I BOUGHT A CHEAP LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 4 

Yes mat, and you've done 200k. Congratulations

"so I factored in £1500 for repairs" Oh you sweet summer child

In 2010 we hired a Discovery for a weeks holiday in Scotland. I thought I was going to get a Disco 3 so imagine my surprise when after jumping through endless hoops, Thrifty finally wheeled out a brand new D4 HSE in gun metal grey. I had the time of my life driving that car, such power, such luxury, such practicality - parked in the grounds of the rented farmhouse overlooking Loch Ness I felt like a millionaire. I took it to the Isle of Mull where it was surrounded by highland cattle, took it off road, took it everywhere. When it was time to hand it back they had to taser me and prize my hands off the steering wheel. I have sometimes been in a position to buy one but cant afford to run and maintain one. Still, thanks for bringing back great memories!

Congratulations on the 200K Matt, well deserved. Lovely Discovery, still looks very current and fresh, much more solid looking than the new model.

"it had a long MOT that was clean" ??? Then it needed all brakes and suspension parts replaced and brake light etc etc . . . . . . . I would suspect that MOT as being dubious

And now let's hope that crankshaft doesn't snap anytime soon...

Love eating my dinner while you list out all the bills, something about it strangely makes the food taste better.

As you stated, you've provided your friend with a car that should be fault free for 3 or 4 years. Not just that, but one of the best all-round cars on the market. Having had a D3 and two D4s from new, when I was looking for a second car to go with the RRS, I looked for a late model D4 - the ones with the solid rather than dotted day running lights. They have the updated in-car-entertainment and the 8-speed ZF auto box. A 15 plate example cost me £18.5k because it had done 123k miles, but it had a full service history and had already had the cam belt changed and a recent round of suspension arm replacements. It's been over 12 months now, and it's had a service and full check and there are no problems. Definitely the best outright purchase I've ever made, even knowing that it's going to need discs and pads, and even more suspension components in the near future. Just one thing I have to disagree with you on and that's the air suspension. Relatively speaking it's not that expensive to repair, and it is infinitely better than coil springs for ride, roll-mitigation and keeping the ride height correct when you are fully loaded. Don't forget it's got 7 full adult sized seats and with the back 5 folded has a six foot long completely flat load space with a huge square tailgate aperture to access it. Another great video

Love the look of these. JLR dropped a right bollock with the one that replaced it. That weird rear number plate and that it looks "over bodied" and under wheeled. Congrats on the 200k well deserved, no nonsense, informative and entertaining. Get you 👍

That V6 is the Achilles heel of those things, absolute ticking time bomb. A Range Rover Sport TDV8 is likely a better option and far less money (unless you really need the 7 seats).

Have to assume the previous owner knew the big bills were coming and moved it on pronto. Looks absolutely stunning in this colour.

Every time i take my d4 in its cost me £1500. Its booked in next month for another visit for its service and mot , oh its developed a gudder under braking. Wish me luck 😂

I got the same SUV ,is very good car if you take care of them,don't forget still a luxury high end vehicle also off road is the best ,parts and maintenance is expense but i love LR4 ! Congratulations

So the horror stories are somewhat true ... 🙂 always fancied one , but not the running cost (repairs)

Humble chicken farmer or earl of Wessex… spot on🤣🤣🤣

Ouch Matt !!!😱 When you first showed us this Disco it didn't look at all bad but just shows you what the costs can be on a complicated beast like this! You prepare your cars to a high standard and given it was going to a mate you didn't want to leave anything to chance - just hope his dog appreciates the fully working air suspension😊 Congratulations on the 200k subscribers.

As soon as I saw this video notification ... I thought Matt this is going to cost you ... as always having money in reserve is the idea ... but my goodness that reserve needs to be hefty ... the 'Disco' 4 is my guilty pleasure by the way ... the head always says NO ... but the heart says "yeah go on .."😟

Bills wise OUCH!!! BUT, it shows you do your job right and as such your reputation is impeccable 👌

Check out the window area on the D4 then look at modern cars with their shallow windows and closed in interiors....Yep, it's called progress folks. Lets go back to almost upright windscreens with huge glass areas and thinner A pillars so much safer.

Just like mine! They look like a million dollars in white! Congratulations and have fun!

Ouch Matt those bills were unexpected, the joy of a land rover. Perhaps I won't look at an l322 on Saturday.

