Land Rover Discovery 300TDi

A year ago I sold my previous car in the quest to find something capable of towing and a bit of off road fun. After some consideration I decided to buy a landrover discovery as it ticked all the boxes for the 4x4 all rounder I required. My budget was around £3500 so it had to be an older model, the one i finaly chose was the 300 tdi ES model which I picked up right on budget , the price at the time being £500 under book price. To cut a very long series of events short it ended up costing me £2000 more as it turned out the engine and turbo was on its way out.This led to an engine rebuild! When ... more

We have the Land Rover Discovery Safari Limited Edition. It is 1998 model and has done 98,000 miles. Being a diesel this isn't a lot and we can expect it to go for many more miles yet. Being a limited edition it has a few extras such as bull bar, spot lamps and luggage ladder and special colour of paint. On the whole this has been a good vehicle in that it has not broke down and the body work is generally solid. It has not been kept in a garage and where we live the roads get salted in the winter months. Though it has not been without it's problems. This particular discovery is fitted with ... more

Firstly I have only ever owned landrovers, starting a few years ago with a petrol 110, then two Range Rovers and now a 300tdi automatic Discovery. I have now owned the Discovery now for about fourteen months, bought at auction for about £2,600. Only bought at auction because I had a friendly mechanic to guide me in my purchase. Anyway the car in questionis a high mileage (164,000 at the time of purchase) 300 tdi with automatic transmission. The autobox highlights the lack of power but you soon get used to it anyway the advantages of Auto over manual as far as I am concerned more than make up ... more

My 1997 gs discovery 300tdi, was purchesed in 2005 when i was learning to drive. I had saved up the money and looked round at sevaral land rovers and i decided on the one that i bought. I added the usual side steps to allow easier access in to the car, i also added an A bar and added spotlights to this. This was fairly easy to complete and wire up to the circuit. Maintance wise most of it is fairly straightforward with the help of haynes and easy enough for a diy mecanic to do them selves with out the added costs of a garage to keep it up together and road worthy. Fuel wise it is economical on ... more