I BOUGHT AN UNUSUAL LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 

Matt, this might be the best vehicle you’ve bought this year. Remove the rear seat completely, add an arm rest and you’ve got the perfect daily driver for your property business…and really for your dealer as well! There is nothing not to like!

Well thank you Matt I had no idea this vehicle existed….well you learn something every day. Boy I’ve found some stuff out on this channel. It’s a pleasure being part of the community.

As you said Matt,i love the facelifted Discovery 4,brilliant classic and yet modern Land Rover design,the interior is really nice and spacious and i love the fact its a van,yet i would go for the standard Discovery HSE because of the rear windows and better quality leather :D Great video as always!

Amazing truck, scenery and message! I hope this channel continues to grow!

I like the way you mix the format up, from the day to day stuff to the vids with higher production values. Keeps things interesting. I've got bored with plenty of car channels and moved on, but yours is consistently entertaining. Plus I'm a sucker for a Land Rover vid. Mate's SDV6 Disco 4 died the other week - it was the problem where one of the crank oil channels gets rotated, causing oil starvation. Cue grinding noises and four hours on the M6 on the way to our camping trip in the Lakes. Which was a real bugger, because he was bringing the food.

Most jeeps here in Ireland are converted to commercial. When I first moved here there was Toyata corrola Van's and even Citroen xsara Van's. All done to get around the Tax. Lots of VW Golf Van's here as well.

Great looking truck and got most of the toys I would be looking for to be honest. Did not know about the ved saving either!

Friend of mine had a new Disco 3 converted and registered as a commercial by the dealer back in 2005. All of the benefits and few of the drawbacks. Probably a loophole that's been closed by now. Strange side effect was that it was registered in a batch with a lot of Fire Service vehicles, and several times the blue light brigade wrongly assumed that my friend was top brass turning up to an incident and he'd get waved through road blocks, always difficult to explain that you're not who they think you are when their mind is already made up!

Absolutely loved this shape disco!

I like the comments regarding the clean air congestion zone it's all car business and things we should be thinking about today.

Cracking vehicles, I had one for over four years, then had a new Defender 110, didn’t get on with it much so went back to a very late Discovery 4 Landmark! 👌😀

Great video HPA, nice information,you learn something new everyday 👌👍😀

Theses where used quite a bit in the telecom world, I have seen a few 2015 plates still in use out on sites. Think the last engineer I came across he’s had 278,000 miles on it

Hi Matt. Really enjoy your videos, especially the Land Rover ones. They're strangely comforting and reassuring. Keep up the good work!

The heated steering wheel is what sold me in getting my d4 hse for a fast luxury work 4x4 van. Looks very professional aswell

Vodafone used these quite a bit for their mast siting vehicles, very capable indeed and the lure of the heated steering wheel gets me every time, 1st world problems eh?...another good video Matt...😀

Have had a 14 plate last 6 yrs . Brilliant motor. On the Special vehicles you could specify any thing you wanted. Mine has arm rests Keyless entry and electric driver's seat plus all the rest of the gismos

Loved the water splashes. Great video again.

Fantastic video, never even new these existed! Bang on with the money grab sorry clean air zone in Manchester, very well put.

If I ever needed a Van, that would be my choice :). As for now, I not long ago got myself a 64' plate 4 (Post facelift) and love it. (6th LR Product) :)

Interesting video: I’ve heard about the van but never seen one. You’re right about Disco 4 styling, much classier than current one which looks a bit like a Ssangyong ! Dapper Dan have even named products after you: Matt Clay , Matt Paste etc . The power of You Tube eh ?

Hi Matt, I have a 3 and yes it is like a van - I moved house in it came in very useful. Jim

Great video and voice of reason as always. Dont' get me started on ULEZ, Owned since newish a 2013 BMW 330D and now can't go to local tip just inside the north circular in London without paying, do max 6k miles a year as use public transport for work and ended up with a diesel as couldn't source a petrol at the time due to govt policy driving diesel use. Now I see complaints about road tax for elec vehicles, if can afford £30k+ for a new electric car then can afford to pay to use the roads, while a big old car might pay £600 when worth little and end up scrapped.

