Vehicle & Technical > Discovery
is this right ?
Hightower:
--- Quote from: Thrasher on January 24, 2008, 15:49:28 ---Land Rover Discovery - ONE break down that was a pain, due to immobiliser. Had to replace various parts due to abuse/poor maintenance by MAIN DEALER, but it never failed during daily use.
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Except for that tow home from Tesco's . .
Or the gearbox blowing up in Dorset . .
Didn't you mean daily ABuse??
;)
davidlandy:
for a daily run about i wouldnt touch a landrover of any kind
I have had a few german cars over the past few years VW /Audi- with hardly and ounce of trouble from any of them. I do 40,000 miles a year at least and need reliability and good(ish) mpg.
muddyjames:
I have had my auto disco for 3 years now and it has done 180,000 miles ish. I use it tow caravans and trailers quiet often and it doesnt argue.
I did have a hefty bill 3 days after I bought it but that was due to a well known garage in Alton way not doing the crankshaft pulley nut up tight enough so it knocked the timing out slightly, wore the crank shaft and smashed the back of the pulley. :evil: :rolleyes:
Appart from that it has needed not much work. Ok it has needed somethings that to be honest have been needed due to me paying neglect to it like a blocked radiator and causing overheating, so a new rad. It failed the last MOT on 1 wheel bearing, no advisories. :dance: I take it off road and submerge it under water occasionaly too!
I have fitted a veg oil conversion and I worked out my mpg today. doing a 416mile trip on 56litres of veg oil worked out to be 33mpg. Never saw above 22mpg on diesel! Towing a empty caravan today with a very strong head wind I did get 17.5mpg. Yes poor but as I say a very strong head wind. Spent as much time as possible hiding behind a lorry for "clean" air.
Bent a track rod once, but my mistake off road, battery failure but that was an old battery and a duff new one.
Previous owner before methough had spent 2k on repairs but only about £600 was on parts. Still alot I know but this is the main reason I bought it as I knew most of the major parts were new!!!
Dad had an isuzu once. £70 for a new wing mirror. No internal adjustment or heated, just a bog standard mirror. Ouch!
LR parts are cheap and if an idiot like me can do some repairs then everyone else can too!
I love my disco and wouldn't get rid of it just yet.
discorich:
to be honest. i have a 17yr old disco, until i got it, it had had no problems at all, since i got it nowt major really bar a head gasket, which i did myself for less than £100 and a timing belt that only bent 6 push rods again did the work my self so cheep. i have broken a few things like diffs and CV's but that is due to the abuse it gets off road and running big nobbly tyres. i used it for my daily run around until i got a company car. i love them and i didnt know owt about mechanics befor i owned this disco now i know quite a lot.
robert francis:
I WOULD BUY JAP IF I USED IT ON ROAD ALL THE TIME BUT FOR AN ALROUNDER YOU CANT BEAT A LANDY, THE PARTS COST FAR LESS AND YOU CAN DO SO MUCH YOURSELF EVEN IF YOUR AS BAD AS ME ON FIXING THINGS, I STRIPED A FRONT AXLE DOWN TO CHANGE A DIFF, IT WAS HARD BUT I DONE IT AND IT COST ME £63.99 TO DO, BET YOU COULD DO A JAP FOR THAT, USING SECOND HAND PARTS, CHEERS
IM SURE YOU WILL MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR YOU, CHEERS
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