Considering a Land Rover
#11
RE: Considering a Land Rover
ORIGINAL: Luv2Disco
Seth,
I wouldn't recommend a Discovery for an only vehicle, especially to someone trying to get through grad school. Now, if you always have a wad of cash handy, and have access to tools, and are completely able to do your own wrenching, you may be able to swing it. Just realize at anytime you may need to drop up to a couple grand into your truck to keep it on the road. Also, if you intend todrive cross-country, your repair options on the road will be limited -if available at all. If I were you I would look in the domestic or Japanese direction for your truck. That's said,good luck with your decision. Personally, Ilove my Disco, but I also have two other vehicles as back-ups.
You may want to check this out ....
http://www.okoffroad.com/okrovers/main.htm
Seth,
I wouldn't recommend a Discovery for an only vehicle, especially to someone trying to get through grad school. Now, if you always have a wad of cash handy, and have access to tools, and are completely able to do your own wrenching, you may be able to swing it. Just realize at anytime you may need to drop up to a couple grand into your truck to keep it on the road. Also, if you intend todrive cross-country, your repair options on the road will be limited -if available at all. If I were you I would look in the domestic or Japanese direction for your truck. That's said,good luck with your decision. Personally, Ilove my Disco, but I also have two other vehicles as back-ups.
You may want to check this out ....
http://www.okoffroad.com/okrovers/main.htm
I do like my Disco 1,, but you never know how the last person took care of it.
#12
RE: Considering a Land Rover
quote:
ORIGINAL: Luv2Disco
Seth,
I wouldn't recommend a Discovery for an only vehicle, especially to someone trying to get through grad school. Now, if you always have a wad of cash handy, and have access to tools, and are completely able to do your own wrenching, you may be able to swing it. Just realize at anytime you may need to drop up to a couple grand into your truck to keep it on the road. Also, if you intend todrive cross-country, your repair options on the road will be limited -if available at all. If I were you I would look in the domestic or Japanese direction for your truck. That's said,good luck with your decision. Personally, Ilove my Disco, but I also have two other vehicles as back-ups.
You may want to check this out ....
http://www.okoffroad.com/okrovers/main.htm
ORIGINAL: Luv2Disco
Seth,
I wouldn't recommend a Discovery for an only vehicle, especially to someone trying to get through grad school. Now, if you always have a wad of cash handy, and have access to tools, and are completely able to do your own wrenching, you may be able to swing it. Just realize at anytime you may need to drop up to a couple grand into your truck to keep it on the road. Also, if you intend todrive cross-country, your repair options on the road will be limited -if available at all. If I were you I would look in the domestic or Japanese direction for your truck. That's said,good luck with your decision. Personally, Ilove my Disco, but I also have two other vehicles as back-ups.
You may want to check this out ....
http://www.okoffroad.com/okrovers/main.htm
PS- I like the 2001 the best. Keep us posted on what you decide.
#13
RE: Considering a Land Rover
Seth-My '97 with 171k on the clock has never let me down. We have put 20k on it since April of '07, not once did it not do what was asked of it.
Even deep in the woods with no cell signal and the wife and kids on a hot August day and the a/c cranking away as we made our own trail, for over three hours we crept along basically lost in the woods because the trail had disappeared and the only way yo turn around was to back up three miles.
So I just got out the machete and my son and I cleared paths when we needed to.
So moral of the story, I wouldnt take my wife and kids into the woods if I didnt think that our trk was going to let us down.
Drive several, maybe spend less money but put more into to get it up to par.
Even deep in the woods with no cell signal and the wife and kids on a hot August day and the a/c cranking away as we made our own trail, for over three hours we crept along basically lost in the woods because the trail had disappeared and the only way yo turn around was to back up three miles.
So I just got out the machete and my son and I cleared paths when we needed to.
So moral of the story, I wouldnt take my wife and kids into the woods if I didnt think that our trk was going to let us down.
Drive several, maybe spend less money but put more into to get it up to par.
#17
RE: Considering a Land Rover
I'll tell you that there really is no substitute. nothing else looks like a discovery and it really stands out. I love mine and while there are more reliable suv's like a 4 runner i wouldsnt trade my discovery for anything else. be forewarned though it can be an expensive vehicle to maintain unless you have experience as a mechanic, or mechanicaly incline, a good set of tools. if you think you can afford it go for it but if you are trying to conserve money then try a 4 runner or a pathfinder. they tend to be the most reliable and are better built than domestic suv's and arent nearly as suseptible to the electircal nightmares of Chevy/GMC or most gm products for that matter. I say find a used Rav4 toyota if you don't plan on doing any serious offroading. they hold their value well. you can always upgrade to a discovery later whenb it is financialy more feasible. Hope this helps
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#19
RE: Considering a Land Rover
Thanks for all the great comments! I've been looking around, and I ran across this one. This one is close enough that I could go take a look. It's a little higher than I had planned, but it seems to be a good deal...maybe thinking it might be worth the extra $. This is a fairly well known dealership in the Oklahoma City area. Does this seem to be a pretty good deal?
2003 Disco - 86,000 Miles
2003 Disco - 86,000 Miles
#20
RE: Considering a Land Rover
Since you asked...in my opinion a Discovery (or any large SUV) is not a good choice for grad school. When I was in college I had an '82 Celica and it saved my bacon more than once from potential financial ruin by never letting me down in the lean months. It was bulletproof, cheap to run and low maintenance. That way I had money left over from my pizza delivery jobto travel to Alaska every summer, buy decent beer and take my girlfriend (now wife) out to dinner.
Grad school is a long haul. Get something cheap, reliable and good on gas, and buy the nicest Land Rover you can find when you graduate and land the big paycheck.
Cheers,
Dave
Grad school is a long haul. Get something cheap, reliable and good on gas, and buy the nicest Land Rover you can find when you graduate and land the big paycheck.
Cheers,
Dave