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is this right ?
robbie:
I have had the disco for 3 yrs now and it has only had a few things break:
PAS pump
Fuel pump
Rear bottom bushes on the shockers
but for service I have had replaced:
Radiator (the old one clogged badly)
cam belt (a must anyway)
tyres (I should stop breaking them)
Belt tensioner
so I think it has been a good one and clocked 135000 miles too so far on an auto box. Used it to tow to France a few times with a big 10ft box trailer too
Landynuts:
The big problem is that a few people who have problems shout their mouths off whilst the large majority who don't have problems keep it to themselves. I have had loads of Landys and I have only had one major failure (gear box) but this was shortly after a bought it and was probably the reason it was sold. The others all managed 80k to 100k with only service replacement type costs.
stageonesimmo:
I've had a fair old assortment as well - Subaru, ford, Peugeot mainly I've also had a Stage One V8 and my current disco. Of the lot my S1V8 was the most fun, coolest and most reliable once I'd done a ground-up re-build. My disco has snapped 2 cam-belts taking with them a total of 16 push-rods and 2 tappets, its had a new alternator and some ball joints. All this has been in 4 years on a car thats coming up to its 160,000 mile birthday in 250 miles. Other than that its just been service parts cost as I do all the work myself.
Now my neighbors have 2 Navarro's between them and 1 is never in the garage apart from services and one is never out of the place - both same age, down to the month both, used the same amount - so it just goes to show that even Japs can suffer from the odd problem child now and then.
Our lass drives an MR2 and for its age it excellent - had some starting problems at first but a good dose of looking at, some new plugs, cap and rotor and all has been well for over a year.
I dont really think that LR are as reliable as any of the Jap stuff, but from what I've seen, there isnt THAT much in it.............
howie:
land rovers all the way, had loads off outher makes and still gone back , you can get good ones and bad ones
we have had 7 land rovers in the family [me and my dad] and not had to much problands , had jap stuff and when they went down , they went down, cost more then the car was worth or more than i can afford
i would stick with land rover , but that's me :afro:
nat_hale:
Hi there,
We'll all give different answers for different reasons. I started with a Daihatsu Sportrak (it was 10yrs old at the time, 70k miles), great car, but any little problems cost a fortune for parts and no garages have any experience of them! Then had a 3 yr old Suzuki Grand vitara, obviously pretty new so not much trouble, although electrical gremlins were starting to show and the costs to sort out were silly!
Now Ive got a 13 yr old Disco, on 163,000 miles, had it 18 months or so and do 18,000-ish miles/yr (inc regular off roading). Other than service items (which are dirty cheap, and I get it done by an independant specialist), its had a new waterpump (£25 and a 'spanner only' job I could do myself!) and a couple of bits I broke off-road (e.g bent track rod, but would have been the same, but more expensive, on any car!). Also, plenty of parts suppliers, and specialists who know the trucks and how to fix most things for sensible money.
I think the key thing to remember with Land Rovers is if its a good one, it'll be great, lots of fun and cheap to maintain (and very cheap and easy to modify compared to Jap family 4x4s). However, pick a bad one and it'll be a nightmare (new or old)!! I looked at lots and lots of Disco's before buying mine (one owner from new, if its had lots theres a reason why!!), and its great. I know other who were also very picky before buying, and have good ones. I also know people who looked at a couple and bought one, and have had trouble. Read up on them (loads on here) and go armed with knowledge (thats what I did, and I'm certainly no mechanic)!
Only draw back to them is they're everywhere, and not exactly different!!
All the best,
Nat
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