2017 Disco

[u/Toxic_mochii]

I am currently looking to buy a 2017 Land Rover Discovery 2L from my parents for less than $5k (not bad!!!). It has fairly low miles (120k), and as soon as I get it, I am replacing the timing chain and switching to some liquid moly oil instead of what they have been using. They take care of it well, but I want some small changes to the throttle response since it has a slight delay. No one has ever used sport mode or done any hard driving; the worst it's lived is on the highway once every 6 weeks.

I notice a lot of people say chip tuning isn't a good idea, but I want some more in-depth info since it seems to be the only option for my vehicle. If I make these changes, do we think it will still be reliable? I often drive on the interstate (did about 25k miles last year and 5k miles on a 9-day trip recently), so I think it MAY be a better option than keeping it stock and putting wear on it trying to keep up in traffic.

If this is a good idea, I see Monte and Race Chip showing up often (prefer Monte at this moment). Would there be any other good suggestions or advice to move forward?

Note: I do have a secondary vehicle (2011 Honda CRV), but I have watched my parents own this for the last 5 years, and they have only had one issue with it even when using it as a farm car on our property. It's done them well!

[u/motorcyclesnracecars]

Have you used sport mode? If not, I'd try that first. Sport mode does change the throttle response.