Thread: New second hand 4wd ideas

Originally Posted by Beetroot

Ever since catching the disease I've been biased towards the green oval, but for under 25k is there anything Japanese that isn't either 30 years old or rough as guts?

If I had 25k to spend I'd buy a Discovery 2, you can find low(ish) kms and today of or around 10-15k which leaves a healthy budget for repairs which you might not even need. The biggest issues you are likely to face would be the rear air suspension (which isn't actually ha unreliable and is quite handy) or ABS faults which are somewhat common but I've never run into issues. That's if you get a TD5, the V8s can have a few engine issues (mostly just head gaskets).

A Discovery 3 would be an even better vehicle comfort, family, towing wise, but they definitely have more things to go wrong and if you don't do the work yourself are a complete ripoff.
If you could find a decent V8 (petrol) one for around 15k and then spent 10k on preventative maintenance with the suspension you could have a very nice soccer mum car that also does well off road.

The D2 would be a safer bet but between my D3 and D2 the D3 is the far nicer vehicle.

well at least you’re honest.