Discovery always has a special place in my heart...even i have the money to buy range rovers,but i will still buy disco 1,disco 2,lr3 and lr4 in a heartbeat

As informative and honest as ever

Rear windows are easily sorted., and regular LR rear seats can be fitted instead of the aftermarkets as in your video. Also XS trim was available as well as SE. Have to shop around.

never even knew they did one of these!!! if i needed a van this would be top of the list ....much as i'd like to use dapper dan ,unless they do head polish i'm out i'm afraid

My first Landy was a Discovery II TD5 Commercial. First owned by Thames Water and very well maintained under a lease. Commercials make sense if you don't have a family or you have 2nd vehicle. They have all the comfort of the normal version and the capacity of a van. I retrofitted the cruise control by buying the switch and wheel from eBay. Mine had completely blank rear windows. If you really want, you can swap the blank rear glass for normal glass. I also removed the steel bulkhead so I could adjust the seat and carry long work items. Another bonus is that you don't have to suffer the downsides of a pick-up...which you pointed out!

Always thought dual cab pickups are useless for 90% of the time. Great clip, super informative. Love all the viewer comments as well.

" Bit of Thorpe Park" 😄 Do you know, I'd sooner have the Corsavan. Joke ! No really that is one seriously handsome van but I'd definitely get the reversing camera fitted

Love a disco 4. I had a 2016 landmark but some bugger nicked it off my drive. Replaced it with a disco 5 but always missed the 4.

Now we’re talking Matt. Back to great JLR videos. I’m happy ☺️

Hiya Matt, hope your well. I'd have that over a transit or Vivaro any day of the week. The spec wouldn't put me off in the slightest. I think it looks great and has more than enough practicality. Have to give Dapper Dan a miss though as I have as much hair as a Sphynx Cat so would be about as much use to me as a chocolate fire guard!

Didn't know these existed! Make quite a bit of sense really and for businesses/sole traders its a good alternative to a pick up truck which I always think are most suited to the US somewhere like Texas!

Great to see New Mills and surrounding Area , must take a few trips to do the videos as one minute on shilo rd and then Mellor rd lol , any how great informative videos

Great video Matt, I bought a 2014 facelift discovery 4 hse luxury in black last week, for £14000, 11 months mot, 22 autobiography alloys and 2 keys, I really like it

Matt...have I learned a lot again??? Of course I have 👍 Brilliant video as always 🙂

Yo! I did convert my Disco3 2 seater into a crewcab and the rear door window motors were just simply disconnected. Reattached the plug and voila, they started to work instantly!

The back windows do work! Everything is there ready to go, all you need to do is take the door trim panel off and plug them in

Very on topic for how my mind is working just now. Replacing my Santa Fe , 4 or disco sport, quite different and undecided.

You can get a privately owned commercial vehicle in the tip, just need to register as privately owned on local council web site.

I have the Discovery 5 which I am really enjoying. I agree though, the LR4 is a very handsome car and looks more of a Land Rover than the Discovery 5 which is bordering on being a Range Rover brother or sister, rather than a cousin. I hope that Land Rover revert more towards the LR4 design if and when the new Discovery 6 comes out.

Good video Matt

You got my attention with the Heated Steering Wheel 🙌 😆

Great Video Mat

In Ireland that’s 333 euros a year road tax instead of 1495 euros a year.. consequently there are lots of Range Rover and landcruiser vans in Ireland

Best looking modern Land Rover in my opinion. I am a huge fan of this boxy beauty :D

The rear seats are an after market conversion. The discovery van does not come with these from factory nor the seatbelts- they are capped off like the 6th&7th in yours. Also the middle row of windows are usually the same as the rear row so I think someone has changed these on yours. I would have thought it would be easy to get them lowering and raising.

As a sole trader (plumber), I bought a standard Discovery 3, collapsed the rear seats & insured it for commercial use, rather than private/light goods. It worked & was totally legal. I did pay the full road tax of around £500 a year (at the time), but incurred no other additional costs. You don't necessarily need to buy the commercial version. I currently drive a V6 Audi Q5 & again; I simply insure it for commercial use.

I've actually come across one of these before I just thought someone took the last row of seats out and did the conversion themselves. Didn't know this was a thing

You mentioned my home City of Sheffield there Matt, who are bringing in the ULEZ in the new year. Its covering the inner ring road inc the road itself.

I was sold while were listing all the positives. Then you got the negatives out and, well, not so much. I mean, what was the point? Hey ho, one more to cross off the list of future purchase considerations. Thanks for sharing, Matt.

Man, I like how you usually say “I bought a cheap Range Rover” or jaguar or anything else Sounds cool!

Well, you learn something new here every time! I thought Dapper Dan was an American product from the 1920's, (as used by George Clooney's character in "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?")

