Wow Disco interior falling apart. ..id better get out of my 95 d1 and 02 d2 now before a piece hits me. What a load of crap.
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Wow Disco interior falling apart. ..id better get out of my 95 d1 and 02 d2 now before a piece hits me. What a load of crap.
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It's pointless comparing apples with oranges. Forget the gonnas, wannas, shouldas, sit down, figure out what you realistically want to do with the vehicle then go from there. I would like a defender but realistically a Disco suits me better. Good luck with your choice.
Well I've bought the Defender as i said to my mum that i would take her on a trip through the Simpson Desert. And with sharing the fuel cost. It was cheaper to buy the new car than take my old Patrol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eevo
First accessory i did need to buy for her though was one of those folding steps. As stock the car is still too high for her to get into it.
And a rope is attached to it. As i am not going to run around and open and close her door at every stop and pick up or put down the step :p
Before i got the Defender i had been out a few times with guys driving modified Disco's and they went everywhere that we did. Though seemed to have a lot more electrical problems. Always cutting out when going through river crossings and sometimes even in puddles.
So i was scared off them. But now i find the Defender has all the same motor and electrics and i own one. So i hope none of that happens to me.
D1 v8 doesnt like water on the dizzy on those versions. D2 v8 with their coil packs up behind the plenum do not shirk duty in water. Without a snorkel I can have water over the bonnet in creek crossings and not even a stutter. Oohhh...and water does not leak in around door seals. ..
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A lot of the water crossing issues would be down to the location of the alternator as they do not like to go swimming,just back off the belt for water crossings.
Once you choose what vehicle you want, a fridge will be next,
:cool:mmmmm now what do you reckon, Waeco or Engel:whistling:
Baz.
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Waeco in the back of my 110, plastic wont rust or dent:D
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Originally Posted by Redback
I'm going to make a brave comment here on a Land Rover forum. My choice would be between a Disco and a Land Cruiser 75 Series.
It's taken a long while for the Disco 2 to grow on me but I love it now and spend a far amount of time defending it with mates. It's got all the fruit and once you know how it all works it's not bad at all to keep it all going. It's got to be the most comfortable 4x4 going and doesnt give anything up in off road capabilty for the comfort.
The defender however, not that I have ever owned one, has all the usuall Land Rover quirks to get used to but has nothing more to offer than a 75 series Toyota. I mean it's rough, built like a tin box, leaks, noisy, all that kind of stuff. The defender doesnt get things done with finess, it uses toughness and force. I'm sorry but when it comes to toughness and force a 75 series Toyota will have it over a Land Rover. Next time you have a aluminium soft drink can and a steel baked bean tin, jump on them and bashe them around and see which one comes out the best.
I find that the Disco with it's ACE and traction control allow it to do better than most Toyotas and the Disco will do it with finess. With the few off road assistance the Disco has, I watch mates in there Toyotas take run ups and bounce up hills where I can drive up slowly in the Disco with the wheels walking through the undulations and the traction control taking care of things when wheels start to spin.
Happy Days.
nope...its true....grumble's plastics inside are cracking everywhere....don't know if it's from stress of body/chassis flex or age. The instrument binnacle has been repaired twice, the plastic extrusion housing vents next to the windscreen has cracks everywhere. I've broken/repaired the ashtrays or whatever you might want to call them....the guides on the electric window mechanism have broken and needed replacing. The moulding housing the window controls has been repaired....the horn buttons popped out...repaired....the light control stalk broke...bloody expensive....no OZSCOTT, the interior is falling apart.....I'm sure I'm not Pat Malone here.....but I'm being open and honest about it.....and being 15yo vehicle soon , I'm not that bothered...just annoyed with the repair difficulties.