Newbie seeking advice

Hello people

Any of you fine landy owners help me out with some advice, i am looking to purchase my first Landrover. I need a vehicle that is cheap to buy but usable from the start. My budget is small at no more than a £1000 but i am able to slowly feed money into as i go.

I need the landy to be able to transport me the dog and various bits of kit along rough but made roads several times a week. I was thinking of picking up a series model but not sure if it is the right thing to do. I am a competent mechanic and like i said can improve it as i go so please any advice is welcome. What should i do.

many thanks

Bootcha

for that price you could get a disco wich would do all of that as you can take out the back seats and jus leave the front two in a guy on here has done it. or a series if you like that go anywere, uncomfortabe, useable, cheap, cheap parts, fixable, noisy and fun get a series

yep, get a disco if you cover any distance on fast roads ( can't do fast roads with a series) otherwise you pays yer money..........

( can't do fast roads with a series)

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You can do fast roads, just at a more leisurely pace! Give you time to take in the scenery

Ok I accept that, BUT you can't hold a conversation at anything more than 30mph in a series ( not sure about county variants on that though)

oh yes yu can - yu just need two of these

Nah, thats rubbish! Yeah you have to shout a bit but you can easily hear each other

rustyrhinos said:

Nah, thats rubbish! Yeah you have to shout a bit but you can easily hear each other

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pardon speak up i cant hear you

Okay i hadnt thought along the disco lines, but its something that i am going to have to look at. Next question then, what do you advise i look at i guess diesel over petrol but is there an engine or model to avoid.

Bootcha said:

Okay i hadnt thought along the disco lines, but its something that i am going to have to look at. Next question then, what do you advise i look at i guess diesel over petrol but is there an engine or model to avoid.

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Avoid the 2.0 MPI petrol engine. Ideally you want a 300tdi diesel but a 200tdi is just as good. The only downfall with a disco is rust. The 200tdi vehicles are older than the 300tdi so more likely to be rusty but both engines are sound.

trax99 said:

yep, get a disco if you cover any distance on fast roads ( can't do fast roads with a series) otherwise you pays yer money..........

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disco is definatley your best choice i travel loads of road miles in mine and it is more than capable off road also i picked mine up off ebay for £600 standard done a lot of work to it since. So you could get a cheap one then spend the rest of your budget on some tyres

Second Ratty, if your doing the Series route though:-

2.25 3 bearing doosel - ok
2.25 5 bearing dooeseselel - good
2.25 petrol - built like a tank and will run for ever - but has a drink problem
2.6 petrol - DONT
3.5 V8 stage 1 - if you can get one in good nick buy it - if you then don't like it I'll buy it off you:5bhurray:

Becky B said:

disco is definatley your best choice i travel loads of road miles in mine and it is more than capable off road also i picked mine up off ebay for £600 standard done a lot of work to it since. So you could get a cheap one then spend the rest of your budget on some tyres

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now that sounds like a good idea .....

trax99 said:

Second Ratty, if your doing the Series route though:-

2.25 3 bearing doosel - ok
2.25 5 bearing dooeseselel - good
2.25 petrol - built like a tank and will run for ever - but has a drink problem
2.6 petrol - DONT
3.5 V8 stage 1 - if you can get one in good nick buy it - if you then don't like it I'll buy it off you:5bhurray:

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I want that cow !!!!! From ya sig !!!

it is only 2" tall - dead clever pic my daughter took though makes it look bigger - mmmm - that'd be good:biggrin1:

if I can find the pic though I'll up load it