The reason I replaced my Discovery 2 with a Freelander 2 and not a Discovery 4 are the potential for eye watering bills that seem to plague every 4. Still think they are a beautiful car and I do still covet them but my Freelander 2 does 95% of what a Disco 4 can do in a more wallet friendly package.

Congratulations Matt, your hard work is being rewarded. Must be a hell of a job doing all you do. I think painting those door handles white and front grill black would help modernise it a bit too.

This is the best version of the Discovery 4! - What a fantastic vehicle. I was about to ring you and say …. ‘If your mate changes his mind because the dog has emigrated, please sell it to me’ …. Then the reality ‘cheque’. I had this exact model as a courtesy car once and really didn’t want to give it back. Another great video, well done.

Matt me ol mucker - these cars were never built to be work horses. They were made to be parked in Waitrose or a cafe on the Kings Road

Hats down for the fact that you spent as much as you got for it. Add to that the whole headache of driving it around mechanics to get it sorted out. I find it super smart, because yes you don't get money for it but you win happy customers. Way to build a reputation!

Still a lot of car for the money, should run like new now. I have grown to love these disc 3/4 esp watching the RU-vid channel LRTIME, these cars are complicated due to the work it can do with some luxury thrown in.

Matt really is a crucial part of the North western economy

Dear god the hair change! 😂

I changed my compressor for £198 on my driveway (real Hitachi). I replaced my EPB (handbrake) myself for £150. You have to know where to look :) Most of the parts you listed are normal wearable items. Oh, check the propshaft bearing for wear. They can go too. Just got mine done (£40).

Love the Discovery 3 and 4 especially in white. But you quickly confirmed the reason I'm afraid to buy one, cost to maintain. Now that I'm older and can't do the work myself I can't cheat the system by doing my own repairs. I always tell people now, "Nothing worse than having to pay someone for work you know how to do yourself." Still they are good looking vehicles. They can't be all that bad if Mike Brewer (Wheeler Dealers) seems to drive one on his show. ;-)

This video reminds me how expensive JLR cars are to fix!

That guy who put the long MOT on it originally - wondering if he had a Labrador and a white stick….yes, certainly was a long list! Looked great in the end, bet your mate was chuffed. I prefer the Disco 4 to the 5. I use them both. The Disco 5 is very much more Range Rover than the previous ones, very quick too in the 300bhp model we use - but the rounded corners and softer lines of the 5 make it awkward to use the available load space.

It makes you wonder how it passed an MOT with so much work needed. Regarding putting your key in the post for a refurb, maybe keeping you car away from your home address might be in order?

Now we all know why we don't own Disco's. Eye popping costs. And I complained about £100 for a ball joint on my Peugeot.

Great video, Matt. I’m totally with you on the Disco 4. I’ve just had one through the workshop for Chop To The Top with pretty much the exact same issues as yours. After a bit of head scratching everything is all sorted and she is an absolute beauty once more, ready to give years more service to the new owner. Cheers! 👍

These discovery's will always be the best looking ones in my opinion. I think they'll still look modern even in another 20 years. The white with the blacked out windows at the rear is lovely colour and really suits the car so well 😍 These will only go up in value in the future! Congrats on 200k well deserved! 😃

Well he should be your best mate now. It did turn out very nice thought.

Lovely thing in white with the dark windows

Looks like vehicle that used to belong to one of our directors and he stayed in Glasgow. Same colour and spec

Can’t see any issue with the costs incurred there as the end product is a carefully & correctly maintained example of what I believe to be Land Rover’s most versatile machine. And I’m a Range Rover type ! 😁

Love the Discovery 4, fantastic vehicles! People need to remember, they are big, heavy cars and will eat tyres and suspension components. That one is 12 years old now so realistically, was due some new bits like the drop links etc. Now they are done, it’s not something to worry about for a few years at least.

Here in South Africa, whenever you see one with more than 120k km, even in good condition with a full service history, you run. Complete opposite to a Toyota Prado. Those need at least 200k km before the price starts to come down to something affordable.

This is why so many people choose something other than a landy

i spent 3,565 pounds on my disco 4 that my dad sold to me. i spent that 2 years ago and there hasn't been a single problem with it since. i think they fitted the electronic handbrake and air suspension and things like that to make the car more refined which i think it does. the amount that i spent fixing it was scary, at the time because i was only 20 years old. but i think its different to the range rover because once you get the big bills out of the way it works like a dream for a long time. and i can't get over how smooth that torquey SDV6 is. brilliant video matt.

