Grand Cherokee Overland or late Discovery 4 or 5?

[mechman]

Mine did 400 miles towing a Bridgeport with a snapped crankshaft.

A Bridgeport with a snapped crankshaft.

 

[Kayos]

A Bridgeport with a snapped crankshaft.

Forum English teacher?

 

[chris pruteanu]

One of my mates is a contractor- builds roads on his fathers company and he is into fishing and hunting, he once told me: if you don’t have enough money buy an isuzu trooper and if you have money for a reliable off-roader buy a Toyota lancruiser !!

 

[stuvy]

I have a couple of land rovers but I don’t understand why you’d have a tuned tdi/td5 that belches out smoke and does the same mpg that my 3.9 v8 does

plus a bus engine will never sound as good as a v8 petrol

 

[Kayos]

I have a couple of land rovers but I don’t understand why you’d have a tuned tdi/td5 that belches out smoke and does the same mpg that my 3.9 v8 does

plus a bus engine will never sound as good as a v8 petrol

Its a matter of opinion

Had my TD5 tuned, no black smoke and 5 cylinders has its own unique sound some people like

Plus loaded up I achieved 15mpg, rather pleased with that

 

[Bobupndown]

Again mine wasn't smoky, could do about 28 mpg driven sensibly, loved the off beat 5 cylinder warble, like the diesel torque. Having said all that I'd love a V8 Discovery 2.

 

[indy4x]

Just a slight deviation, towed a Freelander on a trailer behind this yesterday



Have to say I'm really impressed. It's the diesel with an autobox and while its not as refined as my D3 its an awesome towing machine and the seats were really comfy, think I maybe a convert

 

[Bobupndown]

They are a cracking big bus.

 

[indy4x]

Again mine wasn't smoky, could do about 28 mpg driven sensibly, loved the off beat 5 cylinder warble, like the diesel torque. Having said all that I'd love a V8 Discovery 2.

Same here, love the sound of the TD5 and mine always turned in an average of between 28 and 30 and no black smoke even with all the engine mods

We did a family holiday to North Wales, week away, towing a camping trailer, 3 up plus the dog, it turned in 33mpg

I used to be one of 'them' that brimmed the tank on each fill and recorded the mileage to work out fuel economy

 

[Bobupndown]

Mine did 21 mpg towing a twin axle caravan down to the west coast of France 4 years in a row.

 

[Miranda]

Mmmm interesting range of opinions on this thread, thank you one and all.

One of the G Cherokees we owned had a Merc 2.7 five cylinder TD. I could never get used to the sound!! It left us when it failed an MoT due to a £5 injector sealing washer. To replace it, we were quoted £600 min plus vat… the engine and transmission needed to be dropped as injector number five was buried under the bulkhead…. It needed some other things as well, but that was the last straw.