Advice on Cars

[Xenophon]

I'm not 100% certain Milan, but I think it is actually the TD4 engine that is the BMW one (as found in the new Freelanders). I understand the TD5 to be that bit more 'agricultural' in terms of how it sounds. Happy to be corrected if someone can be bothered to check (unlike me!).

Still, they are sturdy motors, loads of road presence and suitably specced I do like them.

[milanbenes]

bigger

higher up

weighs more

based on the above in the case of an accident it should just plough on through instead of being consertenered

innit

Milan.

[ratewhore]

I had a look at a Disco and a clued up mate told me the TD5 was the engine to go for...

[milanbenes]

if it was a Toureg it would be an easy decision, Toureg has volkswagen's reliability behind it, but you wouldn't get a 2 year old toureg for this price, my only worry is that the boys from Brown's Lane let me down on the reliability

Milanl.

[monkeyboy]

This will please you the td5 is a vw engine.

Got a 2002 td5 with 60000 on the clock and very pleased with it.

Mind you servicing is a problem. had service this week, got phone call monday evening

Sorry mr monkeyboy your car won't be ready tonight. When refitting the sump plug we managed to strip the thread and it will need a new sump. This will be under warranty.

2 things

This validates my view of main dealer servicing. They rely way to much on yts types who don't know what they are doing. But charge for formula one mechanics

Why is this a warranty issue they screwed up, it should be at there cost.


Now out of warranty so going to independant after this service.

[milanbenes]

thanks monkey

he probably used the airline socket on it

i saw someone undo the sumpplug on a ford 8210 once using an airline socket
and the plug came out before he could react, he got covered !

hmm this Discovery is a decision eh.

Milan.

[Clownio]

Fancy one of these babies ?

[Fleetwood]

These are good. Bullet-proof motor (never going over 2,000 rpm helps), loads of space and very safe - there's six feet of bonnet and a V8 between you and the front of the car, and other cars just bounce off it. Sorted.

[Clownio]

Or perhaps one of these ?

[EqualOpportunities]

Hmmm... Don't do anything rash.

The Disco is a nice enough motor - but it has it's flaws... The TD5 engine is indeed based on a VW one, as the chimp rightly says, but Land Rover fannied about with it - why they ever had to make the Disco drive-by-wire I will never know - you need to be a fecking psychic at traffic lights because if you wait til they've gone green before you put your foot down, they'll have gone red again before anything registers on the rev counter.

Oh yeah, another thing, for a diesel it's hideously uneconomical; the manual is far, far better.

Personally, I wouldn't have one - but that's only me.

Keep the Skoda mate - it'll be good for another 100k.