I am new to the forum and just looking at which Discovery to buy.
I will give you some background so you may help me. Well my normal drive is an XKR so I am used to V8 and some power.
I have in the past had an 300 2.0 MPI and also a 300 TDI, I am also familiar with P38 DSE.
My budget would stretch to 3.5k, and I am looking at the huge selection of 1999-2002 MODEL TD5 or V8s that are available.
I really would like to have an auto and leather, and a nice contrast between body colour and trim - some discos are quite plain looking if not in the right colours...i feel?
All diesels I am looking at are higher mileages about 90k~ but this does not worry me too much. I have also been offered a 2004 TD5 but with 170k miles....and thats too much..
My main question is in relation to ownership? How does the V8 and TD5 compare. I am not too bothered about economy, (but good to hear peoples thoughts), but functionality in terms of being reliability, what to look for in either models...
I think in summary I could get a low mileage V8 or a higher mileage TD5...what are peoples thoughts?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
I will give you some background so you may help me. Well my normal drive is an XKR so I am used to V8 and some power.
I have in the past had an 300 2.0 MPI and also a 300 TDI, I am also familiar with P38 DSE.
My budget would stretch to 3.5k, and I am looking at the huge selection of 1999-2002 MODEL TD5 or V8s that are available.
I really would like to have an auto and leather, and a nice contrast between body colour and trim - some discos are quite plain looking if not in the right colours...i feel?
All diesels I am looking at are higher mileages about 90k~ but this does not worry me too much. I have also been offered a 2004 TD5 but with 170k miles....and thats too much..
My main question is in relation to ownership? How does the V8 and TD5 compare. I am not too bothered about economy, (but good to hear peoples thoughts), but functionality in terms of being reliability, what to look for in either models...
I think in summary I could get a low mileage V8 or a higher mileage TD5...what are peoples thoughts?
Thanks for any help you can provide.