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[2boxerdogs]

Never had one "break" that's the point I was getting over  Land Rover still can't get it right after all the years they have been going.

[rikki_essex]

Also make sure all the door locks work as my td5 cost me £500 to sort out a week after i bought it. Also the injector harness has a few problems with oil so read up on that. This is a very good website for all the fixes http://www.discovery2.co.uk/

[Seth]

thanks everyone so basically what we are saying is going to be expensive

any suggestions or should i stick with looking at a disco

What about a Nissan X-Trail ... 2.2 Dci ... I'm told ... is the one to go for?

[paul.lovejoy]

never really liked the look of those.

Wifey really wants me to get a pick up live the navvara but no good for my work, how on earth she thinks she will park it especially reverse is another matter altogether

[hotel21]

Reversing?  That's what towbars are for.

Parking by Braille!   

[paul.lovejoy]

thats exactly what wifey says about bumpers

but ok thats fine providing say you hit the garden wall with said bumper and go oh dear silly me ive hit something, i will apply the brake and stop  , mm thats the big pedal on the left

or you could off course hit lets say the garden wall and say oh dear silly me i will use the accelerator and this big round steering thingy to drive myself off the wall, now lets see i am going in reverse so that means i turn the wheel this way, oops silly me wrong way, it will be ok in a minute, just a little bit further, m little bit more, nearly there, oh just a tiny bit further, see all finished told you it would work, see silly it is but a scratch and most off its on the bumper. Now i f i had gone forward i might have pulled the bumper off

Oh look I am a dolly doughnut ha ha you cant get out with that wall so close to your door, hold on i will move the car forward. No No its ok dear i will get out your side see i can quite easily slide over the gear stick and handbrake

[Vamps]

thanks everyone so basically what we are saying is going to be expensive

any suggestions or should i stick with looking at a disco

What about a Nissan X-Trail ... 2.2 Dci ... I'm told ... is the one to go for?

Jeep Grand Cherokee 2.7 CRD Merc engine and auto box, loads of torque and can go pretty well if you want to.....

[Sir Tigger KC]

My mate drove a TD5 Auto to Cape Town! 

The gearbox kakked itself in Ethiopia and he ended up having to ship one from Blighty which cost him dearly!!!   

[belldarr]

Have you considered a Ford Explorer? I have had 3 of them - A certain Top Gear presenter called it a "hot rod" in his review of 4x4's back in 1999 as it was American and the fastest 4x4 at the time.  It also has a huge load area and self levelling suspension and lots of spares available. Petrol is around 22mpg and ideal for Multi point LPG conversion.  Was America's best selling 4x4 for years.

Dodgy parts are timing chain guides wear but most will have been done by now and handbrake is rubbish as this was added for the UK market to convert a foot brake set up to handbrake as the yanks didn't think we would like it - but all are auto gearbox's anyway.

Darren