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toger:

--- Quote from: "defenderdan" ---Anything should be able to better anything with the right mods and pilot
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I understand that :D
I was thinking more about fuel return, ease of mods, confort and repair bills :D  :D

SuzukiShrek:
Ooh, what a debate to start "is a TLC better than a Disco!"

Firstly, which TLC are you refering to?

Well, I don't own a Disco and I don't honestly think I'd dash out and buy but that's mostly because everybodies got one (relatively speaking of course).  I do own a TLC series 80 and that's what I'll base ny opinions on.

To answer your questions:

--- Quote ---fuel return,
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He, he, he, he. Ha, ha, ha, ha.  What?  You don't buy a TLC and ask questions about fuel - they are not synonymous terms.  Why do you think oil shieks use them?  'Cos they can afford to run 'em.   :wink:


--- Quote ---ease of mods
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I refer the speaker to my aformementioned answer:  He, he, he, he. Ha, ha, ha, ha.  What?  Expensive.  Very expensive.  In fact extremely expensive, largely because there's not many places in the UK doing mods, mostly Oz or the Good ol' US of A.  What mods do you want?  Well, if nothing else you need a suspension raise as the Achilles heal of any TLC (LWB) is the break over angle and also the departure angle.  Other than that they are pretty well equipped as standard - mines got locking diffs all round, centre and both axles, all electric.


--- Quote ---confort
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Difficult to beat that really, unless perhaps you look at a Range Rover, but that's another argument altogther (ducks as abuse gets thrown  :wink: ).


--- Quote ---repair bills
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Hmmm, now this is where one can get somewhat philpsophical:  They don't tend to go wrong as often as anything from the Land Rover (BMW?  Ford?) stable, but when they do... sheesh, your bank manager needs to be a real friendly sort of chap!  That said my TLC has done well over 200K miles and I've only stuck one set of tyres on (recently), one radiator and one MAF.

The one thing about parts for TLC's is that you can get them from the USA for about half the price of in the UK; but then mine is a Saudi import more in line with what the Yanks have - Jap imports are the same as the US ones for most parts too.

All in all, I think the TLC is one of the best vehicles around but then its size and weight lets it down.  At the other end of the scale I think a Suzuki SJ is wonderful too, for exactly the reasons that a TLC fails at.  If only I could get some TLC axles and suspension bolted onto an SJ, I'd be in seventh heaven.  :twisted:

Let me put it this way, if you wanna get there, go in a TLC, if you're not bothered about getting there because something has broken/fallen off then go for a Disco and save your intial costs.  Ooh, that's it, I've gone and done it - I'll wake up on the morning with a horses head on my pillow from all the Land Rover owners who are all such a good and humorous natured bunch of folk... well, you need to be.  :lol:

toger:
Thanks for that SS

chuggaman:
my buddy has a landcruiser 80 series.
4.2 turbo d.front and rear lockers as standard plus centre diff lock.35"simex copys.
its about a foot longer than my disco and about the same height.up hills it beats me everytime(so much torque).drive it with anger and it will fly through deep mud,or be gentle with the throttle and it will claw through.

in a nutshell it will better my disco almost all of the time.

but depends on the driver.


mike

chuggaman:
forgot to add



mods and bolt ons are expensive

mike

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