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PhilinHungary

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Hello folks, American living in Hungary here. I'm looking for 4WD vehicles to buy and came across two disco's that have me confused. One is a '99, the other an '02. Both state they have the 139hp 3.5 V8 . How likely is it that a P38 and L322 both have an engine they weren't listed asavailable with? (Wiki). It should have been a 4.0/4.4 respectively. I'm wondering if the former registration has been doctored to garner a lower registration tax. I don't know how it's done in the UK, but in Hungary it's based on age and engine fuel, and displacement. I'm nowhere close enough to inspect for myself, so I can only go by the ad itself. Each are being sold by a private owner on either side of the country so I don't believe it's a dealership scam. Any ideas? Thanks
 
PhilinHungary said:
I'm looking for 4WD vehicles to buy and came across two disco's that have me confused. One is a '99, the other an '02. Both state they have the 139hp 3.5 V8 . How likely is it that a P38 and L322 both have an engine they weren't listed asavailable with? (Wiki). It should have been a 4.0/4.4 respectively.
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Just for clarification, you say 2 Discos, but then mention P38 and L322?????

Cheers
 
PhilinHungary said:
Hello folks, American living in Hungary here. I'm looking for 4WD vehicles to buy and came across two disco's that have me confused. One is a '99, the other an '02. Both state they have the 139hp 3.5 V8 . How likely is it that a P38 and L322 both have an engine they weren't listed asavailable with? (Wiki). It should have been a 4.0/4.4 respectively. I'm wondering if the former registration has been doctored to garner a lower registration tax. I don't know how it's done in the UK, but in Hungary it's based on age and engine fuel, and displacement. I'm nowhere close enough to inspect for myself, so I can only go by the ad itself. Each are being sold by a private owner on either side of the country so I don't believe it's a dealership scam. Any ideas? Thanks
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"borrow" a picture of each vehicle from the ad, and put it up on here - we'll tell which vehicle they are ..... :)
 
PhilinHungary said:
So it seems I'm just a victim of random terminology. Thanks! :p
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And random pricing too, by the looks of it ... the one with 400K on it is dearer than the one with 180K on ..... er ....:eek:

( not that you'll be buying it based on mileage ... condition is everything .... but 400K is getting long unless the maintenance and service history is absolutely spot on )
 
PhilinHungary said:
Right it's off, but I'm still confused by the 3.5 engine as I'm seeing the L318 Series II 1998-2002 models were upgraded to the 4.0 V8
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Indeed - the 3.5 will be a typo, probably - the TD5 is 2.5 ltr capacity - and the petrol V8's were the same capacity as those in the later D1's - just "re-named" 4 liter :rolleyes:
 
Both are diesel. Advertised also on local website. There are 3 petrols currently for sale (all are more expensive)
 
Honestly dude, I'd pass on both of them. This is coming from a fellow "yank". lol
The seller doesn't even know wth he's got for that crazy amount of money.
 
JUKE179r said:
Honestly dude, I'd pass on both of them. This is coming from a fellow "yank". lol
The seller doesn't even know wth he's got for that crazy amount of money.
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On the local website both are correctly described. Regarding on price...in hungary they are cheap ones. Good ones are starting from about 6500€.
 
I'm saying if the seller can't even get the basic info correct to sell it, do you think they properly took care of the Disco? Probably not.
I might as well sell my Disco as a "2001 Disco 1 with a 300TDI 4.0L engine and a newly rebuilt manual transmission torque convertor". :confused:
 
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Discovery 2 Diesels are very good though, more reliable than the V8, and a remap can make them quicker
 
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