My first ever Land Rover Discovery 3 and I'm chuffed to bits with it!

Hunkered after one of these for years and not put off by all the horror stories. There must surely be good ones out there. After all, you see loads advertised with well over 200,000 miles. However, I tracked one down in great condition with only 128 000 mls and am dead chuffed with it.

[daniellloyd]

Absolutely love my D3. Put a lot into mine, but mainly from a preventative point of view. The wife and kids love it. First car in 20 years I have genuinely loved.

[Stramash.]

I'm a Rangie owner but a fan of the whole Land Rover brand. Great cars to drive. Look after it and it will look after you. 👍

[marklong]

Great choice. I love them. I drive a 1 but worked on 3, 4 &5 at LR.

[joshbacon]

I remember when my dad used to have a 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 his new-to-him Discovery, 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 diesel 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 not only looked really nice, but it also made the interior a rather pleasant place to be as well.

Because ours 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 rear air conditioning, 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 driving on the snow-covered roads that would have left my mum's Vauxhall Zafira struggling for grip.

Even to this day, I 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, along with a second-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee my dad also used to have.

[robgreenhill]

Great choice. You won’t be disappointed

[erniebaptiste]

Had my one 14yrs and would never get rid of it 😂

[dfender]

They still look modern by todays standards.Timeless i believe, Had a 1.2.3 now a 4 nothing like em. Enjoy.