leaving the 80 series behind thinking about 95 discovery

[Toy-Roverlander]

I'd rather have the OP's 80Series to be honest...

 

[Rallyroo]

I did the switch the other way around years ago. I went from 1997 5-sp Disco to a 1994 80 series. Granted, I had to "learn" how to drive an automatic since the Cruiser is the first ever auto I've owned in my entire driving career. To this day, I still often attempt to "use" the non-existing clutch when starting the engine or when getting off the freeway/highway after a long drive. I still own a manual transmission car so all is not lost in this more and more automated vehicles in America.

I miss the Disco sometimes. If I had the parking space I would of kept that around. But I had to get rid of one to get something else.

 

[tacr2man]

Doubt there was something wrong with it. It had 210k km's on it, full service history, well looked after late model '98 D1. I owned it for a while in South Africa. Many, many hills around. With the aircon on it was a real dog, wanting to stall when you would try to drive of on a hill unless you'd keep the revs up and slip the clutch... NO torque... It was reasonably ok when you would keep the revs up. Just a little 2.5 diesel, no torque when the turbo is not spinning. My 3B turbo intercooler in my 109 is a completely different animal :smiley_drive:.

I did love the D1 for everything else though. Spacious, comfy, good aircon, quiet inside, good handling with swaybars front and back...

I have to admit that torque from stepoff is a bit limited , I noticed it stepping from a 110 V8 into the 130 300tdi :smiley_drive:
my 90 with the auto greatly masks this effect . and saves the clutch from getting a beating !