| Author | Message | ||
     jesse a henning (Darw_n) New Member Username: Darw_n Post Number: 34 Registered: 06-2003 |
what is the average life of a well 2k D2? | ||
| Curtis N (Curtis) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Curtis Post Number: 921 Registered: 05-2002 |
About as long as someone is willing to keep fixing it. | ||
| Lewis Jones (Cutter) Member Username: Cutter Post Number: 127 Registered: 10-2003 |
LOL!!  ...Curtis speaks the truth | ||
| bluesman (Hywy61) Member Username: Hywy61 Post Number: 74 Registered: 02-2003 |
loaded question dude..... assume standard maintenance is done religiously-i would say 200K before all the little crap starts driving you nuts. my 2cents - i could be wrong My biggest worry is the electrical - very expensive to fix and not many people can do it | ||
| Eric Olsen (Eric_olsen) Member Username: Eric_olsen Post Number: 89 Registered: 02-2003 |
62,000 miles | ||
| quentin charles neil ross (Qcnr) New Member Username: Qcnr Post Number: 20 Registered: 10-2003 |
Like anything else mechanical, it depends on the maintance Most people board a 747 without thinking that the design is around 30 years old aswell as some of the planes probably!!!!! You could trash your V8 within 3000Km if you want or it could keep going for 300.000Km. | ||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Dweb Lounge Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 2172 Registered: 02-2002 |
The Pig is at 47777 right now and in that short span of miles the following has been replaced under warranty: FSU MAF Front Drive Shaft Radiator T-case Engine (long block assy) So having all of that replaced, I am hoping for at least 200K or 2009, whichever comes first. Quentin is right. The first 747 flew in December 1969 and has been kicking ass since. Maintenance is key to long lasting performance. | ||
| A. Brian Dada (Mrliberty) New Member Username: Mrliberty Post Number: 3 Registered: 10-2003 |
While maintenance is the key to long lasting performance, I believe it is second to an originally well thought out and executed design and installation. It is obvious that too many D2 owners have too many similar problems at the same mileage/time. Not a sign of a well designed vehicle. I think it is safe to say that few D2's will last very long if they are not maintained, but you also should be willing to either work on it yourself, or pay to have someone else fix the problems that surface after the warranty is gone. | ||
| Matt Anderson (Disco01) Member Username: Disco01 Post Number: 48 Registered: 10-2003 |
I have a lot of direct experience with late model 4wd vehicles. My first vehicle was a 1992 Jeep Cherokee Laredo that my parents bought new for me. It was a great vehicle for me, not giving any trouble. I got rid it in 1995 for a Grand Cherokee, which I kept for a year then gave to my sister and got a 1996 Discovery SD 5sp. My sister kept the Jeep until 2000 and traded it when it turned 80K. It gave very little trouble except for a tendency for the •••••• to hunt at low speeds. I kept my Disco until 2000 when I traded it in on a 2000 Mitsubishi Montero (fullsize) In the 50K I literally did nothing to the Disco except replace some seals. Sure it had its quirks, but it never gave me one driveablitity issue except for something with the clanking of the shafts due to some problem with the tcase. The Montero was a POS. It developed an engine knock at about 5k. Pretty much everything was replaced in the top end before a new shortblock was put it, only to have the knock return several months later. By this point, the steering had developed "catches" in its action and two of the wheel bearings were squealing. I took a hit and traded it in on 2000 Chevy Silverado Z71 LS reg cab. A good truck, my quite troublesome. The windows quit about every year requiring regulators etc, the throttle sticks, the doors creak and the cathces come loose. Basically lots of little annoyances. When my mom told me she was going to trade her 2001 Disco 2 in for a Touareg I jumped on it. Having known the history of this vehicle and the fact the oil had been changed every 3k (rather than 7500) and that it did not leak, never wheeled, and everything worked great, as well as a new radiator put in, new water pump (plastic impeller went out and shot into the radiator) as well as a new front shaft I figured she was good to go. To make a long story short, I guess I am trying to say all manufacturers have problems with some vehicles. I truly believe after the typical D2 parts get fixed it will be a long lasting vehicle, free of major repairs and much better in the long run than the series 1. This is just my $.02. What I like about Rovers is how nice a well maintained truck looks even when it is old. The interiors just seem to hold up much better than the domestic and japanese offerings. | ||
| Peter J. Kelly (Pjkbrit) Member Username: Pjkbrit Post Number: 55 Registered: 05-2003 |
Get your D2 up on a lift....marvel at it's construction especially in comparison to all the other crap out there...realise that this is the end of an era with the passing of this vehicle and that Ford will replace it with a piece of crap...expect to see many last 20 years or more with ease. Just be handy with a few tools and don't fret when it leaks oil accepting that they all do... | ||
| Brad Ashe (Vodkaman) New Member Username: Vodkaman Post Number: 29 Registered: 10-2003 |
A word of advice before walking under a Discovery wear some old clothes that you don't mind getting oil or trans fluid from the steering box stains on them. I have a love hate relationship with my Discovery. | ||
| David Seger (Croakus) Member Username: Croakus Post Number: 62 Registered: 06-2003 |
You can walk under yours? That's got to be one heck of a lift. Sorry, had to say it. | ||
| Brad Ashe (Vodkaman) New Member Username: Vodkaman Post Number: 31 Registered: 10-2003 |
LOL Dave that would be a hell of a lift but look back up one post above mine Peter said put it on a lift. That is where I got walking under it. |
