"Austin Shackles" <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote in message
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> On or around Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:26:31 -0000, "Badger"
> <brianhatton@btinternet.com> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >
> >"Lee_D" <newsgroupNOSPAM@NOSPAMlrproject.com> wrote in message
> >news:4rmb0oFrl64gU1@mid.individual.net...
> >> Derek <del.wattsnospambaby@ntlworld.com> uttered summat worrerz funny
> >> about:
> >> > I always seem to be agreeing with Austin yep RRC more space between
> >> > back of seat and the door ( plus door pocket) but much more height in
> >> > the Disco the sloping rear window in the RRC makes a difference
> >> > an'all if you are loading boxes . and I get the impression when the
> >> > back seats are folded forward there is more gained in the RRC no
> >> > figures but when filled with dogs the back of a Disco seems more
> >> > crowded- might be imagining it cos the b*ggers do move about a lot.
> >> > Derek
> >>
> >> BUT the Disco doesn't have a spare wheel hogging a shed load of space.
I
> >> prefer Disco for general pootling and RRC for DIY-aholic...... put it
this
> >> way... if you can't get that extra long thing home then you don't have
to
> >> fit it ;-)
> >
> >Well said Lee, I was just about to add the comment re. the spare....
> >Just to chuck another log on the fire, what about DiscoII? All the
> >advantages previously mentioned re. flatter rear, taller etc, but also
> >around 4 or 5" longer boot than D1 as well....... just a thought.
> >Badger.
> >
>
> Still not really cheap though. Later disco Is are the best bet for
buying,
> I reckon - I looked into disco IIs, when we were considering buying a
newer
> one, and the only ones you could really describe as "cheap" were early
ones
> with interplanetary mileage. For less money you could get a last-of-the
> line mint disco 1 with minimum mileage, and you probably still can.
Fair comment re. the late series 1's Austin, especially when you look at the
general condition of some of the Jap import stuff, however there are good
deals on DiscoII's to be had if you look hard enough. A friend of mine
phoned me from Central Scotland the other day, he was looking at an 02 plate
DII TD5 ES Auto with all the goodies. About 70k miles, asking price was
£10,200. Now, a TD5 - especially an auto version - isn't exactly my personal
cup of tea (deficient to the tune of 8 spark plugs for a start!), but that
seems to me to be a pretty fair price, and the mileage isn't exactly
"millenium falcon" either.
Badger.