I would go for the Overland as well.

 

Yeah to be honest, if the 4.6L isn't a good engine then the 4.0L isn't going to do it for me. With power almost equal to my old 3.0L ranger I just simply can't go back. I did choice the overland edition because it has everything. Has skid plates, rock sliders (molded into the body), advance 4x4.

It seems that the discovery may not be the vehicle for me. That honestly is to bad because I really do like the way they look. Some may not but I really do. Thanks for your help. I'm still going to go out and test drive one just to check it out.

Thanks!

 

The head gasket problem is from lack of maintenance by the owner.

The brake system you are talking about is on all Land Rovers, it is call 4 channel braking, it means that there is one brake line for each wheel from the ABS pump.
What it does is give equal brake pressure to each wheel and then it can adjust the amount of pressure to each wheel with the valves inside the ABS modulator and by doing this it helps to keep the vehicle from nose diving during hard braking. (less brake PSI up front and more to the rear kinda thing)

Yes ACE is reliable.

The 4.6 is around 200 horse power, the 4.0 is 188.

Keep in mind that those things that are "included" with the Jeep are not actually made for off roading.
My 2001 Montero came with skid plates in the off road package, they were plastic.
And rock sliders that are molded into the body are rocker panels not rock sliders.
Rock sliders take lots and lots of abuse, they are heavy duty and can be replaced if they get to badly beat up.

Not trying to talk you out of the Jeep, I'm just giving you food for thought.

But then again are you actually going to take it off road or are you going for looks?

 

Here is a great link on the 2003.
http://www.newcartestdrive.com/revie...&ReviewID=2413

Spike gave great details. I think the name of the braking system he is refering to is called, "electronic brake force distribution". And its true the Discovery does not dive under hard braking. Replacing your springs and shocks every 60k is a must on these since they are 4750lbs.

The horsepower for the 4.6L is 217 @ 4750rpm
4.0L is 188hp so a 29 Horsepower difference

 

Thank you for the clarification.

 

If you were planning on doing off-roading, I would get a Disco with the CDL. If it's your daily driver then forget the 2003-04. For a few grand more, I would get the LR3. Rover dealer here had a 2005 LR3 for $15,900. If money weren't so tight right now, I would have traded in my D2 on it.

Eric