Sold my Disco II and a little sad to see her go..

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Posted: 8/20/2017 8:49:50 PM EST

Sold my 04 Discovery II Rover today. Was a little sad to see her go. Many camping trips, brought my son home from the hospital in it 9 years ago. But the thing I'll miss the most is pulling out my friends Hemi's and F150 from the mud/sand :). Luckily she went to a good home and is getting restored, something I was in the middle of.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:00:15 PM EST

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Disco 2s are cool. Loved mine and never had an issue with it.

That said, the knee room in the front was absolute shit.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:01:53 PM EST

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How were the electronics/electrical? Wanted to buy one as a daily driver to spare my Defender 90, but was scared off by their "iffy" reputation. Looking to G4 a LR-3 instead.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:04:41 PM EST

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I have some relatives who had one. It gave them all sorts of trouble, but damn was it a cool ride.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:10:24 PM EST

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How were the electronics/electrical? Wanted to buy one as a daily driver to spare my Defender 90, but was scared off by their "iffy" reputation. Looking to G4 a LR-3 instead.

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I was lucky with the electrical but I had the valve rebuild and coolant system rebuilt at 80K. Otherwise it was great.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:12:01 PM EST

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Disco 2s are cool. Loved mine and never had an issue with it.

That said, the knee room in the front was absolute shit.

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Yes, the legroom was my biggest complaint, if it would have just gone back a few more inches it would have been perfect. Only affected me on long trips though.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:14:17 PM EST

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Mine is headed to the scrap yard soon.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:14:20 PM EST

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Waiting for the supposed re-release of the 90 series in North America...

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:15:04 PM EST

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Mine is headed to the scrap yard soon.

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Sell it now, there is a market for the 04's still.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:16:18 PM EST

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I had a Disco I, loved it.

Gave me less trouble than the K1500 I owned of the same era

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:17:54 PM EST

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I was all excited I thought they made a sequel.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:22:04 PM EST

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I picked up an '04, pulled the heads to do headgaskets, sent the heads out, got one head on, performing final torque on second head's bolts I found out someone put a helicoil in the block.

So it sits while I decide if it's worth getting a time-sert kit, ARP head studs and finishing it up.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:22:06 PM EST

[#12]

The rover disco's were the British version of a 4door CJ (if they existed) with leather.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:24:28 PM EST

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My Disco I is an awesome camp vehicle. And the story still blows cold as hell! Just about impossible to get stuck. The one time was when I tried to stop on the "dry" leaves, etc. yeah, it was floating ontop of some swampy shit.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:25:21 PM EST

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Got rid of my '97 Disco 6 years ago and even though it was a frustrating POS at times, I was sad to see it go, and still miss it.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:26:53 PM EST

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You won't miss those 7mpg OP

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:28:27 PM EST

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My Disco I is an awesome camp vehicle. And the story still blows cold as hell! Just about impossible to get stuck. The one time was when I tried to stop on the "dry" leaves, etc. yeah, it was floating ontop of some swampy shit.

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Yep, I drove across many Florida swamps in it while camping, I don't know if it was the ground clearance or what, but it would just keep rolling long after my friends vehicles just got their axles below the mud...

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:29:39 PM EST

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True..had a few 3 gallon rotopaxes strapped to the back just in case.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:33:36 PM EST

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I love our TD5 Disco II. I'm sorry you've lost yours.

I miss our TDi 300 Disco 1, but at least the Land Rover mechanic who bought it is restoring it for going on central Australia trips.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:39:12 PM EST

[#19]

I replaced it with a 2017 Subaru Outback 3.6R, not the same but has done well so far.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:39:28 PM EST

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Don't worry it won't go far.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:41:21 PM EST

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Lol, the purchaser made it from Orlando to Jacksonville with no probs. The valve job really gave it back some oomph.

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:41:31 PM EST

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I love how even their logo is a broken connection LOL

Posted: 8/20/2017 9:44:47 PM EST

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I love how even their logo is a broken connection LOL

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hehe. I was telling my wife tonight that the last time I pulled my friends hemi out of the mud I said.."MuH Hemi!!" HA!

