Recent content by Mark Garrett

Disco 3 has been a very expensive experience for me. I have had more repair bills in the past 6 months than I had in the previous 15 years and my disco 3 was a good clean vehicle with a full service history it had only 71,000 miles on it. A rear diff cost me £1500 the specialist said the...

I checked with a forensic engineer earlier and he said he would be charging £2500 to look at it!!! I told him I would pass!!!!!!

Great suggestion thanks!

That's what I felt

It was just noise and a lot of filings

Hello the diff wasn't that noisy but there was noise and the specialist thought that it was bad enough for the warranty company to pay for a replacement!!!

Hi, Thanks for the link - I will have a look. I have had the car 11 months but unfortunately the diff is out and it is at a specialists so taking it to the garage where I bought it isn't really an option. Thanks for your reply

Hi, I wonder can anyone give me help please? My Discovery 3 was making a noise in the back end - a local Land Rover specialist found filings sticking to the rear diff bung when he drained it - they were 'like a Christmas tree'. The Discovery is covered with a 'Momentum' warranty and the diff...

Sorry you are disappointed with the P38. I did research for about 4-5 months and in the end I didn't buy one at all. i did spend a small fortune on a Discovery 3 after doing no research. About a week after I bought it I thought 'what have I done?' But it haven't regreted it at all since - hope...

I find it helps if you take a break for about a week! Hope you get her through next time round :-)

Thank you :)

Hello and thanks BenjyP, You sound very positive which I am glad to hear. I have never spent so much buying a car. I am envious of your trip unfortunately the furtherest I am going to go is Dorset! Hopefully the Discovery will make getting there as much a pleasure as the holiday itself!

I am just saying hello, I have been lurking for some time and have enjoyed the contributions that others have made - mostly on series threads. I bought a Discovery 3 (an automatic) last week and hope to pick it up on Tuesday. There are 71000 miles on the clock. If anyone knows of anything that...