Do like a discovery. For something that had never had an advisory it’s surprising how much that quickly escalated.

And they say that LR products are expensive to run ... Plus congrats on your 200K subs !!

Those bills gave me PTSD from my LR3, ended up selling it in the end after a single wheel bearing cost me $900 and didnt fix the noise it developed. Bought a 2021 F150 and havent looked back. On the plus side, found your channel and its cool to see you gained a ton of well earned subs.

First off, congrats on the 200,000 subscribers and I have owned 2 Disco 4s in the past and they have been some of the best cars I have owned. Very good vehicles indeed!

At the start of this video I wanted one by the end I knew I could never justify the running and repair costs. Thanks for the video and congrats on 200,000.

Nice video. I had a D4 for five years and no issues apart from a set of tyres and some discs/pads. I do wonder how this one had a long MOT with no advisories and then needed a full set of brakes and suspension stuff.

Discovery 4 are underrated most discovery

I love the full fat Disco... 4 and 5... And did, for a few weeks, consider getting a nice pre-owned one instead of a new order Discovery Sport... But, air suspension was the one thing I didn't want to risk going wrong in the future. I know there is still plenty that can go wrong, but that is a biggy and I wanted to avoid it... It is a lovely example now you are done with it, great job Matt! 😃👍

You're absolutely right they are just too complicated. My mate who has a small garage has literally paid his mortgage off by looking after the local farmers Disco's 3 & 4. I'm currently debating buying one myself to tow my horses about, perhaps I should stick with my Renault Master that has done over 220k and cost very little.

"my nerdiness knows no bounds!" Yup, with you there - along with a few hundred thousand others! 👍👍😁😁🤣🤣

on wheeler dealers he stripped the compressor down and just changed the seals ..worked a treat

Congrats on the 200k milestones!! As to the Disco, I'm living in Florida now and would love one. Thing is, they only have the V8 that gets around 12mpg of premium fuel!! Just can't justify it, especially knowing any repairs can cost a fortune too 🥺

I DIY my own key refurb. Buy the new case and RU-vid video guide 👍

Well good to see our Matty gets caught out at times thank god !!!! Nothing personal just like it when things are as they should be win some lose some comes to mind ?????????????????????????Although even that comes into question does it not ??

Brilliant car the LR4, I think you got off quite lightly with that bill considering the high miles, and as you said, it should give your mate a few years of relative trouble free driving. I've had a '16 LR4 for the past year and it's been faultless for 10K so far...fingers crossed! Get's 32mpg and is a joy to drive with the kids and a trailer full of junk. Take the tow hook off and polish it up and you could attend a film premiere (do they even exist these days?!). A timeless classic in the making.

Spot on - needlessly complicated, but cool all the same.

Re the sterling advert, I remember when I first heard about about sterling and I think it was in tillicoutry at the time. I took my mum to the place to buy something and on the way back home she kept on saying that she wished they had a store in Aberdeen, well now you have and the best of luck to all concerned in your latest adventure. PS, I'm truly sorry if I've spelt the name wrong.🙏👍

A simpler D4 with a proper handbrake, coil springs (front only), heated leather seats, cruise control, and aircon sounds very much like my D2 V8, which I recall you were very “positive” about, in a light hearted way a few videos ago!! However, the D2 V8 is still a very capable Land Rover that doesn’t guarantee low repair costs either but maybe lower than a D4.

The electronic handbrake can seize on these,£800 bill

love these, love land rovers. this would be a better choice rather than the same year RR sport.

I just adore the Discovery 4… 😍 no orher (real) SUV can match its class, style and image.

Compressor. Don’t use Genuine. Use someone like Advanced Factors. Much cheaper and same part

Definitely was a safe price at £7k in the beginning as those bills are enough to make you fall off your chair! However the money, time and effort you go too make these like new and drive away ready is rightly magnificent. Throughly deserve 200k honestly when I’m in the market for my next used car i hope you’re the one selling! So congratulations matt 👍

And that’s why I bailed out of my Disco 3 . Although I loved the car I had nightmares of the potential issues and bills to come.

