Should I Sell the 90?

what about a bit more info Mark I like my Disco's ( one for sale shortly ) they are rather good offroad and on, decent cruisers on the M-way provided you don't cane them.However if you can splash the cash for the fuel I reckon V8 RRC's are a lot more fun and you got one!

Derek Kato 200TDi Disco Miles 300TDi Disco (ongoing)

Ive got one, but its not taxed or tested, and i cant afford the petrol... I could get it gas'd but it would still need a fair bit of work doing to it...

This be the one..

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Looks a bit serious matey, trouble with selling modded is theres a lot of them about Fleabay and forecourtwise so you could be looking at an offroader bargain unless the dude has the bats flying ( checks website bloody hell 10K spent??? ) just scanning fleabay

camelalike or your basic offroad or buy a standard and do the easy mods and save a couple of K I'd drive a couple first tho' not everybody likes 'em as much as I do.

Derek Kato 200TDi Disco Miles 300TDi Disco (ongoing)

I'll give you £5k for the 90 matey?

I love mine and wouldn't change, other than for another Disco, or a D3.

Unless ... we went for a full-on off-roader for the kids to trial in, fully stripped out and v, v light with a trick V8 methinks ... ;)

Having switched from a SIII to a disco for daily off road livestock feeding on the farm I don't think the phrase "good offroad" should be used in the same sentence as Disco ;(

The damn thing is crippled by it's excessive weight, I'm busy unbolting and cutting bit's off to try and make it perform properly. I may be forced to go on a diet myself if all else fails ;)

I suppose the Disco is more refined and better suited to road use, but it needs some serious mods if offroad use is a necessity.

I tried a disco and a Defender off-road, the Defender felt far better to me, not so much capability wise (I didn't do enough off-roading to gauge that) but the defender felt more connected with the ground, sort of like the difference between driving a sports car versus a luxury cruiser, the former gives you more driving feel so you can gauge what's going on under the wheels better, whereas the latter insulates you from the driving to make you more comfy.

I have noticed that some friends with discos and aggressive tyres had problems climbing stuff my Defender just walks up on much less aggressive tyres, and my pinzgauer spins its wheels much sooner than my defender, all probably down to the weight issue.

The fun really starts when it breaks traction on a steep wet slope. A 2t grass sledge is quite exciting ;(

I think it might be getting converted to a pickup to shave a bit more weight off ;)

In a dim and distant universe , Ian Rawlings enlightened us thusly:

I tend to agree, and whilst I've no doubt the Disco is perfectly capable off-road, sometimes it doesn't feel like it.

I remember the first time I took mine off road I was going down a track with some pretty steep tractor ruts, so to save bottoming out I drove at an angle with two wheels on the central bit and the other two to one side. It felt to me as if the whole thing was going to tilt over sideways, and felt very precarious.

Someone later told me that the sideways incline I was on was so mild the Disco could cope with probably three or four times more incline - so the car may have been capable, but it didn't feel like it. I think the problem is that the centre of gravity 'feels' wrong, even if it isn't.

Right, personally speaking and having BTADT id sell the RRC, it's just a lead weight and unless you have a hit on the lottery your unlikely to do owt with it, it's just delaying the inevitable like I did for too long with Percy sat on the drive. If you do win the lottery then you'd buy a Bowler tom cat anyway so it's accademic :-)

I've had SIIa, 2 xRRC V8 and diesel, 300 shape ES Disco V8 and the 110 and now the RRIII. Obviously the most plush is the RRIII and I would prefer the trim levels of the RR's across the years over the Disco however for that you pay a premium which some may view as nuts especially given the earlier Discos are the same vehicle underneath.

Ultimately it depends on what suits your life style. I've happily pootle around in a 90 all day if we didn't have kids. Odd jobs are awkward due to the 90's layout but the same applies to all vehicles for various loads. I'll happily drive the 110 all day across Europe with the caravan on fully loaded with family but the comfort of the Disco and RR make the trip far more pleasureable for all concerned. The shreiks from the back seat are are fewer too due to less spiders. Not funny ar 60mph!

Our Disco was probably one of the most "sensible" landrover products to pass this way based on number of seats, cost and capability for what we actually "need".

If you think about some recent trips in the last 3 months think would they be any more pleasurable in a Disco with trim levels over the 90. Your 90 is an excellent example and I've no doubt that when ever you part you will always look back on it fondly and question your sanity at parting the same as many of us do when we sit down an work out how minted we would be if only we had kept that motor all those years back.

Think about longer trips and even play, would you have been any worse off in a Disco? yes they will never be as capable as a 90 that is tricked up but isn't that all part of the challenge / compromise?

It's a tough choice and longer term "life" plans may also influence any decission making process. If ever you were to grow a family a 90 hard top is not very user friendly when it comes to kiddy seats but they are far more user friendly with the invent of recent seats capabale of safely holding child seats than they were 4 or 5 years ago. Not saying your should go down this route but it's another consideration if you do change motors especially if it's a five year or so investment as alot can happen in those 5 years.... trust me! :-)

I've not looked at the vehicle prior to posting this so I'm unbiased by any bling at the time of posting. You could of course take a leaf out of Niges book.

Lee D

I dont know.. i was all ready to sell the 2A - but now my finances have improved and just 2 weekends of work have got it road legal again after

18months of sitting. Not sure i want to sell it now!* :) *my viewpoint may change after the first time it breaks down!

Hehe, that's you not the truck, I know that I have some photos of some "terrifying" inclines both vertical and sideways that scared me so much I hopped out and took a photo to remember them by, but they looked so pathetic once outside of the truck that I just felt silly! It's just not natural I think.

Landrover quote a tipover angle of 37 degrees for the Defender and for the pinzgauer it's 42 or something like that, so the pinz looks better on paper but I've seen Defenders at what looked like 45 degrees, and I've seen pinzes at similar so I suspect the figures aren't to be taken seriously.

On or around Fri, 8 Feb 2008 19:07:28 +0000, Ian Rawlings enlightened us thusly:

LR used to quote 45 degrees for the series.

I've parked mine on a bank at about 25, maybe 30 degrees, and that feels like it's going to go over, but it didn't. There should be a picture of it somewhere, but I bet I can't find it.

On or around Fri, 8 Feb 2008 18:25:50 -0000, "Lee_D" enlightened us thusly:

If I won the lottery, I'd keep the 110 and do it up properly...

but I would also buy some other stuff :-)

The problem with that is that it really is not worth anything.... It is not taxed or tested, it is not insured, it sits up my uncles farm in between 2 lorry trailers. It does not owe me anything. If i sold it it would only be worth a couple of hundred quid, and id rather keep it for that!

It runs perfectly, and i sometimes go for a hoon round the fields in it. Whenever i do it gives me the biggest smile... Its worth it for that!

Ill keep the 90 for now i think - But when kids come along its gone! So its days are numbered unfortunately - Quite a large number i would imagine, but they are numbered!

Ah in that case if it's just play thing then it makes sense.

You will be amazed how quickly they go. In the meantime enjoy the 90 :-)

Lee D

You lot with fresh or impending kids are starting to make some of us whose kids have pretty much flown the coop feel like old men.

Or maybe you've been really slow starters - an option I have decided to believe. ;-)

Well im 25, so that is a really really slow starter :) Someone i went to school with had her 1st when she was 16, and has had more since then..

Jeez, we didn't have our first till I was .. er ... 32 ish.

I didn't get married till I was .. er .. a bit younger. Mind, I'd had my own flat from 21, though mived back in with mum at 25 'cos she went a bit wappy. ;)