Great video as always

I recently just picked up a Noir Blue 2015 Discovery 4 LCV with a rear seat conversion, my only real criticism is that the rear seats take 2 people (realistically) to fold down! Apart from that why JLR didn't make a HSE version baffles me. Apart from that they are fantastic, I'm lucky that mine is specified with the armrest, DRL LED headlights and Meridian, however, I haven't noticed that echo that you seem to hear in over 2500 miles. Also the rear doors have the window motors removed out of the back of them as there are no OEM seats installed, however they are easily retro fitted. Such a fantastic vehicle I hope you enjoy your ownership as much as I am! As with always regular maintenance especially regular oil changes are key. Enjoy!

Great video as always, Trouble is you save 300 odd quid on the tax then the crank shits itself and hey presto 10,000 bill if you do it cheap. Love the looks but scared to death of the impending wallet thrashing.

That could make a really nice urban stealth campervan.

Had one loved it had a plaque on back [ Land Rover special vehicles ] all bells and whistles fully loaded with every extra as a company van used as a car - and as said cheap tax

Sad day at mine Matt, sold my Fiesta Active for what I can best say was a poultry sum but more than most City dealerships were thinking of giving me - but from now on its busses and the odd Taxi when I go shopping and buy in a months supply instead of a weekly shop. Never like them cars as they always reminded me of a box on wheels, to square shaped , therefore no aero-dynamic enough. But each to his/her own I say. Cheers mate.

Matt I'm on second Discovery Commercial 65 plate, no seats, full van spec... Can't fault it ...done 140 k Agree with you regards pick up truck(useless) We are industrial pipework contractor and carry lot of heavy equipment and materials. Enjoyed the video.. Simon Dean

Great video as usual. One other disadvantage is the speed limit for LCVs. which is 10 mph less than a car. 50mph on a single carriageway and 60 mph on a dual carriageway .Motorway is however the same as a car at 70 mph.

We have clean air zone in Birmingham but I drive a 2015 diesel so that's compliant although petrols are from 2001 onwards

My dad bought one of them and put proper back seat in it…. My dads was a full commercial with plastic covers over back side windows and a metal plate behind front seats….all the covers come out and you can bolt seats straight in….just a thought

Love your videos Matt, out of curiosity as I'm collecting a Disco 5 LCV tomorrow does the V5 show as 5 seats? very tempted now as a temporary fix for the odd occasion needing the extra seats

This easily became my favorite car related channel 🤩🤩

Love the Partridge quotes that make it into your reviews 👌 😀

When I left school I used to work at the local Subaru/Isuzu dealership.. They used to “convert” SWB Isuzu Trooper’s into what they called Commercial’s by removing the rear seats and blank the rear side windows out with body coloured vinyl..

I LOVE the Heated Steering Wheel in my Sportage, as I hit 50 years old my fingers were always cold in winter especially touching the steering wheel on cold mornings 🥶

Dacia do the 4x4 duster LCV too. Which is the same principle as the disco 4 lcv. Good for those who need a 4x4 work vehicle but don’t necessarily need a van.

Hi Matt fantastic videos ,love the Discovery van unusual. Want a Discovery one day. Brilliantly channel.

Rear seats are a third party option, you can have original Land Rover seats retrofitted . They do come with armrests if spec them. Soundproofing is the same as the car version. All commercials start life as passenger vehicles.

Matt - Defo a raffle vehicle .I would love to have that on the drive for weekend stuff .👍

Great choice. 👍👍👍👍

hah! Emmergency Jump Seats! you have a way with words ! Love it!

Looks a good truck that matt

Great video matt are you going to run it or sell it ? What is the price on it matt 👍

Loving the Alan partridge quote 😜

They are very common in Ireland up to 2016 with 5 seats. Since then available only with 2 seats. In fact any vehicle can be ‘commercialised’ into 2 seats. Although Land Rover seem to have the market cornered here as they manage to get the Disco homologated from the factory with 2 seats, meaning they are subject to a much lower tax rate when purchased new. They have now done the same with the defender.

Friggin love the Discovery. I miss you Disco 3 in Australia and recently purchased a Freelander 2 in Italy but I am already feeling like getting a Disco 4 2015-16???

I’ve got disco 5 commercial and that came as HSE, with black pack and chunky 21inch wheels. Cant get sun roof (but then no leaks) but has the 3 Ltr engine, heated everything and Meridian hi-if. What Matt also missed is that if you run a company car the BIK is tiny and the fuel card cost near to nuffin. But dot shout too loudly as HMRC will surely kill this nice side step.

