missingsid Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 My mate has had to scrap his Toy*&a Surf and has 13K to spend on a Disco. He has an offer of a 98,000 mile Disco3 Diesel or look at less miles in a Disco2. Sooo. What is the experts (or you lot!) view/suggestion please. Cheers, Marc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M&S Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Totally different vehicles in my opinion, and something a test drive of both would quickly decide! As a family/daily drive, for the same money, I'd get the D3 hands down. If he's just going to use it for work etc, trash it/break it/abuse it, buy a cheaper D2 and keep the savings for repairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinK Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I never warmed to the D3, and having driven one a few times, I can agree it's a fantastic car, but just not the Land Rover for me. As such I kept my D2 for almost 10 years, and 180000 miles from new. I now have a 2nd car (xc70) for longer journeys and the D2 is a hobby/weekend care an dalso my workhorse for DIY tasks (of which I have a lot!). After a few test drives, I couldn't quote warm to the D3, or I would have had that as my only car, as it should do all the D2 does, and all the xc70 does... Agree with above, D3 great family car, better legs for long journeys. I like the slightly agricultural D2. D2 should be quite a bit cheaper to run. My D2 will be swapped for a Defender soon I think... probably says it all really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingsid Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 Thanks, So far this matches my thoughts. As far as off road is concerned, wasn't it a D3 that TG took up Ben Nevis? Marc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinK Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Thanks, So far this matches my thoughts. As far as off road is concerned, wasn't it a D3 that TG took up Ben Nevis? Marc. Don't think it was Ben Nevis - it was a much smaller (and quieter!) hill near the top end of Scotland... http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/extras/production_notes/disco_up_mountain.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingsid Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 Don't think it was Ben Nevis - it was a much smaller (and quieter!) hill near the top end of Scotland... http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/extras/production_notes/disco_up_mountain.shtml Ah yeh can't be BN as this staterment "So we decided to take the new Discovery not just off road but somewhere no car had ever been before.". A few cars have been up BN I think? But it did not seem too bad off road anyway? Marc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinK Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 It was Ben Tongue: "A steeply-sloping hill on the north coast of Sutherland, Ben Tongue rises to 302m (990 feet) 1ΒΌ miles (2 km) to the east of the Kyle of Tongue Causeway." I think all Landies are good off road (especially where they have low ratio box, and adequate ground clearance). The D3 is made even easier by the Terrain response. I have driven one off road and it really was very good. The one I used was Auto - just point and go - amazing! It was so "point and go" and powerful/comfortable/quiet that I fet quite detatched from the off-roading compared to my manual D2 - where I have much more to think about than "point and go"...! You may like that, or you may not...your preference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinK Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Oooh err correction: "The summit he finally reaches is that of Cnoc an Fhreiceadain (Watch Hill), above Coldbackie, and not Ben Tongue as widely reported at the time."! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingsid Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 Thanks, The commentgs about detachment off road makes sense. Another friend had a RR based on the same chassis and was good off road but a bit boring as the electronics did it all. Marc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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