Tommyb500

Member

• Dec 27, 2016

• #1

Hello All,
Seen a Discovery 3 HSE that I like, the only issue is that it is a manual gearbox , as I know nothing about disco's yet can anyone offer opinions on this , mostly be used on road but there will be some off road use when I am at the farm.

Any advice is much appreciated.

Cheers
Tommy

 

biggeeeee

Retired - Living the dream

• Dec 27, 2016

• #2

what mileage has it covered?

 

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RallyHippo

Member

• Dec 27, 2016

• #3

Had manual d3's at work for towing absolutely pathetic clutch and flyweel kept destroying themselves on a regular basis, gutless until we had them mapped. One died and was replaced with a auto and everyone fought over it.. the manuals were fun with no trailer.. autos drove seemlessly on that how many speed box they had..

 

Tommyb500

Member

• Dec 27, 2016

• #4

I won't be towing anything , it's just going to be my daily driver , just a bit wary because the automatic box on my jaguar xf is very smooth and great when stuck in traffic etc.

Cheers
Tommy

 

Tommyb500

Member

• Dec 27, 2016

• #5

biggeeeee said:

what mileage has it covered?

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Think it's 80000 Graham

 

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RallyHippo

Member

• Dec 27, 2016

• #6

Tommyb500 said:

I won't be towing anything , it's just going to be my daily driver , just a bit wary because the automatic box on my jaguar xf is very smooth and great when stuck in traffic etc.

Cheers
Tommy

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If your used to the finer things you'll notice a big back step.. as a manual 4x4 goes tho it wasn't bad better than its predecessors.. I'd have another if necessary but I'd be hard pressed to prise myself from automatic daily drives now..

 

freelance

Well-Known Member

• Dec 28, 2016

• #7

It's a good motor with an auto box!

 

Tigger Eeyore & Roo

Well-Known Member

• Dec 28, 2016

• #8

I've no experience of driving a manual Disco, but the auto suits it brilliantly - especially off road.