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I'm not saying they can't tackle rough stuff - I'm saying that they will break eventually from being bashed, unlike something with low range that can just crawl over, and particulerly down stuff. A Forester with a bit of a lift and some bigger...

A freelander won't hack it offroad. Sure, it'll do the greenlane, but because it hasn't got low range, the momentum that you'd carry to get over stuff means eventually you'll bash it into something, and so sooner or later you'll break it. A D2...

I can't afford to keep both, nor do I really have the space. So did I, but 14mpg was just completely unsustainable, and a diesel is just so slow, at least the handful of them that I drove were. Our old one was a high spec version with air...

What will I learn from that? Given that my parents owned one, that I drove quite a bit, and lived with it. I know if I asked them they would implore me to avoid one at all costs. How come? Does the air system have some clever anti-rollbar system...

That is essentially what you're implying by saying "make a stupid decision that'll cost you thousands of pounds and justify it with youth" Not quite, if it was just a laning toy, a second car, Id get a 300tdi, or a Fourtrak, or a Jimny. It would...

Excellent, that's useful to know, thanks Ive seen that a company or companies do it, but only with autos, and only if you give them a 5-figure sum of money. I've never actually enquired to see if you would do a manual, but I'm pretty sure they...

I imagine a snapped coil spring is much easier to diagnose and much cheaper to replace than an airbag. Out of interest, how much did that cost you to sort out? This is the other thing - I think that without the air system, a D3 isn't that much...

Yeah, given the cost of itching my last green oval scratch, I'm hesitant...

Yeah - what makes it such an impressive machine is that in can be compared to a Land Cruiser in terms of offroading, towing, and general utilitarianism, whilst also being compared to a BMW X5, Audi Q7, RRS, Toureg and so on as a road car. If I...

I thought that the infamous "grenade" engine was the ZD30 in the Nissan Patrol? I'd take a 2.7 TDV6 over Subarus boxes diesel any day. By now, I'm not too worried about the engine, almost all the bad ones will have gone by now. I'm far more...

Yeah, okay, let me ask a slightly different question - how much more reliable is a base model TDV6 S with coil springs and no toys compared to a HSE with air suspension and all the bells and whistles? And just to define terms, by "reliable" I...

A bluetooth OBD2 reader I bought off ebay for £7 a few years ago. It spits out a code/codes, you type them into google and find out what the code is telling you, and work from there. Yeah, I want to do the technical stuff. Strata Florida and the...

Neither could the so-called specialist land rover garage I took it to, and neither could the local garage it went to before then. And a D3 has an OBD2 port Do you want to daily drive a Jimny? Or do any sort of long trip in one? I'm not saying...

Its taller, has a shorter wheelbase, solid axles, less power, old school steering, etc etc. Yes, but I do my own labour where possible. Even changing a center diff on my Subaru Id attempt myself. No, but I wouldn't want to drive any of them if I...

The D3 started from 27k when it was first launched, my Legacy was 27.5k when new, both launched in 2004. A grand in maintinance would be a very bad year, that would have to involve a center diff (which normally lasts about 150k miles) and 4...

Is there any way of telling them apart? I don't want a Focus, if I stick with a normal car, I'll stick with my Subaru, because it's excellent. If I buy a cheap one and have to dispose of it within a year, I won't be buying another one.

I hate to think of the thirst of the 4.4L petrol... probably cheaper to buy a new car every time the TDV6 dies than it is to feed a 2.7 ton 4wd 4.4L V8... In terms of servicing it myself, is it significantly more difficult than say a Subaru...

There seem to be ample for less than £2000, now obviously expecting one of those to be reliable is probably daft, but I'd bet that most of the £7000 ones are the same 2 grand cars being sold by dealers after a polish and some tyre shine. What...

I've sold my 3.9L V8 Discovery 1, having owned it for quite a few years, and most of those years its been broken. I daren't work out how much it's cost me, but if I had to guess, my total spend has to be in the 5-figure region, which is insane...

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I was sort of hoping you were a breaker and would buy them, I stuck them up on here a while ago, not even a nibble, so took them down.

Not much more than scrap value, but Im right in the top corner of north Wales

I have 2 complete 3.9 V8s if anyone is interested in buying them to break, one auto one manual