Having had 3 disco's before the new-to-me TD5, so I feel I can speak from some experience.
The first was a tdi 200 which was rusty but ran great and what almost faultless.
The next two are currently with us, a TDi300 auto and a TDi300 manual. Both run really well with only the most minor of issues, easily and cheaply resolved by me.
Now comes the latest, '99 Disco TD5 auto. Only had it for 2 weeks but already opinions are beginning to form.
It's better built generally with much less of the obvious body rust areas as they have been to a degree, designed out (rear wheel arches for example) but and this is a big BUT, it's a completely different vehicle to the previous models.
I'm finding that there is very little carry-over knowledge that I can apply, which is frustrating as I felt I had TDi 300 pretty much bottomed-out.
There really are too many electronic elements to the vehicle. I'm no just talking about the engine, everything seems to be ECU-related in one way or another.
Now we all know what computers are like, then you put them in an offroad vehicle - not a great combo.
My goal will be to disable as much as I can so that I have the benefits of a great engine, better autobox, better build quality (in comparative terms you understand
) more space, but without tooooooo much of the electronic systems.
I reckon I should be able to achieve my goal by switching off a lot of the electronics and then I'll be a happy man.
