Am I Crazy For Wanting Back Into the Disco 2 World?

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Mar 10, 2022 | 02:20 PM

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Harvlr

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My wife and I have been daily driving the D2 and the P38 the last 2 winters and they’ve been really reliable. In summer she drives her Mustang (terrible winter car) and I drive whichever LR I’m not working on.

Mar 10, 2022 | 02:39 PM

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Blackngold77

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Originally Posted by whowa004

Like Deputy we daily drive both the d2s. It takes a lot of upfront work imo to daily one of these but the cost isn't so bad if you can do the work yourself. My commute is 110 miles roundtrip and its up and over the palmer divide between Co Springs and Denver, a terrible drive to do daily in a lifted D2 but I don't hate it. Even when I'm pulling my hair out bc I can't maintain any sort of acceptable speed up the grades I'm still not truly mad about it lol....there is something wrong with me.

I daily drove my 04 D2 and it was the mule for many trips up into the mountains in New England as well as tanking through snow. I think I love it so much because it was such a beast and never left me stranded. I had it from 80k miles to 155k with 1 set of head gaskets.

Agreed on maintenance, staying on top of it is key. I do all the work to my Land Rovers (except things I don't want to deal with like an axle) so not worried about the amount of maintenance it'll need.

Gonna go check the D2 out this weekend.

Mar 14, 2022 | 03:26 PM

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nashvegas

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I agree there's something about a nice D2 that ... is just un-matched. I got back into D2's after about 10-15 years away from them and love it. Go for it.

(Funny, I used to feel sorry for ppl with D2's when I was driving around in my LR3/LR4, thinking "what a nightmare those engines are" and now I'm ... back in full throttle.)

Mar 15, 2022 | 09:37 AM

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sdtimb

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They did a great job replacing the (I’m assuming) stolen Cats. 😂

Mar 18, 2022 | 11:07 PM

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longtallsally

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You’re an idiot.

I only last under 3 years before I had to get another one…

Just do it. They’ll all be gone in the not too distant future and the ones left will be stupid money- like they are now.