the lack of electronics, is there anything I need to be aware of on a TD5/Petrols if it ends up getting a bit wet - anything need doing to begin with?

Thanks in advance

J

200 or 300 tdi all the way for what you need it for. down side is , you will properly have to get the welder out to sort bodywork rot.. disco 2 with a 300 tdi would be a nice twist. are you any good with the spanners? ... buy a disco 2, with a fooked v8 , and drop a 300 tdi lump in .... thought about this myself... At the end of the day it all depends what floats ya boat, and how many road miles your going to be doing... TD5 great when running good , but can be a nightmare when things start to fail , and the mileage your looking at, things are going to start playing up. parts also not cheap for td5 .... v8 a great lump for offroad , but you may find it hard to sell , if that was the case. if i could have just a offroad toy it would be a v8 with no lpg.

I have 2 underslung LPG tanks which i would just **** my pants about if it was heavy off roading, solution could be a 2/3" lift. i love the sound of a TD5 engine , i think thats what i will eventually end up with. LPG is great aslong as there is garages near you that sell it, v8s with lpg seem to be cheaper than the equal 200/300tdi . my 3.9 lpg has got alot of service history and paperwork for it, and its just gone to 163,000 on the clock, i do need to do a little work on the engine to try and sort out the tappets, but i have seen disco 2 4.0 lpgs for around £3k with high mileage , all depends on your budget and what spec of car you want. Sorry if im waffling

Thanks for the information.

Got my eye on a TD5 and a V8 at the moment, going to view one tonight so fingers crossed.

Joel