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peasey:
Im a lot older than you but why dont you give loyds tsb a go they were much cheaper than everyone else i tried,failing that just punch in you deatails in one of those websites that search for you,go compare or somthing i think its called.I just get basic third party fire and theft and thats works out about £190.When i was young i was told by my mate(insurance broker)to go for a company you have never heard of for the first year as they dont have large advertising overheads to cover.I did and I think that the insurance cost the same price as the car maybe £250ish mind you  that was 20 years ago.As for reliabilty my land rovers have never let me down but are maintained reguardless of cost by myself and are easy to work on,mind you i enjoy it.So if you want to do no work on her after its fixed maybe you shouldnt drive her and buy a nova or whatever the young folk have these days,with me it was renault 5 gt turbos and cosworths.It sounds like you keen though so i hope you can resurect the old girl and have many happy hours playing with her,best of luck mate.

GreedyGibson:
I use mine as a daily drive with the muds winch etc on and drive 60 miles a day a full tank of diesel will last me approx 450 miles which was working out at approx 30mpg. It starts 1st flick of the key its lovelly and warm its not the quickest thing on the road but people do tend to get out of your way :) With the muds on it its quite noisey but i just turn the sterio up :)
I have had some minor issues but all i have been able to fix on my drive with a minimum amount of fuss and parts are cheap and plentiful.
If you do use it for pay and play sites as well remember that it might be out of action on a monday morning should you break something  :'(
Just reinsured with Adrian Flux as they are very helpful and used to insuring OFFROAD cars and they beat all the other quotes.

muddymud:
ok i think it got it as cheep as i can tryed loads of places but the cheapest i can get it is £2407.65 which sounds stupid but its still cheaper than buying a new can as i want something abit different also its almost a dream come true whoop whoop im getting the isco on the road  :afro:

muddymud:
sounds good!

im soooo exited but it still may not happen.

i think its going to be cool apart from i have no money now and i have a huge wish list of things i have to do like gearbox (which i got of ebay for £100 and its perfect ) down to new gear knobs.

i only have one problem if it brakes down my dad is going to kill me so bad because he thinks its a stupid idea as discoverys are realy unreliable hunks of junk, he says i should just get a 1.25 mk4 fiesta.

Cheers,
Nick

lambert:
whilst i'm new to disco ownership in general terms it seems that if you or a good mate are handy with the spaners then they are cheap to keep going, however as with most things if you uprate one thing then be prepared to either uprate lots of other things or be constantly breaking stuff. e.g. big lumpy tyres will eat diffs and diesel, stronger diffs eat halfshafts, which in turn eat gearboxes. now this does all depend on how extreme you modify and also how well you drive, but it is the major factor in terms of relability after keeping on top of maintaining the routine servicing.

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