Series II TD5 Disco - The Brick.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:38 am
I used to have 4WDs... some of you probably even remember them... it seems like a long time ago.
More recently I had a Holden... I liked it. But my Holden was getting on, and my family just doubled in size - and my Wife wants to go 4WDing and do family picnics up the rivers and beaches that Canterbury has in abundance... and so the replacement Holden I had lined up went on the backburner.
I like a challenge, so against all advice I test drove, and really liked, an early Disco II TD5. Its rattly, clunky, slow (compared to other diesel engined 4WDs of its era), and if the internet is to be believed it will have all the traditional Land Rover faults like oil leaks, drooping headlinings and electrical failures.
Its got all the things that should have been a warning to me (given where they are made) - ABS, traction control, active stability control, airbags and it was made in Solihull. But it drove nicely and it has three good seats in the back for the girls, reasonable luggage space for the dog... and luggage, good tyres, great economy and its a truck I haven't owned yet (although I had a SIIa way back when I was young).
Anyway, I bought it - and my daughter decided to name it based on what it looks like (and my take on that is that it has a similar shape, similar colour, similar aerodynamic qualities and similar reliability when used in Canterbury). Its now called "Brick".
Of course, I'm not very good at just buying a vehicle and driving it - so I thought I'd throw this thread up just so I'd have somewhere to document what I do to it. If you're thinking, "Awesome, last time it was a MU and that was months and months of mods and tech" then I'm sorry to disappoint you but I can't afford to do much to it (actually I can't afford to do anything to it at all) so things will be slow, steady and budget-conscious). After 3 1/2 years of studying at uni things are a little tight.
So, watch this space (if you're at all interested) while I learn what I can do with one of these... and then do it if I can afford it
More recently I had a Holden... I liked it. But my Holden was getting on, and my family just doubled in size - and my Wife wants to go 4WDing and do family picnics up the rivers and beaches that Canterbury has in abundance... and so the replacement Holden I had lined up went on the backburner.
I like a challenge, so against all advice I test drove, and really liked, an early Disco II TD5. Its rattly, clunky, slow (compared to other diesel engined 4WDs of its era), and if the internet is to be believed it will have all the traditional Land Rover faults like oil leaks, drooping headlinings and electrical failures.
Its got all the things that should have been a warning to me (given where they are made) - ABS, traction control, active stability control, airbags and it was made in Solihull. But it drove nicely and it has three good seats in the back for the girls, reasonable luggage space for the dog... and luggage, good tyres, great economy and its a truck I haven't owned yet (although I had a SIIa way back when I was young).
Anyway, I bought it - and my daughter decided to name it based on what it looks like (and my take on that is that it has a similar shape, similar colour, similar aerodynamic qualities and similar reliability when used in Canterbury). Its now called "Brick".
Of course, I'm not very good at just buying a vehicle and driving it - so I thought I'd throw this thread up just so I'd have somewhere to document what I do to it. If you're thinking, "Awesome, last time it was a MU and that was months and months of mods and tech" then I'm sorry to disappoint you but I can't afford to do much to it (actually I can't afford to do anything to it at all) so things will be slow, steady and budget-conscious). After 3 1/2 years of studying at uni things are a little tight.
So, watch this space (if you're at all interested) while I learn what I can do with one of these... and then do it if I can afford it
Make sure you hide any spare hilux axles you have laying around Steve 
Before you get tempted 