Reason # 3 - Your love of Land Rovers. It's okay, Matt. We understand. 😉

The rear side windows might not go up and down, you've got the switch so I should say that the wiring for the electric motor is probably there because the loom is probably the same one for the car, all you might need is to fit the motors which you could get second hand off the net and get them fitted, nice and easy

Didn't know these existing, sounds like a great idea of a product since you still get a disco 4 with lots of running cost benefits. The windows and rear seats being different is a little odd but would be something I would bother to retrofit (bet they just need a window regulator or something) Clean air zones as mention are going to affect myself since I live on the greater London and Essex border. They want to explain the ULEZ out here where the M25 is, there is basically lots of rural lanes, fields, green parks and some small towns where I live but they treat us as if it is central london congested with cars so they can rip people off for £12.50 a day to pay their tfl debts.

Nice Partridge reference 👍

Nice big machine

Great vid as always but I always fast forward the sponsor plug.

No conversion kit for an aftermarket camera to the OEM head unit, as for rear power windows and folding mirrors, that's what breakers yards are for!

I’m a builder and I used a pick-up for years I had a canary with draws in the bad never broken into and practical

Never new these existed. Might be a good call for my next company vehicle. Must be better than my Ford Ranger Wildtrack i had previously

I bet you can fit the standard car seats to the rear of that and also if you take the door cards off I bet you can get the windows working, or maybe they are disabled in the software.

Almost bought one of these a few years back for towing our caravan. Handy for all the equipment and the dog but the boss didn’t like it. Have you ever thought about doing your own branded number plates?

We had a Commercial Disco 2 at work. Very handy for shifting stuff but it had a dreadful automatic gearbox and you could hardly see out of it when reversing round corners. It eventually died of chassis rot

I live in a rural area where the road edges are completely fucked by forestry trucks and having just had the sixth puncture/ wrecked tyre in little over two years I’ve decided to bite the bullet and go back to having a van…..a disco 4 commercial is high up on the shopping list

Those rear seats are aftermarket. I've seen plenty of conversions and the ones I have seen they mostly use the genuine Discovery 4 rear seats and seatbelts as the mounting locations are still there like a passenger D4 and also have the rear windows swapped to glass with the regulators and switches working. A standard discovery 4 commercial would have a cage behind the front seats and the 2nd row windows would be blackout panels instead of glass like the 3rd row ones are. It would also have a large flat loadspace from the very rear up to behind the front seats with small side cabinets underneath accessible from the rear doors to utilise the space under the loadspace floor that would normally be the rear passenger footwell. It seems to me on your one whoever did the conversion did one as cheap as they could. You can also get commercials variants on the Disocvery 5 and Discovery 1. They even sold commercials for both generations of Freelander. The commercials are built in the SVO (Special Vehicle Operations) department, you know, the same department as Range Rover SVR's and Range Rover SV Autobiographies, etc. Being commercials they have to be MOT'd in a different class to cars so not all MOT places can do them. Disco 4 fun fact, in some countries Land Rover sold the Discovery 4 with the option of the 5.0 Supercharged V8 used in the Range Rover Sport (+ SVR) and Vogue.

Everything is still in the back passenger doors just pick the silicon out of the plugs reconnect to window winders and turn back on in the CCF files with an obd. The rear seats are a proper grey area re the tax man if you pay for private use as it can't carry a ton like a pick up. There are some only a few high spec ones and they are Euro 6 very late 66plate ones none of the 16 plate ones. They did some high spec ones at the end of the run.

Love Dapper Dan

I’ll be buying a van similar to this in the new year. I’d like a Land Cruiser but they’re north of £30k, I’m not keen on the styling of a Shogun Sport so I’ve decided on a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, a low mileage, couple of year old example is £20k (ish). If Mr Burnham changes his tune on the Manchester ULEZ I’ll not get clobbered with the Outlander either. Added to that , as many of my work journeys are fairly local I’ll waft around in electrically propelled silence.

As a Navara driver I agree with all of your points, they aren't quite there as being a car yet but you can use them as one because your passengers get the same luxury they would in a car. Seems strange you can't open the back windows but is that because that's meant to be load space not people space technically?

Matt, another insightful vid, I’m also glad the ridiculous cash grab for Greater Manchester has been shelved. I keep seeing ads for ‘manscape’ products, I think you can link them with today’s sponsors to great effect 😁👍🏼