Thread: I may be rejected or even ejected….

Originally Posted by scarry

I would have thought the closest would be a 76,which, with a good suspension set up is not a bad vehicle,although not as safe,and not as good on fuel.Although there is now a 4 cyl model,auto as well.

As we know every vehicle is a compromise in one way or another.

Thats it. No climate control is such a deal breaker for me for a new car, and has been for the last 25 years. When I checked the 76 out at the dealer, it really felt (and drove) like a $40k vehicle from 1985, but they were asking $90k for it. I was so underwhelmed by it. Most things could be sorted, but thats a whole lot of money on top of that again - rear coil suspension is $30k for example. I wanted comfort, they're obviously targetting rural and mining.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

no real cup holders,

For given definitions of both "real" and "cup".

Originally Posted by scarry

I would have thought the closest would be a 76,which, with a good suspension set up is not a bad vehicle,although not as safe,and not as good on fuel.Although there is now a 4 cyl model,auto as well.

As we know every vehicle is a compromise in one way or another.

A very good D2 isn't going to stretch a $20k budget. You would need to spend double that to make a 76 drivable... excluding the purchase price.

Originally Posted by Epic_Dragon

What do you mean 'only a disco' discos are just as amazing as defenders

Waddaya mean "just as amazing"? They're more amazinger, they do everything a Defender does, but with comfort and class. Posh people drive Disco2s.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Waddaya mean "just as amazing"? They're more amazinger, they do everything a Defender does, but with comfort and class. Posh people drive Disco2s.

sure, if you like the squatted ass stance they tend to develop...

never seen a deefer do it unless it was over loaded.

Originally Posted by Tins

A very good D2 isn't going to stretch a $20k budget. You would need to spend double that to make a 76 drivable... excluding the purchase price.

Like anything, if you want the best of the best you are going to pay for it,no matter what the vehicle.

The 76 my son has was less than $12K for the Radflo suspension set up and it surprisingly drives and rides very well.

True true I do love the Defenders too though.
My Disco has been so good to me. Still of the age can fix it out in the wild

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Waddaya mean "just as amazing"? They're more amazinger, they do everything a Defender does, but with comfort and class. Posh people drive Disco2s.

Well, here she is


Drove her home from Newcastle last night and was pretty happy with how she went.
There’s a few little things to address, windscreen washer not working, quite a few dash lights out though main instruments are all good, rear windows don’t function and I guess I’ll find a few more!

But, for $5k, she’s a good thing and I found it drives quite like my 110.

I’m quite embarrassed at my previous questions though, I thought disco 2’s still had same diff/drive setup as defenders but now I look, they have cv joints I guess I was confusing disco 1’s maybe?

Thanks for all the kind and humorous replies anyway!
Most of the kit I’m going to strip from my 110 won’t go into the disco; I’ll be saving it for a future defender but I’ll use stuff where I can.

She’s going to get a workout this weekend as I’m heading to the Snowys to ride at Thredbo and with the bad weather, we’ll be on the tracks up there.
Other vehicles going are solid axle hilux diff locked 2” lift, current model D max’s x2 and possibly a ranger; don’t think I’ll have much trouble staying on point there!
2 vehicles have winches but for the first time in over 30 years, I won’t!

Anyways, here’s to more adventures in Landrovers and if anyone’s out on the NSW Snowy tracks over the next week or so, lmk?

Cheers
Col