Faults:

Front differential vent not sealed correctly, caused a speed sensitive whining noise. Repaired with genuine LR replacement.

A few mystery rattles in the dash and doors.

Clicking nose coming from the "ACE" package relay box underneath passenger running board.

General Comments:

Until I drove one, I hadn't even considered a Discovery. It handles much better than the Explorer I once owned, thanks to the Performance Package aka "ACE" which offers factory 18 inch wheels and a hydraulically controlled suspension.

Roomy and comfortable inside, with supportive seats and my friends love the stadium seating-like rear seat.

Do you have dual sunroofs in your SUV? I do!!

The 4.0 provides adequate acceleration, but it loses to just about everything at a stop light. Its burdened with a full load, and the best MPG I have calculated is 17 on the freeway.

Off road, I can hold my own with the legendary capabilities Land Rover offers. Even with less than aggressive tires, I have little trouble in deep sand or mud.

I love the unique styling and the class of the Discovery.

So aside from a few annoyances and subpar MPG, you get a lot of SUV for your money.

Faults:

I don't even know where to start when describing the problems I had with this car. I bought it brand new and immediately took it back to the dealer for repairs.

The remote fuel cap release would not open, the car would not unlock the drivers door (you had to crawl over the console from he passenger side).

From there I took it in every month to have 4-5 things fixed at once that had broken over the past month. among things that broke during the 9 months I had the car are:

Fuel cap wouldn't release.

Door looks would not unlock the driver door.

Heater stuck on and wouldn't shut off.

Wipers totally stopped working.

Rear door developed a sag that dealer could never fix.

Car started randomly locking and unlocking the doors whether or not the car was being driven or just sitting in the driveway.

Passenger seat developed a short that would send the power passenger seat crushing the passenger into the dash and windshield when you hit bumps.

Both heated seats did not work from the factory and had to be replaced.

The engine developed a rattle under the hood.

The car had 3 factory recalls int he 9 months I owned the car.

General Comments:

Even worse than the car was the dealer. The dealer had it for a week every month repairing problems, and you know what they gave me as a "free" loaner? Chevy cavaliers and a Geo metro. I didn't pay 45,000 for a car to drive a Metro.

These cars also do not hold their resale value at all.

All of my repairs were covered by my dealer, but I got rid of the car before the warranty could expire because of the extreme amount of repairs I kept having to had fixed.