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disco-v8:
ok the title might confuse afew people so heres what i mean....

ok i have done quite alot to my disco in terms of off-roading mods, and is no where near in standard form, but i also have a second car which i use everyday to get to work and back and do the usual in. plus if (when) the disco breaks i have got another car to jump into..... i only ever use my disco to go offroading in and maybe to shift something big in.....

the biggest problem i have got is that they are both road legal so that means i pay twice on tax, insurance, fuel, parts, etc..... i worked it all out and i most proberly spend £2000 a year to run my car that includes fuel tax parts etc and i was considering about getting rid of it and just use my disco as an everyday car!!!!!

ok at the mo its a V8 which does on average 12MPG (loads of weight been added) so wudnt be a good thing to do, and thats why i origanaly got my second car.... but im going to convert it to a 300tdi... ok ok it most proberly will use more fuel than my car does now (about 33MPG) but if im going to save £2000 a year from not running it which ill make that back up!!!!!

but whats worrying me is, what about if i break it, which i used to do alot, but im having a good spell at the mo  !!!!!!!


so back to the origanal question, how many of you lot have a serious off roader which you also use as an every day car???? plus what sort of problems do you have to get around when it breaks and you dont have any transport?????

i think you lot might no what im trying to say now

Jimbo:
I have the 110 for playing in, and lugging large loads etc, and the Disco is my 'work' car - it also carries large loads, but for work. In an ideal world, as both vehicles are insured for Class1 business use I can use both for work, but.......the 110 is broken and totally unreliable at the mo, and the Disco's autobox is having 'issues'

In my other ideal world, I'd trade the Disco in for something non-green oval - something that might work when I want it too !!!, but right now the Disco is not worth much, and I don't have shed loads of spare cash to find something else  :roll:

666:
My Frontera is supposed to be my main transport, but after so many moddifications of late it still has a few teething problems. So untill i get these sorted im running around in an old Cavelier, cant wait to get back to the Frontera though as i cant see over the cars in front :cry:  :lol:  :lol:

Cheers

Mark

sleeplessparadise:
My 90 is my off roader but also my every day car. If it breaks I am fortunate enough to have a hubby with 2 discos, a series IIa and I also own a SIIa which is currently not running, but as you can see I won't be stuck if anything breaks  :D

Thrasher:
4.2V8SC RR as everyday vehicle, 4.6 V8 Disco for offroading and stuff (and lending to people when their vehicles break...) - and the little 2.0GDi Pinin if the RR is in for a wash and the D1 is off with someone else :)

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