Does this Discovery 2 exist?

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Not many road trains with automatic transmissions. :no2:

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Plenty of self shifting manuals ( oxymoron I guess ) though. Eaton AutoShift, Volvo iShift, Scania OptiCruise. They all work great, except when bobtail.

I have a D2 auto and a D1 manual. I like both, but the auto makes better decisions than I do when things get sticky.

My Ford is auto, as it's a lazy sort of car.

Had a bunch of twin cam FIATs, a few Minis, four cylinder things. Wouldn't dream of having an auto in any of them. Had a couple of V8 Fords, one 318 Valiant and one Holden. Wouldn't dream of having a manual in any of them, and the Holden was a PowerGlide 2 speed.

Tins i have the opposite configuration in D1 and D2 to yours. Both V8s. The auto in the D1 makes it smooth. Cheers

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Originally Posted by ozscott

Tins i have the opposite configuration in D1 and D2 to yours. Both V8s. The auto in the D1 makes it smooth. Cheers

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Mine are both diesel.

Speaking of auto v manual, where's Rangieman Chris? Gone the way of Pickles2?

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Originally Posted by Tins

Speaking of auto v manual, where's Rangieman Chris? Gone the way of Pickles2?

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Yep, ask Mario.

@ Manual vs Auto:

I am with manual D2 just like a man with a woman, so can't explain (and the woman normally does not need you to explain why you love her or marriage her, if in rarely case she would ask me she then knows that I love her curved bump than anything else [biggrin] just like I love the D2 spare wheel only), just jump on her and rock [biggrin]

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

In this country Td5 was not available on an HSE, until the D3 had been released then a very limited number were sent from the large stock of superseded UK cars.

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So working on this logic, my 03 Td5 HSE was released after the D3 which was released in 2005.

This would then make my D2 a 2005 model:confused:

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Originally Posted by d2dave

So working on this logic, my 03 Td5 HSE was released after the D3 which was released in 2005.

This would then make my D2 a 2005 model:confused:

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It would have come in the same batch as mine. There was a large pool of unsold stock in the UK, at the time of release of the D3.

The Australian industry was far more cunning, in the early '90s recession, when they had acres of unsold cars. The build plates were attached as the stock left the holding yards. Some vehicles were up to two years old before the plate was fitted.

It was just the early 90's. My D1 is a Jan '97 build but didn't get sold in Australia till mid to late '98.