Buy it... they are marvelous things, its not all horror stories, as you mention regarding the A5 I swopped to L/R 5 years a go after having Japenese 4x4's and will stick to them after some shocking repair bills to some new vehicles I owned.

Surely the water /oil combo would show as an indicator on he dipstick as an emulsifying?

Surely a legal redress over this....

I think the question was asked, but Steve Jobs liked pizza

There is an App from the apple store on LR gearbox rebuilds.... it will show you the pictures frame by frame...go into you app menu and type in landrover/gearbox@apple.com it's something all 11-16 yr olds know,even allows you to order pizza on the app to your garage.

Either has done me well... Just wondering where the 3 series will figure in time and the 4!! Can see the 300 and td5 been around a lot longer.....

Hi Ben keep the list going, was discussing with a good friend today, his words were 'cosset and love and love to hate' I've had various soulless Japanese 4X4's but love the discoverys for all its faults. My list is growing but I'm enjoying LR's

The use of forums for myself has been an invaluable source of informative knowledge, and through other forums I use a great social tool, so much so that I have friends now up and down the country....we all meet up 2-3 times a year and have some great socials. This forum was pointed out to me as...

Don't post much but read plenty and always impressed by a few lads on here and their knowledge, saved me some hassle and eliminations by trial.

James .... when mere mortals are asleep, do you lie awake at night reading spare manuals whilst drinking copious amounts of coffee.:D

My dilemma was buy a D3 or a low mileage D2 with service history, speaking to a dealer recently and reading on here, thank goodness I went for option 2... 25,000 miles with D2 quibbles is livable in my book, the D3 stories of mot horrors would leave me sleepless

Police in wiltshire and Avon &somerset are pulling all L/R's after 10-11pm around here, stopped a few times but fine with that, a rash of thefts around here, 3 in one weekend.

I would sleep easy with this one, the questionability of an offence been committed would be so tenuous. Someone having a bad day with precipitation

Quite simple... you and only you know the reason why you took that route. Reality is could they prove you were acting in a reckless manner and under what law, a photo proves what exactly, I would not fret.

I would not worry over this... who knew what your business was for the route you took, too many sensitive souls in the world with a bugbear for life. Did you tell him about your dyslexia :)

Your explanation mirrors mine.. 2nd disco and the gear change is slow to say the least, and the leaking sunroof, though only a drip every now and then, mine is a 2002 with 70k on it, changed the oil and filter at 58k but no difference to sluggish gears, I ignore it now and just arrive a tad later!!

Hi all.... rear suspension failed on the bags, these were replaced 16mnths ago so not chuffed... has anyone done a conversion to springs and if so how did you get on in comparison in ride height and handling etc??? Also does anyone recommend a kit? Expect this has had coverage...

hi chaps, just had a quote from cis and they came in at £565 full comp on a td5 reg 51...... are they taking the mick? my mitsui was only 300 f/comp is there a anyone here who knows which providers do the best deals with discoverys? thanks in advance.. Stew:)

hi guys, cant live with the radio cassette, want to fit a cd player, whats the standard cd player like from landrover? cheers.............:confused: