Land Rover discovery
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da10A
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I completely fell head over heels in 1996 when I first laid my eyes on a D1.
By the time I was ready to buy in 2006, D1s were too old for my taste so I went ahead and found a low mileage 2000 D2 with all maintenance records. It ended up being the dream that should have stayed a dream. After $9Gs in 4 years (and except for the head gasket, I did all the work myself), I ended up getting rid of it. That D2 ownership is the unfortunate reason why I will never own a Land Rover again. Otherwise, instead of going back to jeeps, I would most likely be driving an LR4.
Keep in mind that the Discovery name had such a bad reliability reputation because of the D2, that they had to get rid of that name in North America to be able to sell the LR3.... That right there says it all!!! I would definitely go D1 over D2, hands down!
By the time I was ready to buy in 2006, D1s were too old for my taste so I went ahead and found a low mileage 2000 D2 with all maintenance records. It ended up being the dream that should have stayed a dream. After $9Gs in 4 years (and except for the head gasket, I did all the work myself), I ended up getting rid of it. That D2 ownership is the unfortunate reason why I will never own a Land Rover again. Otherwise, instead of going back to jeeps, I would most likely be driving an LR4.
Keep in mind that the Discovery name had such a bad reliability reputation because of the D2, that they had to get rid of that name in North America to be able to sell the LR3.... That right there says it all!!! I would definitely go D1 over D2, hands down!
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That looks just like the one I'm going to look at lol
da10A
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Well, I know you are new to Discoveries, but my D2 was part of a handfull that were custom ordered in the original Land Rover color which is called Coniston green. That color was not available on any year D2 99-2004. If it is that exact color, you got an extremely rare one right there. But I would still run my friend, run 
Well, I know you are new to Discoveries, but my D2 was part of a handfull that were custom ordered in the original Land Rover color which is called Coniston green. That color was not available on any year D2 99-2004. If it is that exact color, you got an extremely rare one right there. But I would still run my friend, run
Well too late. I bought it.
Thanks. It was a Land Rover dealer service managers vehicle. Had it serviced regularly and has the records for it. Also he said they pulled the engine 10k miles ago to reseal it. Still has a couple issues like the front sunroof doesn't open and the head liner is coming down but nothing I can't handle.