After owning my disco 2 for 10 years, i am now in the market for a 3. What are the experts advice on manual gearboxes? I had an auto and never thought i would change back BUT the price difference is huge!!

After owning my disco 2 for 10 years, i am now in the market for a 3. What are the experts advice on manual gearboxes? I had an auto and never thought i would change back BUT the price difference is huge!!

Yeah its a disco 2 sorry I had 03 in my head and typed it wrong....so shoot me!!! LOL!! Thanks again ngserv I'll pass that info onto my husband, I wish you were closer so you could just move it for me!!!! Have had a quote from a recovery service £75 +VAT waiting for scrappy to get back to...

Thanks everyone for your ideas, I am getting on to it today I am determind to get it sorted now!! nrgserv, its disco 3 '03 plate TD5 GS 2.5 7 seater. it was making strange whirring noises which I thougt might be the wheel bearings, husband said 'its fine, as long as you arent losing...

Thank you thats really helpful, I'll have a look now :)

(ALso my husband works away and I can see this will not be top priority.....thats why Im looking into it myself!!!) :)

Hi there, I am in Spalding, south lincs. I am not sure of the exact problem I cant get the car to the garage for him to diagnose it properly!! We drove it last week and its obvious that it is not safe to drive (my mechanic also said that i might damage the automatic gearbox if I do). To your...

My poor landrover has been sat on my drive looking very forlorn for a while now :(. I think the front axel is done in.... My problem is that my mechanic hasnt got a transporter or a trailer big enough to get it to his garages....can anyone help me out with any numbers of people with this kind of...