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Coincidently, I am also shopping for a 03/04 Discovery, although it's a new SUV but it sure feels like you are back in the mid 80's era, can't get away from the decade old design. Looks like you got a good price there, I found an 04' SE with 4K miles, dealer was asking for 34K, I offered 30K, he came came with 32.5K but I stuck to my price, it's been a week and the SUV is still there, these things are not exactly moving like hot potatoes, be firm with yr price and chances you will get it at yr price.
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I am keeping my ML, just need another SUV, :v
I didn't think the Discovery was underpowered but I do think the ML is a faster and a more responsive SUV. The two are very different beasts. I think the reliability of the Discovery is similar to the ML. If you are lucky and get got a good one, it will probably be pretty trouble free, after all the Discovery has been around for 15 yrs, one would like to believe most bugs are worked out of the system. Just don't feel bad to low ball the price, again these things are not flying off the lot like hot potatoes.
I didn't think the Discovery was underpowered but I do think the ML is a faster and a more responsive SUV. The two are very different beasts. I think the reliability of the Discovery is similar to the ML. If you are lucky and get got a good one, it will probably be pretty trouble free, after all the Discovery has been around for 15 yrs, one would like to believe most bugs are worked out of the system. Just don't feel bad to low ball the price, again these things are not flying off the lot like hot potatoes.
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Hi guys, Just to add to your discussion, there is a new discovery very soon, so that should really help you get the price you want. Not sure when it comes to the US, but will definitely have a knock on effect.
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ML vs. Discovery
Effective for '05, the Discovery line has been discontinued, replaced by the LR3. Some reading here ...
http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/e.../act/feature25
http://www.autointell-news.com/News-...p-08-04-p4.htm
Apparently, the Discovery has such a bad reputation that Land Rover wanted to distance itself from it, to the point of dropping the name.
For that reason alone, I'd avoid the Discovery.
http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/e.../act/feature25
http://www.autointell-news.com/News-...p-08-04-p4.htm
Apparently, the Discovery has such a bad reputation that Land Rover wanted to distance itself from it, to the point of dropping the name.
For that reason alone, I'd avoid the Discovery.
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Apparently, the Discovery has such a bad reputation that Land Rover wanted to distance itself from it, to the point of dropping the name.
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I know three people with Discovery's
Originally Posted by VTBenZO
Are you trading in or just buying? did you think it was a bit underpowered? does it require lots of service and shop visits like the ml?
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Originally Posted by VTBenZO
Did anyone own a ml320 and a discovery? which one do you prefer? I have a really good offer on a 2003 land rover discovery, 10k miles, loaded for $26k....any advice?
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Good comments, very true. Oh, the salesman at British Motors pissed me off today. He called, I called to follow up on the Discovery I was interested in, he told me it was sold already since he did not want to take my offer which was 30K for a Discovery SE 04' model with 4.5k miles on it. 2 hours later I told my secretary to call them to ask about that Discovery with a different sales person, guess what? It's available and we have a great deal on it! WTF? I bet that thing is not going to get sold any time soon, like you said, 10-12 mpg on premium gas and that 2.50 a gallon here in SF.
