Discovery 5 2025
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Bavarianbrit
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I want to know but dinah want to spend my own money?
Had one briefly at work, HSE spec, kept banging my head when getting in it, boss didn't like it so it was exchanged for a defender. In my view the defender is a nicer to drive, certainly seems to be built and laid out better. AND, not only is a spare wheel an optional extra, so is the ratchet mechanism to hold one
paulbshooting
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Had a Disco 5, mainly as a family car, and was 14 months of hell. Constant issues despite the efforts of the LR assist guys, the local dealer was awful and I had a full LR warranty. Luckily sold it prompty. The Disco 4 is a better car. Wouldn't buy another JLR product again. Thought I was unlucky but everyone has a horror story. A great shame.
My friend had a new engine in his before it had done 20k. It'll be a no from me.
I had a disco 5.
3 engines in 3 years.
Went to the dealership 18 times for malfunctions.
Utter crap.
3 engines in 3 years.
Went to the dealership 18 times for malfunctions.
Utter crap.
I have an 11 year old Rangey, bought at a premium from JLR, one owner, 70k miles.
I’ve done another 66k miles in just over three years, with no serious issues barring gear selector knob failure which was fixed cheaply in a few days, and temporarily fixed next day.
Utterly awesome car, I’ve had multiple medium and high-mileage JLR products and the misses has a low mileage Disco4, No serious issues with any of them
.moonstone gsp
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I have had 6 discovery’s and currently have a disco 5. Never had any major issues. I also have a new defender. The disco is a better vehicle! It’s a smoother drive and handles better.
Defender will probably hold its price better, but given the choice I would pick the discovery.
Defender will probably hold its price better, but given the choice I would pick the discovery.
long_range_rob
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JLR? No thanks.
Rake Aboot
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So not a discovery 5 then ?I have an 11 year old Rangey, bought at a premium from JLR, one owner, 70k miles.
I’ve done another 66k miles in just over three years, with no serious issues barring gear selector knob failure which was fixed cheaply in a few days, and temporarily fixed next day.
Utterly awesome car, I’ve had multiple medium and high-mileage JLR products and the misses has a low mileage Disco4, No serious issues with any of them
Anyway, the estate had one and it continually suffered a complete and utter loss of all power, switching totally off, mid drive.
It got binned.
Old mannie cars tho
A sensible man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
On our second disco 5 (not 2025 though), both have been full of gremlins and totally unreliable. Current one the rear (third row) seats are stuck down and won’t come back up for love nor money, so it’s now a 5 seater. Been in the garage 50% of the time we’ve had it. Binned the first one as we thought it was a lemon, this one is now also a lemon, so I now think it’s the product not the individual cars we’ve had.
The disco 4s were all excellent though.
No idea what to go on to from here though as nothing quite does the same thing as the disco does (or did)
The disco 4s were all excellent though.
No idea what to go on to from here though as nothing quite does the same thing as the disco does (or did)
Malxwal
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Old mannies nae walking...
Did I reply or quote the original post? No, I was agreeing with paulb that lots of JLR vehicles are brilliant.
UnframedDave
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2019 owner here. Absolutely brilliant car. I've had a 3, 4 and the 5. Haven't had anything other than wear parts go.
Comfortable, quick (ish) and nice to look at.
If it stays reliable, I won't be changing it, ever.
Comfortable, quick (ish) and nice to look at.
If it stays reliable, I won't be changing it, ever.
That’s the choice I’m mulling over. Defender is the trendy choice at the minute but disco still has the edge for every day life not just off road.
Bavarianbrit
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Maybe Tata are getting a lot of the CAD design done cheaply back in India, I was at Tata Pune in 2013 and the CAD Jockeys don't even have bicycles so they can have no feel for the product.
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