DISCO 2 or PRADO (ouch)

I have a 96 D1 300tdi, and a 98 Prado 3.4V6 Petrol.

The slow noisy 300tdi can be band aid fixed in most situations, just carry basic spares and tool kit. It is pretty economical.

The prado is bigger, nicer and a lot more comfortable, but petrol is very thirsty. (I know you are after diesel.) It is also very capable off road.

The D1 has a pretty tiny useless boot. The prado is a full 30cm, (1 foot) deeper than the disco. The D2 has an extra 10cm over the D1. My disco pretty much has to have roof racks to equal the rear space in the prado.

Both cars have been pretty reliable. Over there especially I would go for a basic no frills, no electronics 4WD.

I'd go the 300Tdi disco 1, nice and simple, all mechanical and as the others said it can be patched up.

Matt

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Originally Posted by LEON S

Hi

I am living and working in Uganda and in the market for a good quality and most importantly reliable diesel 4x4.

My options are as follows

2000 Land rover Disco 2 TD5
1997 Land cruiser Prado 3.0 KZ-TE

I would like to hear from the "horses mouths" or so to speak.

Its important to keep in mind that I have no passionate love for any of the two vehicle, I am simply looking for the most reliable vehicle.

How reliable are the Disco 2 TD5's really

Regards
Leon

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Mate had my Td5 D2 for 2 years now living in central Australia very harsh on cars. My D2 was poorly maintained when i got it off the previous owner and so i was catching up on nearlly 50,000km of maint. If the D2 has been well maintained and is kept well maintained it will not let you down

in all honesty i would get the prado, i like discoverys but there just have do many inherant problems

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Originally Posted by Travis

in all honesty i would get the prado, i like discoverys but there just have do many inherant problems

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All of which are listed here,,

in detail,

and how to fix them,

and how to avoid them,,

or just get the Prado,,
but you might have to wait for all those recalls to be fixed,,
oh what a feeling,
recallota!

The bloke just wants to get in and drive a reliable vehicle not spend hours under his truck hence the prado idea.

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Originally Posted by Travis

The bloke just wants to get in and drive a reliable vehicle not spend hours under his truck hence the prado idea.

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And "hence" what ever car has been the best maintained will be the best option

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Originally Posted by Travis

in all honesty i would get the prado, i like discoverys but there just have do many inherant problems

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Ive had just as many problems with the prado as i did with the D2, but unlike all my D2 issues i havnt been able to permanently resolve some of the issues with the prado, such as the intermittent failures of the electronic throttle, design of the front end eventually cracks the radiators due to vibrations and the steering never seems to adjust up quite right when a wheel alignment is done causing the tyres to chew out - the last 2 seems VERY common with prados.

1kzte prado isnt fly by wire

Mine 1kz prado 11-14L/100km, with is pathetic compared to a TDi or TD5, power wise is also very lacking, towing see's these figures jump up to around 16-20L/100km