Edd_Wiltshire 9 Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Hi All, Time has come to get a 4x4. Roads around here are total crap and I would like to be able to drive tracks and across fields. Will just be so much easier for the dogs and gear as well. I have a budget of £4K so was looking at a Discovery. However looking at disco's, the TD5's in my price range are about 100-120 thousand miles, should I stay away from these and go for an earlier disco? Or bite the bullet and go for a TD5? Thing is the Mrs will want to drive it occasionally so a defender for that money wouldn’t be ideal to drive into Bristol in. Any advice would be great. Cheers Edd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AzMaN 0 Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Hi All, Time has come to get a 4x4. Roads around here are total crap and I would like to be able to drive tracks and across fields. Will just be so much easier for the dogs and gear as well. I have a budget of £4K so was looking at a Discovery. However looking at disco's, the TD5's in my price range are about 100-120 thousand miles, should I stay away from these and go for an earlier disco? Or bite the bullet and go for a TD5? Thing is the Mrs will want to drive it occasionally so a defender for that money wouldn't be ideal to drive into Bristol in. Any advice would be great. Cheers Edd dose it have to be a disco?? i have a mitsi pajero which is far more comftable to drive, more features and i think more reliable than a disco (i have driven a few old ones and i wasnt taken by them) but it dose drink the old fuel. just a thought. AzMaN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SNAP SHOT 194 Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 things to watch out for on the TD5 are fuel pump, normally packs in around 100,000 or so, just ask before you buy if you are keen has the fuel pump been done...the tdi300, are less powerfull, and a little bit more hard to run than the td5, Make sure the centre bushing above the back axle is in good nick or it'll handle like a cart on the road.. i've had very little bother with the td5, since buying it, but its well looked after, oil change, every 8000 miles.....they are comfortable on road, as well as off, and just make sure body etc is in good nick also. ps. theres 2 in the family one tdi300 and one TD5 So i'm not talking old hat here... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jedandlevo 8 Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 get a four track 2.8 turbo deisel comfortable to drive for the missus and ok of road win win situation and u will have some change to get a lamp for the top of it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bert69 5 Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 get a jap mate, lot more car for the money, comfortable, more economical. something like a shogun so many around they go for cheap nowadays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lerk 0 Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Do you like using spanners??? If yes, i'd go for the 300TDi, you can fix anything yourself... although many are badly affected by tin-worm (sills, boot floor, rear wheel arches on 5-drs, front inner wings...) If no, the TD5 will generally be in better nick - but everything is electronic so you'll need access to diagnostics kit... HTH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edd_Wiltshire 9 Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Cheers everyone. Yeah i am tempted to go Jap but do like the idea of having a Landrover! No i am no mechanic but my girlfriends dad is an engineer and her sisters bloke goes offroading in his disco and is a mechanic for renault so is mad keen to fix cars. Going to have a look at one at the weekend in Bristol to see what i can get for my money. Cheers Edd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grousekeeper84 2 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 If i was u mate i wudnt touch a landrover with a barge pole but if u have ur heart set on one i would go fir the 300tdi its a far better engine than the td5 and doesnt have all that electronic bullshit cos if theres one thing that landrover cant do its electics and electronics! The trouble u might have is finding one in good nick as its quite a long time since the last ones were made! Personally i wud go for something jap far more for ur money and nicer to drive and more reliable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Strong Stuff 2,171 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 If i was u mate i wudnt touch a landrover with a barge pole but if u have ur heart set on one i would go fir the 300tdi its a far better engine than the td5 Are you sure about that? Have had both (and a 3.9 V8 D1) and the difference is night and day, far smoother and much faster, with a small amount of work (EGR removal takes about an hour) they are really much better than the old Tdi and doesnt have all that electronic bullshit cos if theres one thing that landrover cant do its electics and electronics! No, but BMW can! There are a few things you can't do yourself, but that are cheap enough to have done, you just need to find your local independant LR fella and nothing is particularly expensive on them, some parts are actually cheaper from LR now than a breakers. The trouble u might have is finding one in good nick as its quite a long time since the last ones were made! Personally i wud go for something jap far more for ur money and nicer to drive and more reliable. Yep, Japs are great ......... until they're not, have you seen the loooooooong list of different models and variations that you have to gamble with every time you need spares. Also guessing you haven't seen the prices of spares like suspension components from the Japs? Also, not forgetting this reason not to buy Japanese ......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Strong Stuff 2,171 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Meant to add that 100 + 000 miles is no big issue with regular servicing, to be honest if it's got that far without any big trauma then you'd be better buying that than one with 70 000 on with unknown problems to come. This is mine, now with close to 160 000 on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bert69 5 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Thats not dirty enough for a shooting motor mate, lol. I do like landy's and i don't mind fixing things so if i didn't have to do so many road miles i would have a defender in a heart beat, but i am definately now a convert to japanese pick ups for towing, carrying, comfort etc. Mum and dad have an L reg defender V8 which is basically a mobile tack room but thats got loads of miles on it and still going, had to have a few bits of welding for an mot but we did that for peanuts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOPPER 1,809 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 find yourself a 4.2 landcruiser mate you cant beat them iv e got one here with 377,000 on it and the lumps never been touched , comfy on road and go anywhere off road even old strongstuff is jealous !!! i forgot to add its a manual and does 31mpg come hell or high water Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roadrunner 0 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 (edited) dont go for a 300 disco i had one and problems i got in thousends ....of £ that is first the turbo packed in then the clutch arm broke on the gearbox bar that it was mint ........only had it a while and traded it in for a td5 never looked back but now i drive a focus but if i knew then what i know now i would of gone the jap route deffo ( alot more car for the same money ) but there is good ones and bad ones in every make of car Edited December 11, 2009 by roadrunner Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davidlloyd 16 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Hi All, Time has come to get a 4x4. Roads around here are total crap and I would like to be able to drive tracks and across fields. Will just be so much easier for the dogs and gear as well. I have a budget of £4K so was looking at a Discovery. However looking at disco's, the TD5's in my price range are about 100-120 thousand miles, should I stay away from these and go for an earlier disco? Or bite the bullet and go for a TD5? Thing is the Mrs will want to drive it occasionally so a defender for that money wouldn’t be ideal to drive into Bristol in. Any advice would be great. Cheers empty you in box mate. david Edd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irishnut 297 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 land rover all the way, a td5 disco is a great motor, just do the checks mentioned above as well as the sunroof check and ecu loom, great thing about land rover is that they hold the money, so if you keep it for 5 years it is still worth selling, instead of jap scrapping it. i.e using it off road as a cheap and poor substitute for a landrover. servive history is key, atb nut Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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