disco or range rover

[martyn]

Looking to buy a new off roader i need a project so looking to do the work myself which is best disco1 or range rover classic for off roading bearing in mind i want a diesel auto and disco high c/c

[morson4x4]

well as you know chassis is exactly the same how ever i would prefer the disco 1/ more room in cab 2/ more room in  general for recover gear on the bad side i found they grounded out more than rangys

[martyn]

HI you just give the tip on bob tail you know vosa what does vosa mean it is obviosly short for sumat what?

[morson4x4]

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency

[bogie]

Go for rangy!!

[martyn]

Hi just got back from seeing a fella with 3 disco in his yard they were totally shot.
Cant find a good one been looking for weeks now and as for rangy rarer than hens teeth

[boss]

bloody government scrappage! **shakes fist**  :lol: :lol:

[Range Rover Blues]

bloody government scrappage! **shakes fist**  :lol: :lol:

Yeap, I wonder how many british jobs have been saved by replacing british built cars with cheap indian/chineese imports?  I bet none of the spares are made here.

[martyn]

before long there will be [!Expletive Deleted!] all made here

[NiteMare]

i've seen at least 4 discos piled in a scrapyard due to the scrappage scheme, the guy wanted stupid amounts of money for them to be prepared to part with them and he'd already grabbed them with his crane so all the doors if nothing else were scrap ...

i've seen stolen/recovered motors that were still good for donor parts that were destined for the crusher ...

to imagine this sort of wasteage is bad enough but to actually see it is absolutely sickening

[Range Rover Blues]

Yeah well, vote fascist dictator, help them to control us!

I have absolutely no idea what the justification for the current scrappage scheme is, or for extending it once it was proved it did nothing for British jobs other than export them to china.

Someone, somewhere is getting very rich and he probably helps pay off the Liebour party bankruptcy.  How the hell did our country get become run (into the ground) by a bunch of eejots that can't even balance the books of their own party?

Don't expect anything in brown's britain to make sense, that way you'll not be dissapointed.

[martyn]

Dont get me started about the state of this country or we will be here all day.
 Anyway it has to be a rrc just found out my disco2 has been hitting the handle of garage up and over door if you drive out quicker than a crawl.
its happened to the wife she thought it was something in the boot leprechauns!!! luckily the scratches cant be seen and arent too deep so its a rrc
any thoughts on a p38 or just to heavy, are offroading parts hard to get?        earlier rrc are rare and or expensive

if any one knows of one that is any good in south mid/wales bristol area reasonably priced pls let me know

[Range Rover Blues]

P38 and nice mcahines and a lte one will still be holding it's value.  Part however are not cheap, add that to the reputation for electricery gremlins and I won't be buying one.  The interior space is better than a RRC, all are on air, though the last one I drove handled badly :-k and economy is typically low 20s not low teens for a V8.

The BMW oil burner is good if slugish, it needs tweaking and needs looking after.

[martyn]

 Just got to keep looking tempted by a v8 i like the exhaust note on them but not the mpg i know i could do something foolish like buy one and regret it at the fuel pump.

I dont know if its true there are so many story tellers but im told some peps are using USED cooking oil from the local chinese in their motors strained first, my son has been used new cooking oil in his old diesel astra.

Getting naffed of looking and not doing once i make a decision i like to get on with it and it doesnt help that everywhere i look soomeone owns or has just sold what im after you know the type ooh i had 3 of those last week mate but i sold them all.

just found out the price of spares for p38 wheel bearings so i wont be getting one off them thanks for reminding me about the lecky bits on them lecky and me dont agree

[muddyjames]

used cooking oil is fine. 2 buckets, 1 inside the other but make sure it doesnt touch the bottom of the other bucket. holes in bottom of top bucket, few bits of polystyrene or similar over the holes, building sand on top, poor oil onto sand, sand acts as a sieve, good oil comes out the bottom into bottom bucket, goopy nasty stuff gets left onto top of sand. scrape goop off sand and take to local tip NOT down your drain or in the wheelie bin, good stuff you just pour into the fuel tank!