Just got my 1995 Discovery out of the shop for the last time I hope. It will be going up for sale this week and I've replaced it with a Toyota.
I've owned the Discovery for 4 months. I bought it with 120k miles and it now has 127k. It was a warm weather car as I bought it from the original owner in the state of FL in the US.
After 4 months and 7k miles I wouldn't own another Rover, in my opinion the engines are junk. From the day I bought it oil poured out of everywhere. I had all the leaks fixed. Last month it blew a head gasket. The garage ended up putting helicoils in the block because some of the threads were stripped.
I don't know if it's a problem anywhere else but in the US you can not get a new or rebuilt engine here. The only option is used. I had a hard time finding an engine but managed to find one for $2100 US which had 56k miles on it. Fortunately it sold before I could buy it. Makes you wonder if it would have all the same problems too.
After 4 months and many $ I've formed an opinion of Rovers, wouldn't have another for anything. It's an overpriced, weak vehicle that breaks down alot. I can hardly wait for the next owner to drive off in it.
Mine came with all the repair receipts the original owner had done and it was a lot more then what I spent.
Sorry mates, but these were my experiences.
Joe