Feathers McGraw
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My mrs is clinically insane & wants a full production run (89-94?) of '200' series D1's & if possible Landrovers starting from an 80" all the way up to defender
She's a keeper
What one do you own
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She's a keeper
ClassikFan
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After a 3.5 year apprenticeship on my TD5 I now feel I'm ready to step up to a D3. Currently looking around for a suitable SE or HSE at the right money.
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3 D2's in the family, all V8's
Peter
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'52 plate Td5 7 seat no ACE 'Adventurer' (although thankfully somebody peeled the stickers off).
Used to have an X reg Td5 5 seater with ACE, until some c*ckwomble crashed into it and wrote it off - I'm not bitter about it though, oh no.
Used to have an X reg Td5 5 seater with ACE, until some c*ckwomble crashed into it and wrote it off
- I'm not bitter about it though, oh no.
offroadmad
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ive been advised by my l/r guru to never ever buy a disco 3 & to wait for the 4 to become more reasonable in price
3 is rubbish but the 4 is very good according to him
i will go with what he,s said cos there really aint much he does not know about landys & he is turning customers away he has had for years due to them upgrading to a 3 so they must be bad
3 is rubbish but the 4 is very good according to him
i will go with what he,s said cos there really aint much he does not know about landys & he is turning customers away he has had for years due to them upgrading to a 3 so they must be bad
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ive been advised by my l/r guru to never ever buy a disco 3 & to wait for the 4 to become more reasonable in price
3 is rubbish but the 4 is very good according to him
i will go with what he,s said cos there really aint much he does not know about landys & he is turning customers away he has had for years due to them upgrading to a 3 so they must be bad
Might just be that he's living in the past. Would think a good mechanic worth his salt would be able to adapt.
But hey ho each to their own.
If they are absolute rubbish, how come there is so many of them on the road?
https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=✓&q=land+rover+discovery+3
offroadmad
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very good point - i think most disco 3 owners are just considerably richer than me, repair times are considerably longer & i dont believe they are as diy friendly as the 2,s - like you said each to theyre own - im sticking with my incredibly unreliable disco 2 - thats enough of a money pit
Two D1 300's here. Both 97, ( so pre SVA for any major mods ), and, weirdly, both the same colour .....
One manual, (SWMBO's) to be changed when I can, and one auto, de-EDC'd and quite highly tuned, and rather good to drive.
Not going anywhere near electronics due our climate, and previous experience with a new RR about 10 years ago, so...., essentially intend keeping both of them for the rest of our lives
Both 97, ( so pre SVA for any major mods ), and, weirdly, both the same colour .....One manual, (SWMBO's) to be changed when I can, and one auto, de-EDC'd and quite highly tuned, and rather good to drive.
Not going anywhere near electronics due our climate, and previous experience with a new RR about 10 years ago, so...., essentially intend keeping both of them for the rest of our lives
markomate2
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D2 Commercial! Love it! No frills driving, no A/C, ACE or sunroofs!!!
Id like a D3/4
D3s are cheap as chips on Flebay, Spares n repairs ones around £2.5K, even running ones are around £4k now.
If I get one it will be a toy, got to drive something a bit newer for work now, had a customer look at my 04 D2 the other day and remark "bit old isnt it"! bloody cheek! But some customers dont want to see their supplier driving an old vehicle!
Mark
Id like a D3/4
D3s are cheap as chips on Flebay, Spares n repairs ones around £2.5K, even running ones are around £4k now.
If I get one it will be a toy, got to drive something a bit newer for work now, had a customer look at my 04 D2 the other day and remark "bit old isnt it"! bloody cheek! But some customers dont want to see their supplier driving an old vehicle!
Mark
I've had some of that too - told the last numpty to comment that its my rolling resto hobby vehicle...
.... and he believed me too !!Though, I was thinking something a little different
i got mine as a project , otherwise i couldn't have afforded one , they are really coming down in price now, seeing the launch of the D5
have been very impressed , extremely nice to drive, quiet at 70mph , did buy the base model so it didn't have all the extra sat nav etc ,
thought it better seeing ive never owned a disco before and must admit its my favourite so far
unbelievable , throughout the range of discos 1-2-3-4 in what they can do off road , really impressive
think my bottle would go before they would turn over , from going from a series onto a hippo then disco feel very comfortable that there's not much that can touch them off road
Can't see past my 01D2 I'm afraid. Does all I ask of it, still looks great and its never, ever let me down. Also get complemented on it regularly. I think folks are starting to admire, and maybe be a bit envious of folks who can keep older vehicles running.
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Unfortunately, to many people, the D1 and D2 *look* dated. You could put a personalised number plate on to hide the age a bit, but they still look pretty old, especially from the back.
Before buying the disco I had a 2005 Volvo XC90. It was 11 years old when I got rid of it, and only worth a couple of grand, but people assumed from the spec, the condition it was in, and the design of the car (and the fact that they didnt really update the model until 2015) that it was a much newer car.
They have no trouble believing that my 2001 TD5 D2 "Adventurer" Spec is 15 years old, despite having a fairly similar spec level to the volvo. A large part of that is the slightly hideous brown interior - having seen D2s with a black interior they look a lot more modern! (http://cdn.pinthiscars.com/images/2003-land-rover-discovery-interior-wallpaper-7.jpg) vs http://www.all-terrain.co.uk/s/cc_images/teaserbox_28523868.jpg?t=1429195762
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Same here, I set out to find a D2 and I'm satisfied with what I got.
I've had people admiring it, and all the lads up at the local indie garage which I use like driving it and say that it's a nice vehicle.
It's the black seats and dash scheme with the light grey headlining.
Regarding the "look", I still reckon that a blurry big spare wheel on the back door, whether it gets used or not is a good look for a SUV.
Jake ingleby
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Seeing a bob in the questionnaire got me thinking, how difficult and expensive is it to turn a disco 1 5 door into a bob and what's involved .
DiscoPol
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easy with plenty of lube
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Tis not the bob you're thinking of!
Jake ingleby
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lol hairy muff
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not even close
sounds like a flymo job from the 80s
