Thread: Advice on a new vehicle purchase ... Land Rover related

Originally Posted by Tikirocker

G'day Si,

Is there really any advantage of Auto over Manual in a Disco that I am not seeing?

Best, Simon.

Hi Simon

Well Im fairly new to Discos and havnt driven a manual one, but with the Auto based on what others say, offroad you get the torque multiplication advantages - very handy for difficult terrain and for towing of course.

Having driven ours a fair bit, the ZF Auto coupled with low range and it's 'manual' and 'sport' modes gives a very good range of gear, speed and engine speed control and pretty good engine braking as well. So I cant see any downsides of the auto - only advantages. And it's so and relaxing to drive :-)

Scott,

Yeah mate, I wasn't a believer, but I thought the review might spark some healthy discussion ... which it didn't. I think my lack of regular profile here was the cause of such a poor response from the readership.

I've got a back ground in Series Land Rovers ... had a bloody project IIA shorty for years but it became such a pain in the bum to finish that I flogged it off - not before Ace helped me move the bugger to our new diggs with his Disco. I actually blame Ace for giving me the Disco bug as I'd usually be a Fender/D90 man if I can get my hands on one.

A Disco with some lift and a set of muds is a pretty sexy beast in my view - beats the crap out of a yellow Datsun 180Y!

Best, Tiki.