Contemplating a Discovery - do I need my head examined?

[rj_astra]

Jeep Commander CDI for the win.... be warned, ugly bloody truck.

[Steve Whitney]

Your spending $90k on a car and worried about fuel economy? Lets say $65k for a Turbo Territory Ghia, plus $10k spent at Nizpro plus other mods. That will give you atleast 750Nm, but economy will be about 15L/100km.
The $15k saving will buy you about 13000L of fuel, which will get you nearly 90,000kms.
A Diesel Disco uses about 10L average, so by the time you clock up 90,000kms, you would have spent $10k of fuel, so you would need to do 180k kms before your actually saving money over the Terry.

i'll also subscribe to your theories.

of course this only applies when the diesel vehicle of choice is greatly more expensive than a petrol one.

when your buying a 4WD, particularly when wanting to be towing, and the price difference between diesel & petrol is minimal, then its diesel all the way.

[Cookiemonster]

I'd seriously consider a 7 seat Territory turbo, and flip it every 3 years + a toy for the weekends (clubman?) or a big trip for the family.

Tempting.
I may consider a diesel Pathy (50k) + some sort of track toy (40k).

Recent research plus responses received here dictate this is more logical than a Disco3.

[jesus]

pathfinders are kinda crap dude

get your disco or a territory

territory is good value for money, like i said my business partner got a new ghia for 50k

[Cookiemonster]

pathfinders are kinda crap dude

get your disco or a territory

territory is good value for money, like i said my business partner got a new ghia for 50k

My wife is kinda anti-Ford. I didn't have the heart to tell her who owns Landrover.

[jesus]

territory is not your usual ford..

i dont like ford either but with territory they seem to have got it right

i know your in syd and it doesnt mean much but if you can get up here i'll give u the territory for a day to check it out

[Cookiemonster]

Just had a squiz at the specs.. Territory can only tow 2300kg. I need 2500kg minimum.

[The Pupat]

Pathfinder diesels are not a bad thing. Don't move if you catch them below 1800rpm but once above that have got lotsa torque and pulling power. I'd personally avoid the manual though doesn't feel right and hopefully (I haven't driven an auto one) if they run a biggish stall convertor you won't be able to catch it below 1800rpm so torque hole problem.

[jesus]

two and a half ton?

mate just get a 100 series and be done with it

[psi999]

Wait a couple of months until the new "200" series Landcruiser comes out. Standard issue is a 200kw/650nm 4.5L TT V8 diesel, mated to 6 speed auto. Or you may be able to get the outgoing model on a run-out deal, with 151kw/450nm 4.2L straight 6. They are a brilliant tow car, with various chipa available for the diesel EFI, for more berries

[Captiva Fan]

Just had a squiz at the specs.. Territory can only tow 2300kg. I need 2500kg minimum.

This may limit you somewhat, I think it'll probably remove the car-like gerlytrux from the list.
In fact, it's lucky the laws have changed that say the tow-car has to weigh more than the thing being towed, or you'd be stuck with the 2800kg Discovery as the only option!
In all seriousness though, if you're towing more than twice a year (and if you're not then WTF are you doing buying one of these lardarse shitboxes), then you might want to see what the potential-purchase is like when pulling all that weight around. Some gerlytrux are much less disgusting when towing heavy stuff than others.

[Nero]

Turbo ford teri and LPG!

[psi999]

Turbo ford teri and LPG!

Has anyone actually successfully converted an XR6t / Turbo Territory to LPG as yet?

And if so results?

[Sturmovik]

If you're regulary towing 2.5 ton you definatley want something with a full chassis. Patrol, Disco or Landcruiser I think are the only ones? Either that or an F250.

[Cookiemonster]

If you're regulary towing 2.5 ton you definatley want something with a full chassis. Patrol, Disco or Landcruiser I think are the only ones? Either that or an F250.

R51 Pathy is full chassis too. 3000kg towing capacity.