Danny. Thought about that one already. The car was serviced 2 weeks ago and the smell only started yesterday. Could be be wrong, but I would assume that if it was something left over from the service, the smell would have come sooner. Thanks for the suggestion though. I had approx 1 week of...

Thanks Chaps. I will keep an eye on it and if the problem persists I will get it down to the specialist. The problem is in describing a smell that I have not smelt before.

Thanks for the reply Matt. If I was to describe the 'strange aroma' I would say it was a cross between the smell you get when the plastic on jump leads melts (not that this is a situation I encounter on a regular basis!) and electrics smouldering? Again, don't want to lead discussion in a...

Hello All, some advice would be much appreciated here. I own a Disco 2 TD5. For the past couple of days there has been a strange 'burning' smell coming from the car when I arrive at work. The journey from home to work is about 15 miles, so the car does have time to warm up properly. The smell...

Just a thought... If it is a Discovery that you after, why not buy a really nice late registration Series 2? All of the gripes that afflicted the earlier models were sorted by the time that the 2001 + models were built. Benefits. 1) The depreciation on a 3 year old model would have hit the...

Thanks Quboid.

Gaz, Nice Disco, by the way. Looks smart in that light metallic blue.

Having reluctantly sold my trusty old Defender, I took delivery of 51 plate Discovery Td5 GS over the weekend - one private owner from new and with only 23,000 miles on the clock, (looks great in Epsom Green Metallic as well). Driving back home on the M40 yesterday, the Disco's turbo lost power...