Land Rover Discovery 3 Review (LR3) | Worth The Headache?

This week on Buckle Up, Harry drives a Discovery, and tries to work out if it's the perfect second hand off-roader, a brilliant family hauler or a financial catastrophe waiting to happen?

It might be all three...
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[MrLordingit]

I have a Defender Td5, a Disco Sport and a Disco 3. I can't fault my Disco 3. The crank failure is usually due to poor maintenance or driving it like a sports car.

[landroverSV]

Own a 2008 Discovery 3 SE V8, now it has 103k miles on it it's awesome on gas and I'm in the state's, when put in sport mode. Also have a SuperSprint catback exhaust and a K&N drop in air filter which does help with gas mileage and throttle response. Love the Disco, cheers 🍻 🇺🇸

[landrover]

I have a Discovery 3 SE V8 with 84K miles on it and absolutely love it. I really can't complain about gas mileage for a V8 and it's weight it's good. As far as the grill it's a nice look I did the same also changed the rear taillights for the led smoked look from the Discovery 4. It has it's gremlins but wouldn't change it for anything else. 🇮🇹 🇬🇧

[erniebaptiste]

I've owned my Disco 3 since 2010. When I bought it there was 30k+ on the clock. Now there's 300k on it and I still love it.
Over the years yes I've had 2/3 large bills goes with the territory. Would I ever get rid of it, he'll no 😂

[daz.j]

you missed the 2 hidden cup holders in the middle row right at the bottom of the center console and the 12v connector in the boot ... also dont forget the gearbox problems it needs serviced even when landrover says it dont the dodgy weak oil pump which needs replacing with the new version or it kills the crank ... they also eat turbo pipes and breaks .... but i wouldn't change mine for the world

[markmcgrath]

Ang on...the D4 with the 3.0L twin turbo diesel is the one with random crank failures not the 2.7L

It has other issues maybe but not that one.

[tfaizulfox]

4:30 Why they put volume & radio control at the back, it is will help you to control the sound or channels when you sit at the back especially when you stop or hang out.

[nelsonortas]

Love your dry humor. You are hilarious

[joshbacon]

My dad used to have a 2005 Discovery 3 when I was a kid, and I thought it was a very nice car indeed.

It was September 2010, and I remember eagerly awaiting the moment when my dad would pull up onto our driveway in it, and when I saw PN55TZH pulling onto our driveway for the first time, I immediately went outside to have a look around it, and I remember being very impressed by what I saw.

Our Discovery was a 2005 (55-reg) HSE model with the 2.7-litre TDV6 turbodiesel paired with the 6-speed automatic, and it was finished in a dark metallic blue (called Buckingham Blue) with the 'Alpaca' cream leather interior, which looked really nice.

Because our Discovery was an HSE model, it was fully loaded with all the bells and whistles, some of which we’d never had on any car we’d ever owned before, including tri-zone climate control, heated rear seats, rear audio controls, etc, which 10-year-old me thought was very impressive indeed. Plus, its air suspension made it a very comfortable and relaxing car to travel in - as Jeremy Clarkson said in his Discovery 3 review back in Series 5 of Top Gear to describe the ride quality, "it doesn't go over bumps, it just flattens them."

It also proved to be very useful during the massive amounts of snowfall we had in the UK during the winter of 2010/11 that we experienced around that time, because being four-wheel-drive it had no trouble whatsoever driving on the snow-covered roads that would have left my mum's Zafira struggling for grip.

Even to this day, I still consider the Discovery to be one of my favourite cars we've had out of all the cars my family has ever owned so far.

[bobthebarsteward]

Those roads look from the snow, 2 winters I drove a Mondeo 2.2 through the snow (2009, 2010) from Darlington to Sunderland 5 days a week, moved to a village just outside Darlington and decided we needed a 4x4 and it's hardly snowed since.

[tyrantking]

I look for the reliability
Is the LR3 very reliable?

[gel]

Has anyone had a blanking off kit fitted, to turn off EGR Vales EML OFF DASH .

[dsmcsm]

Awesome review, hilarious too great job

[keithgay]

I have a disco 3 brilliant car, if you want good fuel return do what i done blank off EGR valves.

[charlieodonnell]

I’ve just bought a discovery 3 I really don’t know what way your driving the vehicle I’m getting 30.8 mpg and the breaks are very stoppable if someone disagrees with me love to hear your in put 👍👍👍 🇮🇪

[mikemayers]

Its almost a 3 ton car man it is waay to heavy imo . But hey the review is nice ;)

[selebalotsiu]

I thought the diesel was low on fuel. I know my V8 isnt light at all but the sense of satisfaction when I driving it is awesome.

Lovely video.

[McCrazyFish]

Are those bears on his jumper making sweet love?

[aabidamn]

There's an old saying, "If you want to go to the jungle, get a Land Rover. If you want to return from the jungle, get a Land Cruiser."

That old saying is getting more and more relevant with the more tech they add to their newer generations.