Guys, I've just gone to look at the 95 Disco V8 which I thought was a 94 one. And since it was presented at a car "market", I also saw another one, a 96 Disco V8 amongst a few hundred other vehicles.
After all the research done on the Disco, I am still with the diesel machine, much like you Roverchic and Vray. Yet in some ways, something is telling me not to spent so much for a Disco TD5, not for how little I'm going to do with it, no.
At the end, I think I'm just going to sit for a while and tinker on options to boost the performance on my loyal Isuzu 2.8 Intercooled Turbo diesel machine. I've just found some folks getting together like you LR guys on forums. Not that I'm going to abandon your friendship, but on the contrary I'd like to maintain our nice little friendliness which got off on a good start. As a matter of fact, I've read in some of those Isuzu forums where a few people have got Isuzu engines and stuffs inside their Rover bodies. We can use each other, in a way, ha.
Oh, Roverchic I've heard of the maternal instinct kicking in at a later stage for some. So, don't hold your breath. My wife did that maternal-thingi on me years ago and I, initially and subsequently both of us managed to get over it, whew!
Vray, stability is an illusion. Enjoy what you do now, with or without kids and wives, and it just doesn't matter. I'd say you've had a good time and why not carry on. We do too. We'll see you at your sailboat somewhere, if not in NZ. Yes it is beautiful down here, but the grass is not necessarily greener than wherever you are. Who knows we may sail together someday. Roverchic and Militant-Grunt may want to join in as well huh.
Back to Rovers. I'll probably ever going to have only one 4wd at a time to do a little off-road adventuring as well as to lug my caravan around. So, in the meantime I'll try to boost up the Isuzu and use it for a few more years, then swop for the TD5 or better still, the Disco III TDV6 which is by far the most ideal setup of a 4wd for me. I saw the latter at one of the local showrooms and I almost handed over NZ$95,000 if it wasn't for my wife's being there. However, I've been invited to take one for a test drive and I declined it at the time. l was offered to go back and take one away for a day and a half just to see if i'd like it. I thought I knew that already, about the liking part of it. I will still take them up on the offer, just so I will bear in mind to buy one much later, when it isn't $95,000.
1989 Isuzu Irmscher and Pathfinder-Discovery-TDV6-at-heart
