They are awesome! In 1997 I bought a land rover discovery xd which was a AA yellow camel trophy tribute truck and I still remember looking at what was the last year defender they had sitting there. I thought about it and went with the disco and always regretted it. Not that I would still have it today but a low mile 1997 defender is now 50k min up to what you see Copley cars lists them for up in mass. The same year disco I had is probably worth 3-4k at best now. Still on my bucket list of cars to get, congrats.
Thanks guys -- loving driving it around town even took it off roading once already , incredible. It feels and drive like a tank, and no speeding tickets while driving her either Really enjoying having her. This one has low miles (<35000) but its gonna be hard to keep it that way b/c I intend to drive her a good bit.
LOL! In the same boat as you....bought a Disco in '95 'cause it was only $3K more than the Def (who would pay THAT much for a Def????). Been rueing the day ever since......tho the Disco is still running strong @ 127K miles, with nothing worse than inop rear sunroof. Guess I should not complain too much.... (apologies to the OP for the diversion.......nice truck! ;-)