Thread: Going around in circles.....new to LR HELP!!

I dont understand the comparison - you are comparing diesel Toyo to petrol everything else. I cant imagine the V6 Pajero petrol being thirstier than the 4.0 V6 petrol Disco - and the V6 Mitsu pajero is very nice to drive, especially in manual form - it flies and is very smooth. Why dont you compare diesels across the board? Then it will be a hard choice, especially if you are looking at the (very good) value of the VRX Pajero versus a base model Disco 2.7 V6 v the Toyota.

If the love the quirks of vehicles, the character, then get the Disco. I love LR but if you want to have less problems, partly due to less complexity and partly due to build/design, go the Pajero - which BTW still has some character, but just not what the LR has. If you want reliable, but dead set (yawn) boring, go for the Toyo cruiser.

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Originally Posted by ozscott

I dont understand the comparison - you are comparing diesel Toyo to petrol everything else. I cant imagine the V6 Pajero petrol being thirstier than the 4.0 V6 petrol Disco - and the V6 Mitsu pajero is very nice to drive, especially in manual form - it flies and is very smooth. Why dont you compare diesels across the board? Then it will be a hard choice, especially if you are looking at the (very good) value of the VRX Pajero versus a base model Disco 2.7 V6 v the Toyota.

If the love the quirks of vehicles, the character, then get the Disco. I love LR but if you want to have less problems, partly due to less complexity and partly due to build/design, go the Pajero - which BTW still has some character, but just not what the LR has. If you want reliable, but dead set (yawn) boring, go for the Toyo cruiser.

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Reliable ??? ... not all of 'em ... I've got a mate who paid close on $120k for a Toyota "sahara" and has had nothing but problems with it - lots of visits to the dealers - he's NOT a happy camper !!!! and when he gets into my D3 he wonders why he stuck with Toyota, in the end they are all "just cars" and some will be great and some will be duds ... do your research and check and then check again ... and hopefully whatever brand you settle on will give you miles of faithful motoring, good luck with whaterever you get.
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My niece and a friend are Toyota technicians. The stories they both told me, pushed me away from the 200 when I was choosing between the D4 and 200. And I had my heart set on the 200 because of perceived reliability.

They both say the last of the good Toyotas was the 80 series.

Toyota seems to have lost their way according to them.

The cruiser must be boring to drive if it has only done 113k's in 8 years.

Pajero petrol chews fuel like there is no tomorrow when towing....but thats probably the same for most 6 or 8 cylinder petrol motors lugging around heavy weight.

Brett.....

Gday...

Firstly, I don't know anything about Pajero - to be truthful, they have never appealed to me - no reason - just an emotional decision I guess.

I owned a non-turbo 100 Series Toyota - (poverty pack - barn doors etc). It was OK when used on the highway by itself. Would cruise all day on the highway in 5th gear at 110kph and give me 10ltr/100km. But attached anything to the rear and it was a sluggard - at the time I had a Cub off-road Supermatic Drover camper - about 1700kg loaded. In the bush, whilst it went anywhere I took it, it often had to work and it just seemed so damned big on a winding, rough mountain track.

Regarding reliability - the Toyota never stopped me on the road, but it had an intermittent clutch shudder which the dealer could never find and often the motor would 'hesitate' (little coughs) around 1400-1500rpm - usually when I just wanted it to crawl over the rough stuff. Annoyed the hell outta me.

Now have a Disco 3 TDV6 Auto 2006 model. It has 127,000km on it now (59,000km done by me). I travel full-time towing my home, a 23ft 2600kg (over the weighbridge) tandem van. I have been travelling for almost 4 years.

The Disco has never stopped me on the road - only things I have replaced are alternator about 18 months ago, an air compressor about two years ago - and the brake switch about a month ago.

The Disco 3 is the best car I have ever owned, the best 4X4 I have owned and it tows the 2600kg effortlessly - cruising on 90kph (1900rpm in 5th) it returns between 14ltr/100km to 16.5lr/100km depending on terrain, wind etc.

I would have no hesitation in recommending the Disco 3, especially over the 100 series non-turbo. Chalk and cheese.

cheers - John

Thanks guys

The comparison mainly comes about because this is Tasmania and there is, to my knowledge, only one Disco for sale in my price range and one cruiser in my price range without half a million ks, there is 3 pajeros in the price range and the one I mention is the one with the least amount of Ks.
The cruiser is from the university of Tasmania, so im guessing thats why its only got the 113,000 on it

I guess the thing that is doing my head in is there is so much conficting info for the Disco,

Being as its at 120000ks what would be the things to look out for and also what would be the next major service needed

is it worth looking at cars in melbourne? might have more options

I don't want to seem rude - but why are you ONLY looking at Tassie ? - throw in the cost of an airfare (cheap nowadays) a boat ride and change over of rego when you get home and you open up a whole world of D3s to look at.
I did a lot of research and got mine from a guy in Sydney and drove home with a smile a mile wide !!!! "Think outside the square" or in your case "outside the small island" and the "big island" becomes your oyster....
just my two cents worth,
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O.K. - I'll go out on a limb here ... if you want anybody to have a look at a D3 in Melbourne for you I'll gladly volunteer - and I'm sure you could find people in all the other states that would be only to glad to help you by giving any prospective vehicle the "once over", I'm no expert but I could at least give you an honest appraisal of any local D3s .... and help you whittle down your list of "definite/maybes" to add to your list.
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