Discovery 3 ownership so far......

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Originally Posted by nixo

Thanks for the comments PD. Created a poll on a FB group asking about water and electrical issues and 90% of respondents (74) said they've never had any issues and many had it deep in water crossings, so happy to accept water+electrical issues as rare. Which, means mine may be suffering from water damage (would explain a few things).



Oh dear. Good news for consoles. Bad news for engines. I just don't seem to be able to shake the crank/bearing failure thing. Every time I convince myself there's no better vehicle and I should upgrade to a D4 (like right now), I get reminded of the high number of engine failures and my mind turns to the hideous but reliable Prado.

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While in reality is a hard fight to have, uncle has a Prado. It's had two trips on the flat bed to my none. It's allot newer and lower k's. While I share the crank fear, the rest is a fair fight

I imagine the stock of water damaged vehicles in NSW & QLD is increasing daily. The Betoota Advocate nailed it.

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Originally Posted by nixo

Thanks for the comments PD. Created a poll on a FB group asking about water and electrical issues and 90% of respondents (74) said they've never had any issues and many had it deep in water crossings, so happy to accept water+electrical issues as rare. Which, means mine may be suffering from water damage (would explain a few things).



Oh dear. Good news for consoles. Bad news for engines. I just don't seem to be able to shake the crank/bearing failure thing. Every time I convince myself there's no better vehicle and I should upgrade to a D4 (like right now), I get reminded of the high number of engine failures and my mind turns to the hideous but reliable Prado.

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I would rather live with the possibility of crank failure and enjoy the car than live with a Playdo every day, I couldn't even begin to imagine the pain of towing a van around for 3 months in a Prado

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Originally Posted by discomatt69

......................., I couldn't even begin to imagine the pain of towing a van around for 3 months in a Prado

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Or even a week, even with anything else....................[thumbsupbig][bigrolf][biggrin][bigwhistle]

cheers, DL

I drove a Prado from one end of Perth to the other, without a trailer, and I was done with it. The fanbois are welcome to them, but i'll stick with my ancient Landie thankyou.

I had my D3 SE V6 for 4 years and 100,000km. My first disco and I loved the car even with the niggles it had.

Fuel economy (what's the opposite of economy?) though was dreadful. The best I could get around town was 18 and that was with a feather foot. On sand was close to 30!

But....at the time of purchase a TDV6 was 18k more so the math (if not the range) worked a treat.

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Originally Posted by discomatt69

I would rather live with the possibility of crank failure and enjoy the car than live with a Playdo every day, I couldn't even begin to imagine the pain of towing a van around for 3 months in a Prado

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Comparing a Plado with a D3/4 is like comparing apples and oranges.

Completely different types of vehicles.

The LC200,or 300, is what a D3/4 needs to be compared to.

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Originally Posted by scarry

Comparing a Plado with a D3/4 is like comparing apples and oranges.

Completely different types of vehicles.

The LC200,or 300, is what a D3/4 needs to be compared to.

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Is it? I have heard others say that but IMO when comparing LR to Toyota products a Freelander or Disco sport is equivalent to Rave, Disco is equivalent to Prado and RR is equivalent to 200/300

Even if comparing Disco to 200 the 200 is roomier inside, the Sahara has much better seats but overall the Disco when going and not broken down ( which touch wood has never happened to me) is a heaps better 4wd.
Friends of ours have a 200, great car, but even with full Icon suspension upgrades which include the adjustable arms and re designed control arms to suit the lift and adjustable remote reservoir shocks does not handle as well as a D4 with standard everything

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Is it? I have heard others say that but IMO when comparing LR to Toyota products a Freelander or Disco sport is equivalent to Rave, Disco is equivalent to Prado and RR is equivalent to 200/300

Even if comparing Disco to 200 the 200 is roomier inside, the Sahara has much better seats but overall the Disco when going and not broken down ( which touch wood has never happened to me) is a heaps better 4wd.
Friends of ours have a 200, great car, but even with full Icon suspension upgrades which include the adjustable arms and re designed control arms to suit the lift and adjustable remote reservoir shocks does not handle as well as a D4 with standard everything

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Had the D4 for almost 10yrs,200 for almost two,so have a good idea what they are like,and how comparable they are.Size wise they are very similar.Which is "better" is debatable.One definitely outsold the other by a massive margin.

Brother had a Prado for 15yrs,just replaced it for another.

I wouldn't compare a RR to an LC200.They are not even similar.RR is an expensive(up well over the $200K mark) purpose built luxury vehicle,designed for a completely different market to any model LC200.

Sure a vehicle with IS on all corners,and with EAS should handle better than a vehicle on coils and runs an IS front,solid on rear.
Yes the seats in the 200 are way more comfortable than any LR i have ever had.
And also,they dont handle too bad,particularly the models with KDSS.

Noting they are not racing cars[wink11]

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Originally Posted by scarry

Comparing a Plado with a D3/4 is like comparing apples and oranges.

Completely different types of vehicles.

The LC200,or 300, is what a D3/4 needs to be compared to.

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have to disagree there. in terms of positioning/price/size 3/4 disco would have been positioned with prado and pajero. pajero is no more and D5 now well into luxury price bracket, leaving the prado the only one left in that bracket (all the ute based wagons are entering that space but they can’t compare as they’re utes with an enclosure chucked on the back - prado is really the only 4x4 wagon designed from ground up as a wagon in that segment)

maybe disco towing more like lc200, but other than that think prado can be compared - 7 seat 4x4 wagon. if you’re not going to tow dangerously heavy things then prado would certainly be in the mix.

EDIT: should include the jeep grand cherokee and probably the old patrol y61. jeep still an option (although it seems to be the worst made jeep of all) and y61 still a good vehicle, but y62 now a behemoth like the big cruiser.