I'm looking at one or the other as a family/tow car.

Plus points for disco - spares availability, plenty around.

Plus points for shogun - huge inside, 3.2 di-d engine economical, reliability.

Anyone's opinions on either more than welcome.

Ta,

Rich.

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Had a V6 Shogun, had it 4 years, NOTHING went wrong with it.
I did hear the earlier Turbo Diesel ones were as thirsty as hell though.
LandRover " Cars from Hell" Just my opinion.
Steve.

I nearly bought a 4x4 for carting building materials to my house. I would have had a Shogun. Discos keep breaking.

With Discos a lot depends on the model engine option and year.

Other thing do you really need something that big look at what Honda are offering..

Hi well having a lot of friend that work in the landrover plant. And hearing all the things that go on and the bodges that are used.

I dont think i would even consider one.

However just been reading the what car towcar awards 2007. And the oveall winner is a Volkswagen passat 2.0 TDI 4 motion estate.

cheers matt

I'm restricted by the fact that it needs to be a 7 seater, and heavy due to the load I tow. That's why i'm leaning towards a big 4x4.....

I had heard that the discovery can be a bit unreliable - on the other hand spares are in abundance.
The shogan is reliable, however spares have to come from japan.

whichever i get, it'll need to be pre 2001 as well, road tax increase cut off point....

Toyota Landcruiser 3ltr diesel. A mate has one very reliable and towed the MK on a big transporter with ease. 7 seats.

If you go pre 2001 consider a a Rangey Diesel or a gas conversion --- more than 4 years old prices are much lower than you might expect.

For some reason build quality is much better than the Disco.

The one to really avoid is the Jeep Cherokee -- everyone I have come into contact with had major rear axle problems at anything over 70,000 miles.

Go for the Shogun. There's a reason why the parts are less plentifull; they aren't needed!

Adrian

Another vote for the Landcruiser - drives better than the shogun and is streets - no miles and miles and miles ahead of the discovery.

IMHO of course

Cheers

Mark

third vote for the landcruiser. if you can afford it go for the vx amazon. they are beasts and will pull your house down if ever you needed too!!!
shogun would be 2nd choice,

i would not even consider a discovery unless i loved breaking down and enjoyed repairing the pile of crap

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Not sure why everyone is so down on the disco's, my TD5 has 170,000 mls on it now, and still running sweet on the original engine, box and axles (it'll prob break tomorrow now I've said that )
My mate has had 2 shoguns, both of which cost him fortunes in repair bills, and got less to the gallon than the TD5 does

So there

Cheers

Alex

How about a Range Rover Classic pre soft dash airbags and electronic nightmare. Cheap to buy lots of parts if you look after it properly it will be reliable. Disco 1 similar though more rust prone. Best engine for either is the 300TDi later ones too electronic. V8 with a good gas kit, basically a sequential for any injected engine, is cheaper to run than the diesel and sounds nice!

Caber

2.8 nissan patrol, 7 seater . no problems what so ever in a few years of ownership.

I know absolutely zero about the Shogun, but a lot about the Disco. I would buy the Shogun, even though I have no knowledge of it. Because even if it's bad, it CANT be worse than the alternative. IMHO. Regards Ray

Ta, lads.

To be honest I really want a 110 defender county but swmbo won't entertain it

How much does a gassed V8 range rover (or disco) really do to the gallon (equivalent)? I like them a lot, but 10 to the gallon equates to 20 to the gallon on gas - still quite thirsty...

Brain and common sense is telling me japanese, but i do love a landy....

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Not sure why everyone is so down on the disco's, my TD5 has 170,000 mls on it now, and still running sweet on the original engine, box and axles (it'll prob break tomorrow now I've said that )
My mate has had 2 shoguns, both of which cost him fortunes in repair bills, and got less to the gallon than the TD5 does

So there

Cheers

Alex

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I spent ages researching the Disco. I had wanted one since they were first produced. came to the conclusion that there was too much to go wrong.

See this link: DISCOVERY

I now have an 80 Series Landcruiser. It's a serious towing machine, quite thirsty, but I've converted it to run on vegetable oil. A fantastic machine, an earlier version of the Amazon. Mine is 16 years old, but you'd never know.

What's the score with veg oil? Is it just stuff from the chippie that's been filtered out, or wholesale stuff?

You'll get brand new stuff off the shelf in tesco at 55p/litre if you buy at in 3 litre containers. That's a lot handier than cadging / collecting / filtering and storing stuff from the chippy.

And nowadays, you don't need to pay the duty if you will be using less than 2500 litres / P.A.

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What's the score with veg oil? Is it just stuff from the chippie that's been filtered out, or wholesale stuff?

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Well, a landy it is - i pick it up next week...hope not to regret this