Is there anything better than a Land Rover Discovery? Great performance and features. Fantastic space for hauling luggage and kids. Feels right.

Unlike some other reviewers, The Dealership is the best I have ever experienced for any model car (Guy Salmon, Stockport). Maybe I am just lucky. Car has been in about 3 times for a day each time, no fuss. Worst fault was the rear window wiper motor stopped working and was replaced without fuss under warranty. The courtesy car was a Disco 3 and was a great car, but if I wanted a car I would have bought another Audi or BMW. Note if you drive motorways a lot, then this is not the vehicle for you and it isn't much use on the average congested school run either. The car is used on all road types as a general family vehicle and MPG has improved from 26MPG to 29MPG by fitting a K&N airfilter. Great all rounder though.

I bought an end of line Land Rover Discovery 2.5TD ES Premium 4x4 because Discoverys are just so multi talented.

You can cruise along at 70mph, tow a car and hardly know its there or use it as a luxury vehicle with its full leather, sat nav and climate control.

The entertainment system does change from radio to CD and back a couple of times a day as it feels like it, but thats the only problem I have had.

These are tough vehicles. The one before this (a 1999 ES) I took across the Sahara desert and it performed very well, even after taking off accidentally over a small sand dune. It needed no work at all after three weeks other than a wash.

The only surpise was the cost of main dealer servicing which can easilly be £400 to £500. Lots of people have mentioned this so apparently Land Rover have planned to lower the cost for the new model Discovery.

The best day of ownership?
Being on an off road course with the traction control and diff-lock and driving about while lots of other more rugged looking 4x4s were getting stuck.

I wanted a Disco Landmark, as the budget suited, but as L/R HQ fouled up, I ended up with a Landrover Discovery 2.5TD ES Premium 4x4 (aw shucks!) This vehicle does the business, whether you're transporting colleagues, bits of furniture, or generally flying around the countryside.
The only small problems I have noticed are that the stereo is starting to change from CD to radio, or vice versa, when I go over a bump at a certain angle, and that the second gear is a bit notchy. The MPG could be better, however I bought a car with the aerodynamics of a brick, weighing 2.5 tons, so what did I expect ????
Further to the last reviewer, Broadfields of Bishops Stortford have been brilliant !!!!!

I bought my Landrover Discovery to be a classic hybrid between car and van. We build exhibition stands and the necessity for a large and capable load carrier was my biggest reason for buying this vehicle.

I chose the end of line range and chose to buy a new Discovery. I chose the top of the range ES Premium. It looks good, and when it works pleases me greatly.

However it doesn't always work and I am beginning to regret the purchase. I think another 10k would have purchased a better vehicle.

My biggest problem is that the Discovery offers a unique proposition in terms of usable size and luxury car specification and family mover. Nothing compares and the "end of line" prices were very competitive!!

You have to buy this vehicle knowing things will go wrong (as I did with TVR many years ago - although the smile never disapperaed with TVR ownership, irrespective of the problems the car developed...). To date the car is 4 months old and has been at the dealership on more occasions than I care to remember. Faults include; oil leak, heat deflectors catching, petrol cap not closing, sat nav problem, and the latest and largest problem is the oil pipe breaking on the gearbox!

All this wouldn't be so bad if my dealership was any good - I hope my local dealer isn't typical of the Land Rover network. Bad doesn't even begin to describe how we are treated at Wooburn Green Land Rover (it took them 8 weeks to pay me the difference on my part exchange!!). I gather some other dealers have much better reputations. I had to write to the Pendragon MD to get any action on my various issues - to date still have no written reply from anyone. Arrogant and chaotic would begin to describe the dealership experience.

My experience is based on having owned Volvo, Saab, BMW, Porsche, TVR, Ford, Renault and Vauxhall cars. Not all perfect by any means but the combination of bad vehicle and dreadful dealer is at it's worst with my Discovery.

Perhaps the vehicles are so bad that the dealers simply cannot cope with the deluge of unhappy customers.