Why Us?

[AZLandRvr]

I feel that discos are doomed... why do they have so many problems

[Phototone]

I am a new Disco I owner. I have been reading a lot, and doing work on my Disco. My OPINION is that the reason Discos have so many problems is that most original owners have treated them like the average USA made SUV, which is to say to ignore preventative matenance. While this philosophy seems to work OK with American vehicles, it does not work too well with Discos. The Range Rover made vehicles are expensive new, and expensive to repair if you use the dealer, and many things are just not done to keep them up, then a lot of things go wrong at once. But...consider this, most Disco I trucks now have on average over 120k miles on them, many have 150k or more, and are still running, and can be made to run well, and can still have plenty of life left in them, if you do the repair to bring them up to snuff. I think that is a pretty good track record.

[Ben Rover]

Leave your wife/girlfriend and accept the fact that your Disco needs that much attention and you'll be fine. I've been lavishing mine since I bought it in March '07 and it's a fantastic machine, rusty in the belly area, sure, but mechanically sound as can be.

Of course I'm single and broke...

[AZLandRvr]

I guess everyone has their own personal opinion on why it's 'worth' worshiping the rover. I think that this is one of the first ol' school suvs that can still show whats up on the roads and especially off the roads
I've been off roadin many times in the disco and never once have gotten stuck... its a fightin machine

[discowilson]

ive gotten stuck =[, mainly i think cause my diff doesnt work!

[Rovin4life]

The disco one is already ten years old at its latest model. Thats ten years of rust and other things to go wrong.

age plays a factor in all vehicles.

I had a mercury tracer as a daily driver with over two hundred thousand miles and thirteen years on it till cylinder number four bit the dust. Thats not to say the other problems with it as well.

But old cars get older. fact of life. In warmer climates without rainfall they last alot longer.

[polar]

I maintain all of are vehicles like they where children. instead of old baby clothes and strollers we have old tires and empty oil bottles.

[Jupiter Rover]

Originally Posted by Phototone

I am a new Disco I owner. I have been reading a lot, and doing work on my Disco. My OPINION is that the reason Discos have so many problems is that most original owners have treated them like the average USA made SUV, which is to say to ignore preventative matenance. While this philosophy seems to work OK with American vehicles, it does not work too well with Discos. The Range Rover made vehicles are expensive new, and expensive to repair if you use the dealer, and many things are just not done to keep them up, then a lot of things go wrong at once. But...consider this, most Disco I trucks now have on average over 120k miles on them, many have 150k or more, and are still running, and can be made to run well, and can still have plenty of life left in them, if you do the repair to bring them up to snuff. I think that is a pretty good track record.

i think your right on with this.. my previous owner was literally a millionaire and had kept the disco in great shape, using good oil, and 93 octane gasoline, as well as performing all the regular maintenance. I have had very few problems.. so far, the battery has gone bad, and water was leaking from the visor.. i have nearly 53k miles and the ignition wires are failing.. that is the only Main problem i have had so far...

[AZLandRvr]

Everyone is right about doing regular work on the discos. This was probably the first SUV I have owned that I have had to treat like a baby for it to be my best friend. I love to mob the disco around town with the system thumpin but it pisses me off when there are internal failures such as continuous leaks randomly underneath the disco and something needs to be fixed every week. But Everyone seems to have their own style of how they want to "show off" the ol' school power. There is a price to pay to have the luxury of these great vehicles on the road.