Impossible, right?

"BJ" (benjamin-bignell) 02/06/2014 at 13:30 • Filed to: land rover discovery, disco fever, inconcievable!

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2003 Land Rover Discovery with 1,401,920 km . Pretty sure it's a typo. No way that truck would last so many miles (or kilometres). Also, a rough estimate puts that at 380+ km/day, every day, since new.

CalzoneGolem > BJ 02/06/2014 at 13:31

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They must include the miles it was towed.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > BJ 02/06/2014 at 13:33

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I know guts with 250k+ miles on their Discoverys so it's not impossible if the truck is maintained correctly.

Also 03's don't have any locking differentials (at all) so rather get a 04.

MazdaMonkey > BJ 02/06/2014 at 13:33

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We VIN checked our 2002 Disco yesterday. We sold it in 2011 for $3k. In Nov 2012 it was exported to Tanzania!!

HammerheadFistpunch > BJ 02/06/2014 at 13:43

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yeah, i think that last zero was tacked on there, that's 871,112 miles otherwise. Sorry, but no.

HammerheadFistpunch > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 02/06/2014 at 13:46

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That's the difference between disco's and Land cruiser. The 250,000 mile club in an 80 is just something that happens if you haven't rolled it or crashed it. With Disco's, its a real milestone. I'm at 240, 000 myself and, if the HG holds, 250,000 shouldn't be a problem on an engine with only fluids and accessory belts (and spark plugs I guess) changed out.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > HammerheadFistpunch 02/06/2014 at 14:02

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The problem with the Discos (not counting the 03 oil pump fiasco) is that the coolant that they used from the factory sucked and ate away at the head gasket compromising it. It would then blow and the soccer mom driver would overheat the engine and fuck up either the block or heads or both (all aluminium engine). With replacement gaskets and the usual maintenance Discos will last as long as you want them too (don't have to worry about timing belts as it's a chain and good for 300k). They'll still leak oil, but what Land Rover doesn't? An empty one that's what.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > HammerheadFistpunch 02/06/2014 at 14:04

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You're probably right.

HammerheadFistpunch > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 02/06/2014 at 14:06

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that's basically the same story with the 80. timing chains, and coolant related hg issues. I'm currently leaking (not burning) about a quart a change. i don't want to do the hg, but I'm taking care of the leaks (most of them) soon.

Party-vi > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 02/06/2014 at 14:07

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An '04 is my someday SUV.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > HammerheadFistpunch 02/06/2014 at 14:10

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You'd think with the price of these vehicles new they'd not cheap out on shit like that.

GhostZ > BJ 02/06/2014 at 14:28

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At 240 miles a day, every day, that's an average of 4 hours a day of pure highway driving since it rolled off the assembly line. More than doubting the capability of the car to reach those miles, I doubt the time necessary since its creation.

Textured Soy Protein > BJ 02/06/2014 at 14:31

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I checked out an '04 Discovery when I was looking for an SUV to drive through Wisconsin winter. I can honestly say it's one of the worst vehicles I've ever driven. It might be good off road but so are plenty of other things.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Party-vi 02/06/2014 at 16:10

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It's my every day SUV :).

Party-vi > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 02/06/2014 at 16:13

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This stirs my loins.

Ian McDowell > Textured Soy Protein 02/06/2014 at 17:07

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Im wondering what else you have driven??


I don't know what was wrong with the one you drove, but Discoverys drive like a truck with a moderate mechanical feel. They aren't cushy with 2 solid axles but they aren't rough. They require steering input and have a solid feel to the road. Torque is low down so they get around just fine and they don't really do high speed, but it is a cheap truck. Most new trucks feel just as unconnected as new cars do.
Of the 30-40 trucks I have driven the disco is in the top 3. But maybe "good to drive" means you like a mushy toyota with no feel. So maybe to each his own...

Textured Soy Protein > Ian McDowell 02/06/2014 at 17:28

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I also looked at:

'05 Pathfinder
'06 4Runner
'06 Grand Cherokee
'99 Grand Cherokee

The problems I had with the Disco were:

1. You can't see cars behind you. The side mirrors are too small and awkwardly placed, and the big spare tire on the tailgate blocks the view of anything lower to the ground.

2. It's just not roomy. There's loads of head room, but I'm 5'11" and I had to put the seat all the way back to get enough legroom. There's like a tiny wannabe dead pedal but hardly any room for my feet. My leg was wedged against the door panel. With the driver's seat adjusted for myself, I couldn't really fit in the back seat.

3. Switches and buttons thrown all over the dash with no real logic and icons that are hard to decipher.

4. On-road handling can best be described as "deliberate." It's so tall. It has a high center of gravity. It wants to tip over, and the high-up seating position makes it feel even worse.

5. The body structure is far from rigid. You can feel it shudder and shimmy going over bumps.

6. Squeaks and rattles galore.

Of the trucks I looked at, I would rank them: '06 Grand Cherokee > '99 Grand Cherokee > '05 Pathfinder > '06 4Runner > '04 Discovery. I bought the '99 Grand Cherokee, because it was cheap and I liked it better than everything besides the newer Grand Cherokee that was more than twice as much as the old Grand Cherokee.

sellphones2493 > BJ 02/06/2014 at 17:48

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My parents got rid of their '96 Disco with 120,000 on the clock in 2002 (they replaced it with an even worse GMC Envoy). When I was about 5 (in '98) I remember asking my dad, "Where's your car?" once when driving in the Disco (I was so used to the Lumina Rental we'd always get [it was Blue over Blue Cloth], that I thought the Disco was the rental car! ).

Granted, I was a little slow in the head as a child, but still...

BJ > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 02/07/2014 at 10:28

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Beautiful!

I have an enormous jelly.