Land Rover Discovery - Talk to me

EH75 · 13 Jan 2024 at 19:53

In the very early stages of considering one of these for the next car. Never owned an 4 x 4 before but the other half has her heart set on one. Anything in particular to look out for or be aware of? We'd probably be looking at one that is around 3-4 years old. Budget is around £30-35k. Looking at a petrol model (aware these are relatively rare) as we do a lot of short journeys.

EH75 · 13 Jan 2024 at 23:05

Yeah there's a lot of anecdotal stuff out there which means I'm not 100% sold on one. Will probably go to go look at a few of the usual alternatives - Q7, XC90, Tourag, Kodiaq etc.

I don't really know anyone personally whose has had a discovery or range rover although one of her friends has had two discoveries in a row and apparently had no issues. This makes it more difficult to put her off of the idea. "some bloke on the Internet says they break down" isn't convincing her!

EH75 · 15 Jan 2024 at 07:58

-Ad- said:
Do you and your other half live on a farm?

Or is her driving/parking soo bad that she just wants to drive up and through kerbs with a Disco?

Tbf we do live in the Norfolk countryside and the roads aren't great. A lot of people have 4x4s round here and I do fancy one of some description for a bit of a change. Higher driving position, lots of storage etc. I realise I don't NEED one but by that logic I could just stick with my 2010 Octavia for another 5 years. It still works.

On the school run point the school car park is a muddy field so ironically a 4x4 would actually be useful there!

Personally I was leaning more towards the Kodiaq as it will be cheaper to buy, run and repair. Realise it is much less of a premium offering but I have had Skodas for the last decade and always been happy with them.

What other alternatives would people recommend? Tourag and XC90 are the ones that spring to mind, anything else?

EH75 · 15 Jan 2024 at 17:33

Demon said:
Why so large an SUV? The Disco/Tourag/XC90 are huge and not ideal for country roads IMO.. the Kodiaq is good, I ordered one a few years ago (Skoda cancelled it when they rationalised their lineup)..

I just like a bigger car. Also we have 2 kids and do long journeys a few times a year with a lot of luggage, pram etc.

Do I absolutely need one? Probably not. I would like one though.

I was looking at superb estates but she prefers the 4x4. You know how it is.