Thread: everyone talking me out of buying a Disco!

Originally Posted by It'sNotWorthComplaining!

or is it every Toyota and Patrol lover and their dogs saying that,
or are they just I know someone that spoke to some one that read somewhere that some one else heard that they are problematic?

Yep pretty much he said she said stuff... haven't actually heard anything negative from a Landy owners mouth!

Japanese 4WDs are just average IMO.

Originally Posted by taketheplunge?

(Argh I keep getting kicked out when I am trying to reply!)

It happens to us all because it is the best LR resource on the planet.

I hope it's not a sign of what's to come if I do become a LR owner! ie. a pain in the butt!

Two of my mates listened to the experts and bought troopy's,13 years and one complete engine,one half engine,two gearbox's,three transfer cases and many many minor parts later they are still going,I didn't listen and bought a defender,428,000k's later I've spent about 3K on it,mostly on things that simply wore out through use. Pat

"I hope it's not a sign of what's to come if I do become a LR owner! ie. a pain in the butt! "


thats ok,,
you'd just join the rest of 'em,,




oops did i say that out loud???

You obviously want it or you wouldnt be on a Landrover forum for us to talk you into it.

It might be a few years old now but it is still a rather luxurious car that is very capable off road.

You wont regret it.

Originally Posted by rockyroad

You obviously want it or you wouldnt be on a Landrover forum for us to talk you into it.

It might be a few years old now but it is still a rather luxurious car that is very capable off road.

You wont regret it.

You are right - I DO want it... and maybe want to be talked into it BUT I guess I just wanted your views on why everyone is so anti... and to ask 'are they really that bad'. I just want to feel like I'm not buying blindly... and I guess I needed some good news after reading landroverhell.com!

Hi,

Didn't do much research before I "took the plunge" but have not regretted it at all. Had "concerns" about the chatter coming out of the knitting circle initially but the price was right for what I bought and given what else was on offer in my price range, I think I got the best deal possible on a safer and newer vehicle that is cheaper to run and more comfortable to boot.

One way to talk your self into it is compare a similar highly spec'd (say a 03 sahara or what ever the top of the range pootrol is) against the 03 D2 HSE, hopefully the price difference will astound and given the much better bus the rover is, any issues you may need sorting out (nothing to say the others wouldn't have these anyway) could be fixed out of the cash left over, and then possibly some left over for mods if that your thing?

Diesel Sahara

Petrol Sahara

Diesel HSE

Petrol HSE

I've taken a few liberties with the comparison vehicles I know (tried to go bottom of Toyota and top end of LR to prove a point and TD5 HSE is a rare beast by whats available on carsales) but it was what I did to talk myself into my first rover.

Hope it helps and welcome to AULRO.