I spent time looking at batteries and it looks like many of the offerings from places like halfords don't seem to be the right sort power wise. Thats why I rang land rover in the end 'cos the battery I have is fine but not the right one either. I would like to keep the car but I'm running two...

Mechanic doesn't want me to spend lots on it if it is going to be expensive to fix. A battery from Land Rover in Kings Lynn is £190. I bought the car back off the insurance company for £300, spent £100 on a new bonnet and lights, £150 on the service the mechanic just gave it. I can't keep...

Well the mechanic has just been. He sez the battery is the wrong type as it isn't big enough. He tightened the connectors anyway and took it for a drive to try and get it to break. It did and he got two faults up one was driver demand fault which apparently is the throttle? Googling didn't...

Yep they are manual and sport lights. The car will turn itself off once they come on, there's nothing you can do to stop it. I turned it off and on again, it reset long enough to drive onto the kerb and roll slowly into a handy petrol station. The car just cuts out while you are traveling...

The continuing saga of my poor old car. Got it back on the road and was driving it when it seemed to be trying to cut out but not quite.. anyway got my mechanic in and he reckoned it was fuel filter. He has replaced all the filters etc oil changed and level check. He also ran diags before and...

I have got two new hinges to replace the bent ones.. I have got the bonnet off but the hinges look a bit fiddly. It appears that I have to remove the wipers but I can't get an adjustable in the gap. Is there some sort of ready made doodah that goes in there or am I missing something? Should I...

Yar, a chap off here is going to do it. I went to Fenlander today, nothing in stock. There are a pair of lights coming in next week so I've paid for those but I don't want to wait forever for a bonnet to turn up. I thought there was a place called Avenger 4x4 but the site isn't working...

'ere tis..

um.. a 2.5 disco 2, it's S reg. I think that's a TD5 but I find all this 200 300 stuff a bit confusing when looking at spares on ebay... :-)

I need a bonnet for my Disco, I'd rather go locally in the east anglia region ideally. I need a breaker or spare parts place that has lots of parts. I visited the one I had earmarked today and they didn't actually have ANY bonnets in. Any suggestions? I have emailed my local car scrap yards...

Thanks Dave, yes, they do look nicer... will be quite keen to do that!

Hi I live between march and wisbech. If you come past the guyhirn roundabout towards wisbech, we are the first right :-) I have taken the headlights off (easy!) but it needs an indicator lens to be replaced and the bonnet either bent back into shape or replaced but I think one of the hinges is...

I've just changed jobs which will mean an hours commute each way, so I decided to get a hatchback with the money for commuting. It took the 2k to get a decent one that will be reliable. I need the truck for towing a horse trailer, neither car can do the job of the other, so it's worked out ok...

Well, a week ago they offered me £2550, which considering I paid £2k in May, I was content with. I asked how much to have the truck back and they said £300. So I bought a hatchback for work with the £2k and got the truck back. I have put a thread on here asking if anyone local wanted to do the...

Hi all, I have my poor old truck back from the insurers, they paid out and also I bought him back. He has a bent bonnet and some broken lights but everything is cosmetic according to the engineer that had it. I asked at some commercial premises about the work and was quoted about £800, which I...

This is where is came from. It must be around £250 a day and I've had it ten days already.. Range Rover Discovery 4 TD V6 4x4

Well, I still have the nice new landrover at the moment but I have just had a call from the engineers. They have decided the truck is worth 2k, which they offered me. I asked if there was anything but cosmetic damage and they said no. Sooooooooo.. I asked how much to have it back and they...

No, Swinton are MY brokers. Definately not the third parties, that why it seems odd to have the choice of using two different sets of people.

I have got everything out except the tax :rolleyes: I don't know all the ins and outs as thankfully this has not happened to me before. I am certainly not prepared to accept less than what I paid for it in May (£2000). It has been confusing because to start with I rang Ageas insurance, who I...

The car got taken away on a lowloader on Friday. I know from Swinton that they have already decided it is a total loss but they haven't seen fit to tell me yet. Considering it was totally the fault of the other side, I would have thought they might have fixed it.. well I suppose I will hear on...