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Yeah Yeah, ideal in my opinion but not totaly practical.Quote:
Originally Posted by The ho har's
I agree with this. As you can get some good hands on with learning to fixs things yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blknight.aus
Good luck with the choice, Easo
What is your dad's username on here?Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwannadiscomatt
I bought a Disco for my 16th bday, 1994 Tdi (LA chassis preupdate). I did 40,000k in it, then by the time it had 310,000k the [manual] gearbox started to drop its guts, the clutch needed doing, and the head was on the way out, the bodyshell was also rusting to buggery. I did the dignified thing and patched it cheaply and flogged it to buy a 1997 with an automatic gearbox:D.
As you may or may not be aware, the Victorian regulations will mean that you cannot drive any V8 engined Land Rover on your first year red Ps and successive three year green Ps, so that does limit the choice to a Tdi.
Apart from a rear main leak which I can finally afford to repair [whoohoo], I've felt that both have been good choices for first cars.
I also bought a 1966 IIA, but in hindsight as an everyday daily driver needing to do all the things people around 17/18/19 need to do, it really isn't that practical - and given that I do 35,000k a year, I'm certainly glad I got a Disco.
You won't regret a disco.As pionted out though you can't drive the V8 for a start so that knock's out the dirt cheap ones.So a series might be the go to cut your teeth on as they are still very capable(check stirlsilvers out).If you can afford a diesel Disco then go for it.:D
Welcome to the forum
I'm not sure stirlsilvers would be appropriate in the authorities eyes for a p plater either:twisted: although it is a very nice machineQuote:
Originally Posted by V8Landy
maybe an Isuzu stage 1 instead
Regards,
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Thanks guys for or your help :)
my dads user name is discomuzz i think.
i am in the process of putting a little video from last weekends trip, nothing much but i am still very impressed with our car.
Thanks for all the info on the cars going round too and i am very angry with the laws about not being able to drive a v8 rangie that is a bit of an old slug but you can drive a 2008 v6 commodore that would easy kill the rangie no worries.
i am keeping my eyes out for tdi landies on ebay and calesales, i am also starting to put pretty much every cent i earn towards my car. i will for sure come back on here alot and ask for some adivse.
once i get my disco or deffa if it happens im hopping to put a 4inch lift and 33 or 35 inch simex tyres on.
Thanks again Matt
Are you saying my 2 tonne 130kw V8 Disco would get beaten by a 6 cyl Commodore? I don't care if the Commodore does have 180kw and weighs 1.7 tonne. MINES A V8! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Iwannadiscomatt
Also if I were you I'd just buy a stocker and drive it for a bit. There would be nothing worse than spending all your money on buying and modifying it and have it sit in your driveway because you broke an axle etc and you can't afford to fix it.
Also don't buy one now in anticipation of getting your licence in 12 months as in 12 months time they will be an awful lot cheaper. They are Land Rovers after all.
Stirlsilver's IS a V8 ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by V8Landy
I know stirlsilvers is a V8 but not all of them are are they.I just used his as a way of showing what can be done with an older vehicle and how capable they can become with a few smart mods.:)
If you want 35's.
Buy the patrol.
going 4 inches of lift and chucking the extra big rubber on is just a bad plan for a first car, the disco is plenty capable out of the box and you will just find yourself getting into trouble because of the 10 foot tall and bullet proof attitude that will come with the big lift.... If thats your game your better of with the pootrol as the parts to do it are cheaper and more readily available and most of us here wont care if you wreck a patrol..
Its been mentioned before save your money, get the thing reliable and find out what you can do with it, then learn how to drive around what it cant do and if you still need to do what it cant THEN modify it.
unless you want to go the legal minefield of having an uncertified car after the modifications putting 35's and a 4 inch lift on a disco need engineering certificates...
My self I give them the 2 inches of spring lift that is legal and then put on 7.5R16 LT rubber as it then fits and its cheaper than the original rubber.... as a bonus you get some more clearance and some more capability if you play with the pressures and pick the right treads.... from the money I saved on one set of rubber after the lift (which I did as I had to replace the sagging springs anyway) I had enough money left over to buy a spare pair of tubes, a repair kit, cheap tyre levers and a small compressor.
Best of luck with whatever you choose to do tho... and FFS be smart about your offroading and go with a group of sensible people to learn the ropes.