Hi all,
Big fan of owners forums and now that I'm the proud owner of a '94 Disco 300TDI thought I may as well join the Landy forums!
I bought the Disco at the beginning of December as the bad weather set in as my current E46 bimmer was hopeless... RWD are absolutely awesome fun in the snow, until you need to actually get anywhere that is. In my case work and college.
I knew the Disco already as it was owned by a guy I knew up the country and knew how well looked after it was. I was at the point where I wanted to kick the bimmer it was so useless with the current conditions and joked I needed a 4x4. Low and behold the disco was up for sale as the current owner had come into some financial difficulty (like so many in these times) and needed a quick sale.
Being the spontaneous eejit I am, after a few minutes deliberation I decided to go check it out the next day (no mean feat, 240 mile round trip
). Spent a good 3 hours checking it over and talking with the owner and I fell in love.
Took it home and drove it right through to the start of January and then had it sitting up pretty much since then until today.
The bimmer is a lovely car and best of all returns 45mpg on average, pretty important to me as a student with current fuel prices!! My only grievance with the landy was its thirst for derv (averaged about 25mpg over the few weeks I was using it constantly)
However, I took it out again today as I was worried it might get a bit grouchy not being looked at for 2 weeks. Jumped in, scraped the ice off the INSIDE of the windscreen and turned the key. Started up straight away without hesitation. Nice.
Covered about 50 miles today and fell in love all over again.
So, the bimmer is for sale and I've decided to keep the Landy after all.
Even now, I can't even justify it if you ask me.
Its slower, more cumbersome and a hell of a lot thirstier than the bimmer but I hope that out of all people you guys can understand why I've decided to keep it (and maybe offer some words of encouragement to extinguish any doubts in the back of my mind)
Anyway, enough jibba jabba here she is..
Now before everyone reels in horror... the paint is removable. The bonnet is credit to this. Just take some thinners, elbow grease and a bit of polish afterwards but I haven't got around to it yet..
Oh and one of the super useful bimmer for good measure..
Anyway, the Landy.. 177k and has a service history right up until 120k if memory serves. After that it was owned by 3 land rover enthusiasts, all in Northern Ireland.
The second of those three fitted the 2 inch lift kit and I also have receipts in the book for close to £1k worth of mechanical work in the past 2 years including fuel pump work and a whole host of other things.
It's been serviced every 5k miles with correct oil and all filters changed, sedimentor emptied, etc. All the important bits regularly greased, EGR blanked off and intercooler cleaned out just before I bought it.
Fully waxoiled during the summer and almost 100% rust free. Happy to report no leaks in the sunroof and zero rust in these areas and sills, etc.. Boot floor was completely replaced 2 years ago I believe and again this area is 100% rust free. When I first got a look around it I was shocked at how clean it was. I've seen cars half the age with more rot and rust!
I could go on and on (can you tell how much I love the thing yet?) but I just wanted to cover everything now while I have a few beers in me and feeling chatty lol..
So.. Hello!
Big fan of owners forums and now that I'm the proud owner of a '94 Disco 300TDI thought I may as well join the Landy forums!
I bought the Disco at the beginning of December as the bad weather set in as my current E46 bimmer was hopeless... RWD are absolutely awesome fun in the snow, until you need to actually get anywhere that is. In my case work and college.
I knew the Disco already as it was owned by a guy I knew up the country and knew how well looked after it was. I was at the point where I wanted to kick the bimmer it was so useless with the current conditions and joked I needed a 4x4. Low and behold the disco was up for sale as the current owner had come into some financial difficulty (like so many in these times) and needed a quick sale.
Being the spontaneous eejit I am, after a few minutes deliberation I decided to go check it out the next day (no mean feat, 240 mile round trip
). Spent a good 3 hours checking it over and talking with the owner and I fell in love.Took it home and drove it right through to the start of January and then had it sitting up pretty much since then until today.
The bimmer is a lovely car and best of all returns 45mpg on average, pretty important to me as a student with current fuel prices!! My only grievance with the landy was its thirst for derv (averaged about 25mpg over the few weeks I was using it constantly)
However, I took it out again today as I was worried it might get a bit grouchy not being looked at for 2 weeks. Jumped in, scraped the ice off the INSIDE of the windscreen and turned the key. Started up straight away without hesitation. Nice.
Covered about 50 miles today and fell in love all over again.
So, the bimmer is for sale and I've decided to keep the Landy after all.
Even now, I can't even justify it if you ask me.
Its slower, more cumbersome and a hell of a lot thirstier than the bimmer but I hope that out of all people you guys can understand why I've decided to keep it (and maybe offer some words of encouragement to extinguish any doubts in the back of my mind
)Anyway, enough jibba jabba here she is..
Now before everyone reels in horror... the paint is removable. The bonnet is credit to this. Just take some thinners, elbow grease and a bit of polish afterwards but I haven't got around to it yet..
Oh and one of the super useful bimmer for good measure..
Anyway, the Landy.. 177k and has a service history right up until 120k if memory serves. After that it was owned by 3 land rover enthusiasts, all in Northern Ireland.
The second of those three fitted the 2 inch lift kit and I also have receipts in the book for close to £1k worth of mechanical work in the past 2 years including fuel pump work and a whole host of other things.
It's been serviced every 5k miles with correct oil and all filters changed, sedimentor emptied, etc. All the important bits regularly greased, EGR blanked off and intercooler cleaned out just before I bought it.
Fully waxoiled during the summer and almost 100% rust free. Happy to report no leaks in the sunroof and zero rust in these areas and sills, etc.. Boot floor was completely replaced 2 years ago I believe and again this area is 100% rust free. When I first got a look around it I was shocked at how clean it was. I've seen cars half the age with more rot and rust!
I could go on and on (can you tell how much I love the thing yet?) but I just wanted to cover everything now while I have a few beers in me and feeling chatty lol..
So.. Hello!
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