Thread: Facts on Disco vs Defender

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.

Originally Posted by Eevo

If you we're going to pick up your new date for the first time, would you take a disco or a defender? Disco.

If you we're going to pick up your mum and take her for a trip, would you take a disco or a defender? Disco.

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.

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


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. ..

Cheers

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,


mmmmm now what do you reckon, Waeco or Engel

Baz.

Originally Posted by Redback

Once you choose what vehicle you want, a fridge will be next,


mmmmm now what do you reckon, Waeco or Engel

Baz.

Waeco in the back of my 110, plastic wont rust or dent

Originally Posted by Redback

Once you choose what vehicle you want, a fridge will be next,


mmmmm now what do you reckon, Waeco or Engel

Baz.

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.