Sorry

Unfortunately after 15 months of Land Rover ownership due to a major life change I've had to do the unthinkable and trade my Disco in for a 'sensible family car'.
After several large repair bills and having to compete mpg wise with a car that regularly does 60+ the final straw came last month when we found out we're expecting our first child. I spent many a long hour trying to find some way we could magically make my Disco stop costing us but it was to no avail.
With a very (very!) heavy heart I went down to a local car dealer and traded my 'Rover in for a sensible, economical, very reliable small family car. The paperwork has been signed and the countdown has begun for what will be one of the hardest days in my motoring life to date. Monday at 12 o'clock the exchange will take place.
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Sorry, I'm getting all emotional thinking about it!

I will still occasionally have a look in here, once bitten by the Landy bug I know it will never leave.

How easy is it to prise a Skoda badge off a steering wheel and replace it with a Land Rover badge? I think it could be the only way I will be able to cope with my loss.

I thought a disco WAS a sensible family car

Get yourself a Freelander Xedi, our 6 year old loves ours. Its as good on MPG as our Picasso and it IS a Landrover.

Congrats on the news. Its a fantastic time and I hope all goes well and you enjoy it as much as I do.

Congratulations................................

But a SKODA..................................

You should have learnt how to use a spanner!!!!

And brew ya own fuel!!!!

I hope you can live with yaself

Have a happy life...............

Skoda? The VRS is a superb motor- same floorpan as the golf and Audi

Hello Kev... Good news about the new squealer, shame about the Disco.
Does the garage do most of the work on it?
If so I have an idea.... and you could still own a Landy.

The answer is simple.

Once the baby arrives, sell him/her on Ebay.

The going rate for a nice one is quite enough to enable you to return to LandRover ownership. If it happens to be twins we could soon see you in a nice RR V8 auto!

CharlesY

I agree with CharlesY The little buggers are fetching a good price in the states at the moment.


Try here http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/04/01/6-Ways-to-Sell-Your-Baby.aspx

i hear madonna is after another sprog.

Get a 4X4 Octavia, I've got the petrol 1.8 Turbo tweaked to 260 Bhp, great fun and still get 38 mpg or get the diesel version. Shame about the Disco but I'm also having to consider ditching mine but then i've also got a coil sprung hybrid 2a to play with for my Landy fix

Darmain said:

Get yourself a Freelander Xedi, our 6 year old loves ours. Its as good on MPG as our Picasso and it IS a Landrover.

Congrats on the news. Its a fantastic time and I hope all goes well and you enjoy it as much as I do.

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Yep, & the Td4 is now pretty cheap too.

Bluestrobe said:

Get a 4X4 Octavia, I've got the petrol 1.8 Turbo tweaked to 260 Bhp, great fun and still get 38 mpg or get the diesel version. Shame about the Disco but I'm also having to consider ditching mine but then i've also got a coil sprung hybrid 2a to play with for my Landy fix

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I reckon you've got your sums a bit wrong there mate... you wouldn't get 38 mpg if you cruised everywhere at 55mph in 6th gear from a 1.8t if it's standard never mind 260 bhp, regardless of who's map you've got.

Those vw/skoda ecu mpg counters don't tell the truth you know

daveyboy300tdi said:

I reckon you've got your sums a bit wrong there mate... you wouldn't get 38 mpg if you cruised everywhere at 55mph in 6th gear from a 1.8t if it's standard never mind 260 bhp, regardless of who's map you've got.

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how do you make that out ? - the extra urban stats say you'll get over 40

6 gears in a 1.8 ?

Sean said:

how do you make that out ? - the extra urban stats say you'll get over 40

6 gears in a 1.8 ?

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Alot of the vw/skoda/seat range have six speed box's. I've had 1.8t's(150bhp as standard, apart from the anniversary golf's and some bora's and passat's which are 180bhp etc)/1.9tdi's (of various bhp's) the 1.8 turbo's don't return 38 mpg as standard nevermind with a remap running 260bhp.

re mpg, I have seen figures of combined fuel economy being 57.6mpg.

Which I liked!

Kev627 said:

re mpg, I have seen figures of combined fuel economy being 57.6mpg.

Which I liked!

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tdi's... yep.

1.8t petrol... nope.

I love the way the vw turbo petrol engines drive but I do too many miles to have one. I had a seat ibiza cupra which was remapped from 150 bhp to approx 225 bhp. A cracking engine but just too thirsty for 15k a year.

Fuel consumption taken on tank to tank fills and driving correctly on a normal run get 38mpg, drive it like a hooligan and I've had it down to 20!
And no it doesn't have a six speed box.

you'll be getting a Disco again once the baby arrives to carry all the stuff you need, we have 2 babys and need a 110

iannotts said:

you'll be getting a Disco again once the baby arrives to carry all the stuff you need, we have 2 babys and need a 110

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Funnily enough Mrs 627 has told me if I get a Landy of any description again the extra load space won't be needed as I'll be on my own!

Kev627 said:

Funnily enough Mrs 627 has told me if I get a Landy of any description again the extra load space won't be needed as I'll be on my own!

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Ideal!
Go fer it!