Hi
i currently have land rover discovery 2 td5 its just done a head gasket that i fixed with head gasket in a bottle, as when i brought the head had just been done and they can only be reco once due only being surface Harding, and with 300k on it the auto is due to fail soon as well so rather then spend 6 to 8k on the disco to keep going i figure i am better off getting something newer.
so have been looking around even before this happened and had initialy rules out the pajero due to the minister for war and finace's hating them
so was looking at fj cruisers, parado, wrangler as we had just started doing a bit of off roading in the Grampians and around sturt mill and been really enjoying it
the prado was ruled out just due to cost.
so with this needing it happen soonier then i thought i took the missues out and checked out a different pajero and she did not mind it
now the other issue is i am currently on workcover with a return to work plan as i did the a disc in my back which sucks cause i cant drive my bf xr8 ute for more then half an hour with out being in agony and financially i am not sure where we are going to end up as its all ready been 6-7 months and i cant even work a full day of office duty yet little lone be back on the tools (diesel mechanic)
oh and i need something reliable as the misses has pretty bad anixity and only just got her license and of something happens to the car it knocks her about pretty bad
so after all that back ground the cheaper the better but this is the basic criteria
under 30k prefer under 20k but not likely
prefer under or around 100'000km no ore then 150'000 or so, need low km to get decent life out of it as i do around 25'000km a year sometimes more sometimes less
must be capable off road on more serious tracks
must be reliable
2012 or newier vechiles older ones would need to be 10k or less
so after all that i and searching on here it seems the challanger has quite a few issues with it between the cooling system/rough blocks, srs issues and a weak auto gearbox (i assume they dont use the same gearbox as the pajero?) is their any other common fault's with them, do they have issues with inner guards cracks like the isuzu mux and earlier fj cruiser's?
also whats the ride like in them is it soft or stiff?
the 2012 on pejero's look like a pretty good buy and cant really find to many faults other then needing to keep intake clean etc
how long do the suspension bushes last before needing replacement? and how strong are the cv's ?
aso how well does the independent suspension hold off when doing serious trails
how well does the body hold up to being winched
is their anything else i should have a look at vehicle wise? while i like landrover being a mechanic i get sick and tired of working on my own stuff so no other landrovers please
thanks
mark
i currently have land rover discovery 2 td5 its just done a head gasket that i fixed with head gasket in a bottle, as when i brought the head had just been done and they can only be reco once due only being surface Harding, and with 300k on it the auto is due to fail soon as well so rather then spend 6 to 8k on the disco to keep going i figure i am better off getting something newer.
so have been looking around even before this happened and had initialy rules out the pajero due to the minister for war and finace's hating them
so was looking at fj cruisers, parado, wrangler as we had just started doing a bit of off roading in the Grampians and around sturt mill and been really enjoying it
the prado was ruled out just due to cost.
so with this needing it happen soonier then i thought i took the missues out and checked out a different pajero and she did not mind it
now the other issue is i am currently on workcover with a return to work plan as i did the a disc in my back which sucks cause i cant drive my bf xr8 ute for more then half an hour with out being in agony and financially i am not sure where we are going to end up as its all ready been 6-7 months and i cant even work a full day of office duty yet little lone be back on the tools (diesel mechanic)
oh and i need something reliable as the misses has pretty bad anixity and only just got her license and of something happens to the car it knocks her about pretty bad
so after all that back ground the cheaper the better but this is the basic criteria
under 30k prefer under 20k but not likely
prefer under or around 100'000km no ore then 150'000 or so, need low km to get decent life out of it as i do around 25'000km a year sometimes more sometimes less
must be capable off road on more serious tracks
must be reliable
2012 or newier vechiles older ones would need to be 10k or less
so after all that i and searching on here it seems the challanger has quite a few issues with it between the cooling system/rough blocks, srs issues and a weak auto gearbox (i assume they dont use the same gearbox as the pajero?) is their any other common fault's with them, do they have issues with inner guards cracks like the isuzu mux and earlier fj cruiser's?
also whats the ride like in them is it soft or stiff?
the 2012 on pejero's look like a pretty good buy and cant really find to many faults other then needing to keep intake clean etc
how long do the suspension bushes last before needing replacement? and how strong are the cv's ?
aso how well does the independent suspension hold off when doing serious trails
how well does the body hold up to being winched
is their anything else i should have a look at vehicle wise? while i like landrover being a mechanic i get sick and tired of working on my own stuff so no other landrovers please
thanks
mark
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