Hi Bobdog, thanks for the advice. If a driver doesn't check his tyres, whilst that is both irresponsible and stupid, does that necessary eliminate a car from consideration.? The documentation and service history is very detailed and whatever came up on MOTs was sorted. It certainly drives very...

**thank you bigeeeee. That is super helpful and have now printed out its entire MOT history. Very interesting it reads too !

Haven't any under the bonnet shots Turbo but this is a relatively local garage that specialises in 4 x 4s - mainly Defenders so I'm expecting the usual standard of valeting at such establishments. Its the documented history I want to explore!

Its a 55 plate diesel SE with apparently full service history. I'm aware many of these keep going to well over 200,000 miles but would appreciate anyone's guidance as this is a new and an important purchase. On sale for just under £8K, on the surface does this seem an OK deal?

Haha, "Turbo", great name for this site :) - I clearly haven't been very imaginative in my name !! Yes with us family of six, plus the occasional boyfriend in tow of any of our daughters, I'm fed up of having to take two cars plus limits us when we can take our two Golden Retrievers with us too...

Thank you "Turboman", I shall explore accordingly and yes four daughters keeps me and my wife very busy hence the need for a 7 seater! :)

I'm Andrew, married, four daughters, two dogs, one cat and live in Haslemere near Guildford in Surrey. As a driving school owner, I spend a lot of time on the road covering in excess of 40,000 miles a year. I have longed for a Discovery for some time and am in my final stages of choosing my...