Originally Posted by JCL

I had a Discovery II, facelifted model, TD5, 5MT. Terrible vehicle. Paid the lease company something north of 3500 GBP to get out of it early, which was well worth it. My favourite line from my dealer in Staffordshire: "They all do that". I heard that lot. I think about it whenever I see a thread about Landrovers, no matter who owns them at the time.

The Defender went anywhere. The Range Rover had road manners. The Discovery was just an unfortunate collection of parts that didn't hold up to either the Defender or the Range Rover.

To the OP: I hope your new LR works out better than mine did.