Disco 2 What made you buy your Disco 2? And would you buy one again?

gstuart said:

in that case throw all discipline out the window and buy a D3 , lol

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Oh, I thought he was only into bondage and discipline, not sado masochism as well.

Gazbo said:

Oh, I thought he was only into bondage and discipline, not sado masochism as well.

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straight jacket and lobotomy included

Don't forget beastiality. Buy a wrong 'un and you'll be flogging a dead horse.

Feathers McGraw said:

Don't forget beastiality. Buy a wrong 'un and you'll be flogging a dead horse.

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this normally makes any landy behave , lol

Well I'm booked in to look at two different ones this weekend. Fingers crossed at least one is ok.

We bought ours as a tow car, and while we could have used something like a Freelander, Mrs Spong wanted something with a high towing capacity. A Land Cruiser was considered but poo-pooed on spares prices (little did I know...).
I liked the idea of an Land Rover, but prices for Defenders were getting stupid already, so a Discovery 2 fitted the bill nicely - same towing capacity, more comfortable and a lot cheaper when comparing condition, mileage, age etc. I learnt about its needs and foibles once we got it, mostly from this site, D2BC and Discovery2.co.uk sites. Turns out we bought a good one, more by luck than judgement though.
Would I buy another? Yes, and I did, after a MINI wielding cretin smashed into it and wrote it off. At least I knew a lot more about what I was looking at second time around. Good luck in your search, I found the Autotrader app quite useful for alerting you when new adverts appear. Just don't get desperate and rush into it - buy in haste, repent in leisure!

Tim in Yorkshire said:

Well I'm booked in to look at two different ones this weekend. Fingers crossed at least one is ok.

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Do not forget the handy buying guide..................


Cheers

Yep, I'll be taking a couple of copies, thanks for that very useful!

Now lined up 3 to look at tomorrow. Surely one out of three will be a good one!

Tim in Yorkshire said:

Now lined up 3 to look at tomorrow. Surely one out of three will be a good one!

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hope u get on ok, i couldn't find a decent D2 which was a shame , as i never had a disco before that's where i wished to start , then jumped into the frying pan and bought the D3 , lol ,

but really like it and wished i had bought a disco long before now , always enjoyed doing the work myself

fingers crossed one of them will be good , happy hunting

Spong said:

we could have used something like a Freelander

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I wanted a Disco but suggested a Freelander because it's a Land Rover very capable. My wife put a firm NO on that when she saw it referred to as a Gaylander. Since hearing them called Hippos has slightly soften her stance against them. The Evoque has no chance.

Tim in Yorkshire said:

Now lined up 3 to look at tomorrow. Surely one out of three will be a good one!

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Keep us updated and if you have any concerns just ask and we'll try to help.

Apart from usual stuff to check in the buying guides have a good look at all the shocks, bushes, watts linkage, steering arms, ball joints etc. The newest ones are getting on now and you should probably factor in the cost of replacing worn out suspension parts. Mine's 2004 and I've done shocks, arb bushes, drop links, steering arms and in process of doing watts bushes so I'd definitely go around them with a prybar or big flat head. Don't be afraid to knock fecck out of rear chassis especially if they won't let you, walk away

Just has a test drive, very slight steering wheel shimmer at 50 which then disappeared. Any big issue or just likely wheel balance? It was gone at 70.

My D1 had developed what I thought was a wheel wobble at around 70, turned out to be knackered shocks and shock bushes.

How easy is it to buy/change the black wheel arch extensions, one I'm looking at has faded ones.

Have never done it but there are coatings -

No idea how good they are.

Tim in Yorkshire said:

How easy is it to buy/change the black wheel arch extensions, one I'm looking at has faded ones.

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Buying is easy, just got a set of genuine ones to fit once I've got a nice warm dry day. You can get a full pattern set for around £150 but I'm always wary of how pattern bits fit or look. If it's not right it would always annoy me so I dug deep and got the genuine ones.

Well deposit has gone down. Once I pay in full AND get home I'll post some pictures up. Thanks for the input so far.

land rover has always run in my family and circle of friends. first car i ever went in was a Range rover classic. i always wanted a landy before i hit 25. and i did one month before i turned 25 haha. Even though its a pain in the arse when something goes wrong. i always know everyone on here is willing to help unlike other forums ive had with other cars. when you buy a landy its so much more than a car.and yes i would buy multiple ones if i could!

andy85 said:

Would I buy another? Probably not.

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I NEED another now,circumstances have changed,just like my mind lol
Like a previous reply said,now I know exactly what to look at with them I know what’s worth what and what’s involved in each job.i don’t think there were many jobs I hadn’t done on my previous td5.