I've been waiting for you to do this video for so long! To be fair, you got that at a bargain and given the work you have invested into it, your friend has also got it at a bargain given how much they have increased in price since Covid. Thank you so much Matt!

200k subs mate, defo Congrats mate, and bloody well deserved 👌👌

Congrats on 200k subscribers! Well done Matt! Just 199,195 subs and will catch up ;D

I kept staring and trying to work out where I recognized you from…. Finally got it… Bross 🧔‍♂️

That crankshaft will snap. They are way too thin and simply not up to the job. It’s when not if I’m afraid.

Interesting video, one of the things I learned from you is DON'T buy the cheapest LR or RR so surprised you went for the cheap Disco.

Blimey ! So much for a “long MOT with no advisories”. That said, I’m really impressed that you ain’t afraid to make a video like this, and share your disappointments. Better luck with the next one Matt !

Sounds like a full restoration

Great video, great message - meaningful outcome and a bloody gorgeous car.

Got one lucky mate. That car is stunning

If I had bought that vehicle, I would have sorted out all those expenses too - it's got to be "right". Glad you didn't have to do any repairs to the electronic park brake, and the wheel bearings didn't require replacement nor did the two timing belts need replacing on the engine, which were the big ticket items I had thought you were going to mention.

200k Subscribers great stuff Matt another great video

200k subs….many many congratulations. I remember seeing one of your first videos , a white XKR . As always Matt the content, production and delivery are A1.

Big big congratulations mat 200k done and smashed it!!!! Very happy for you mate 👏

Still nice vehicle, despite high maintenance. They sold like crazy in South Africa. Many of my colleagues have or had them. Nice example!

That you care to put these cars right must be worth thousands to your business, in customer confidence. I know that you are the only only second hand car dealer I would buy from and I live in Hertfordshire, luckily as I am old and better off these days Inonly buy new from a main dealer. Keep up the good work

Well that escalated quickly! But yes either buying a cheap one and fix her up or buy one that’s all sorted. Cheers Matt!

Rather him than me, as who needs a great lumbering brute like that , even for commuting with dogs - non sensical and he could have asked for a decent shooting brake (Estate Car).

I was in the market for one in fact I scoured the market for months and eventually bottled it due to the horror stories about the air suspension. Being so keen to get a Landrover I went for the Freelander 2 SD4 HSE with 40k and yes although smaller it does what I need and it’s a nice place to sit

Well, here in Spain, our local used car garage had a 2010 Disco in for sale. 120,000 km, not the HSE model, and they were asking just shy of €30k for it. I nearly passed out when he told me the price.

200k subscribers and it’s a LR video…it was meant to be! Congratulations Matt, my fav RU-vid channel by far. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

It is a good looking car can't deny it, Is there not companies in the UK that can rebuild LR compressors?

Thank you for the help!! Every time I’m considering a car, I know I can just pop on your channel 😊 As you know, I’m desperately want to sell my RX400h, so I’m looking at options So far I have Discovery 4, Discovery Sport, freelander 2012,Q5 or XC60… I’ll do some more research on your videos 😅 Thanks for all the help!! Keep up with the great work 🎉

congrats for hitting 200k you deserved it well done matt 👍👏😀

Always liked the D4 but with no petrol version in the UK Ive stuck with the early l322 and still goes well. Hate the electronic park brake, why people 'need' this rubbish is beyond me. Keep the green oval videos coming.👍

Oh dear. That spiralled out of control Matt. But I expect you new that was going to happen. At least you didn’t loose on it.

Well said Matt, although the profit deflated you sold it with confidance. Congrats achieving 200k!

I think like most manufacturers, JLR don't want you to fix your car, they want you to replace it (preferably with the newer model). Best way to do this is to make the maintenance of your current vehicle so unaffordable, that it makes more financial sense to just get a new vehicle and pay the monthly instalments.

Agree on servicing gearboxes. Automatics need fluid change whatever manufacturers say. I have even noticed the difference when swapping fluid in a manual when I have done driveshafts or similar

No idea what I will do if there are no more spare parts for this car :( A car for every application in a class of its own!

I enjoyed these videos i really did but methinks they will end this year or early part of next year if Rishi becomes PM, The deals are been made in small unexciting cars and will fizzle out next year . Matts best choice is to sellout now. I hope he says thanks John for the heads up.