Posted: 8/20/2017 10:11:45 PM EST

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I still miss my '97 Disco, had 170k miles when I sold it...my oldest still says it was his favorite Jeep!

Posted: 8/20/2017 10:19:29 PM EST

[#25]

Landy thread.

Posted: 8/20/2017 11:13:26 PM EST

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Beautiful.

Posted: 8/20/2017 11:37:49 PM EST

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My best friend put his 2001 Disco up for sale last week. Told my friend about it and she bought it for her son. It's in near perfect condition and a great runner.

I had a 2001 Disco for about 8 years. It never left me down and all I did was basic maintenance which was easy. It never saw a shop outside of getting my driveshaft updated. My only mistake was trading it in for a later model Range Rover, which was a huge piece of shit. That's gone now.

Now my only Land Rover is a 95 RR classic, rust free, so I'm going to sit in it for awhile.

Posted: 8/20/2017 11:37:58 PM EST

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Beautiful.

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Thanks, I like it.

Posted: 8/20/2017 11:39:16 PM EST

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My best friend put his 2001 Disco up for sale last week. Told my friend about it and she bought it for her son. It's in near perfect condition and a great runner.

I had a 2001 Disco for about 8 years. It never left me down and all I did was basic maintenance which was easy. It never saw a shop outside of getting my driveshaft updated. My only mistake was trading it in for a later model Range Rover, which was a huge piece of shit. That's gone now.

Now my only Land Rover is a 95 RR classic, rust free, so I'm going to sit in it for awhile.

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Pics, I want a rr classic, or a real classic.

Posted: 8/20/2017 11:44:26 PM EST

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I thought I was supposed to stay away from these. Like they always break down and stuff. On paper I love Land Rovers. How are the new ones. Aren't they coming out with a convertible?

Posted: 8/20/2017 11:49:13 PM EST

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Garbage asss shitboxes.....blown two head gaskets and 2 radiators in the first 20 k miles.

Lemon ass POS, Land Rover should be banned cause they are obviously a rip off POS.

If rovers had a son it was stink like Obamas asshole or that ugly wife of his

fbho and trump 2020

Posted: 8/21/2017 12:01:29 AM EST

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Pics, I want a rr classic, or a real classic.

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I kind of did some "customizing" to it when I first got it about 7 years ago. The roof had a lot of clear coat peel and looked pretty rough so I said "what the hell. Hold my beer.."

Edit: I see you're in NC. I bought it in Raleigh. It had 173,000 miles on it. Flew down there and drove it home, 800 miles, with an an exhaust leak and unknown maintenance. I don't know if I'm dumb, ballsy or both but it made it to my garage where I could work on it.

Posted: 8/21/2017 12:06:18 AM EST

[#33]

I miss my Disco.

Posted: 8/21/2017 8:37:17 AM EST

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https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/99899/IMG_6544-285971.JPG

I kind of did some "customizing" to it when I first got it about 7 years ago. The roof had a lot of clear coat peel and looked pretty rough so I said "what the hell. Hold my beer.."

Edit: I see you're in NC. I bought it in Raleigh. It had 173,000 miles on it. Flew down there and drove it home, 800 miles, with an an exhaust leak and unknown maintenance. I don't know if I'm dumb, ballsy or both but it made it to my garage where I could work on it.

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NICE, I like the roof, rattle can or roll on?

Posted: 8/21/2017 7:51:14 PM EST

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I would but the frame has some rather impressive holes. The ones in New England being sold for parts aren't selling.

Posted: 8/21/2017 8:10:16 PM EST

[#36]

I had a 95 RRC that I paid less than 2k for. Kept it a couple years to play with. Was a cool, but frustrating vehicle. Sold it for what I paid, but I wish I'd just kept it.

That said, my 03 Land Cruiser is still chugging along problem free with 215k miles.

Posted: 8/21/2017 10:19:08 PM EST

[#37]

Found a couple pics of mine...

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