Thread: Advice needed

Just go back to a series or a fender... at least you know what you're in for

Sorry to hear of your woes

Honestly all new cars are designed to last till the warrantee expires, (hence the throw away society) You'll get this sort of hassels with all makes and models. Regardless of what any media inspired and sponsored magazines and T.V shows tell you.

If you want a car that will last forever build it yourself, at least you'll know what the problems if any are.


This is not a shot or pun this is my honest opinion

So the question is seeing as I have been revolving around the green oval for so long I dont really know much about anything else so what is a good 4wd to have?

If you are at your wits end with the Discovery and cannot trust Land Rover Aus to do anything right then perhaps it is a good idea to run with a different brand of 4wd for a few years. There is no point in battling with a problematic vehicle purely because its a Land Rover.

Maybe run with a Land Cruiser, or the best value at present IMHO, a Patrol? The current model Patrol is a bloody excellent vehicle for the money and the 4cyl Diesel is great

Originally Posted by dobbo

Sorry to hear of your woes

Honestly all new cars are designed to last till the warrantee expires, (hence the throw away society) You'll get this sort of hassels with all makes and models. Regardless of what any media inspired and sponsored magazines and T.V shows tell you.

If you want a car that will last forever build it yourself, at least you'll know what the problems if any are.


This is not a shot or pun this is my honest opinion

Cars designed not to last is one thing, but retards not being able to do a paint job or put a windscreen properly after 3 or more atempts is just plain crap and considering that LRA have spent over $30k on my car and still cant get it right is the obvious reason they are closing everything down, it costs them too much in f@#* ups to have more than a couple of dealerships open. What I am asking though is what car do I buy if I dont want it in getting warranty work for most of the year? Because on a serious note I almost forgot what my vehicle looked like this year and I knew I i was paying for something because the money still came out of my account even though there was no car in my driveway!

Originally Posted by joel_nicholson

If you are at your wits end with the Discovery and cannot trust Land Rover Aus to do anything right then perhaps it is a good idea to run with a different brand of 4wd for a few years. There is no point in battling with a problematic vehicle purely because its a Land Rover.

Maybe run with a Land Cruiser, or the best value at present IMHO, a Patrol? The current model Patrol is a bloody excellent vehicle for the money and the 4cyl Diesel is great

did i hear right the 4 cyl diesel is great , no thats why so many of those diesels have had lots of problems and have blown up as well

stay clear of the 3ltr 4 cyl diesel nissan

Sorry to hear your woes. The pressure to sell mine has recently lifted. Hope you find a solution

I was talking about the new 2.5 Diesel but I've just discovered its in the Navara's only... cousin of mine has one and its done 44,000 without a problem yet

What I am saying is this is not just a LRA problem all dealers have a problem doing work for nothing. I know of someone who when buying a brand new 4wd (non LR) asked for the vehicle to have AT tyres on delivery, even quoted the brand size etc... Delivery date came stock tyres come back, this went on 3 times till the person got so frustrated they walked out in disgust, that dealer lost the customers trust and all future sales.

Yours unfortunately is not an isolated incident but happens day to day with all makes and models.