Funny (not), I had a green Discovery last year (actually the one Si Pulford used to tow his Canberra to Newark a few years back) for all of two months until the timing chain broke and bent all the valve pushrods.
What a heap of junk, I should have known better and followed my own advice by never going near one.
It’s just that I’d stoved my Volvo estate into the back of a truck by not being able to stop quickly enough when towing. I was desperate for a car, borrowed the Disco and ended up buying it. It was always going wrong.
Someone else I know has got one and the gearbox is knackered.
The advice is: Only buy a Land Rover as a last (desperate) resort.

Didn’t Camlobe tow his Shack Cockpit from Cornwall to Wales using a Disco? Would have been interesting, as a Shack cockpit would have been long with the nose on and fairly high sided. I think he did struggle a bit but haven’t looked for the thread…

Add to the fact Mr Rusty is little more than a shell IIRC