Discovery 5: first impressions
Yesterday our Discovery 4 was due a service so I arranged a test drive of the Disco 5 (2.0D HSE version) with the dealership. In total I probably had 40 mins driving it, and an additional ca. 30 mins messing about with it. For those who are mildly interested, here are my random comparisons between the two generations - they are very different beasts!
Positives: (i) the new vehicle feels considerably lighter and more nimble. There is less body roll, the steering is sharper, it stops quicker. The 2.0L Diesel engine is surprisingly punchy, the car felt just as fast as our 3.0D Disco 4 but with less turbo lag. It feels more car like, in fact in reminded me of a larger Jag F-Pace. (ii) The driver's seat goes lower so you can actually see all of the dash display (I have a long torso for my height!). (iii) The wide screen sat nav display looked great, the interior felt decent. (iv) The third row seats now electrically rise, saving faffing about with levers. (v) Looks are subjective but in the flesh they look good in darker colours (from the front at least!).
Negatives: (i) the dealership service team transferred over our 3 car seats into the middle row (1x isofix, 2x high-back boosters). I only had two girls with me so I would not have bothered - but I glad they did...they didn't fit in properly! The middle row is narrower than the Disco 4. It was a real faff securing the middle seat belt. The second row is also several inches lower; once they were (finally) strapped in the girls were complaining they couldn't see out as well. (ii) The rear wiper blade is now attached at the top of the screen, but only does a 3/4 sweep and stops at the 1/4 position on intermittent....it annoyed me instantly! (iii) They have replaced the split fold tailgate with a single piece design, featuring a crappy fold down flap. It's crap. (iv) the boot space looked considerably smaller as the rear of the car is not slab backed, but curves forward. (v) the sat nav seemed to zoom in and out randomly. It's better than the previous generation, but a league behind BMW Professional. (vi) It has an ugly back-side!
Does the 5 look modern and fresh, or does the 4 look more distinguished? I'm not sure.
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Overall, I think LR have cocked it up. If they continued what was great about the Disco 4 they would have had a seriously special vehicle here. But they have ignored what makes these cars great for families. And did I tell you the rear wiper was annoying? Luckily it wasn't raining much yesterday....oh actually it was.
Discovery 5: first impressions
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Originally Posted by
Kirk280
Test drove the RR and the other one the Valarie or whatever other day, not impressed, rattles and squeaks, noisy cabin.
Dealer less than helpful when buying cash [emoji383] they want finance.
@ 8700 deposit and £780 per month that's nearly £14 grand in the first year with 8000 miles, that's why I don't do PCP or whatever it's called.
But your right they are lining up for them, I listened to one guy stating it was a bit over his budget but she managed to pursued him to put 3k down on his credit card for the deposit to get a better rate, what in the wholly name of debt is going on.
I can see a sub prime crash any month caused by the car market, these loans are for 60K + each car that's a load of debts out there.
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Discovery 5: first impressions
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Kirk280
Mark - yes the D5 is lowered (I think the D4 is too). The D5 automatically lowers itself when you turn the engine off; useful outside your house - not so useful if you are parked on a rock! That feature annoyed me too!
Kirk have a look at the 66 plate D4 landmark, LR threw every extra at this last of the line, all have 7 seats and twin rear entertainment for the little ones, I even found one with everything ticked in the options list in the LR search function £44,444.
Myself I may be going Audi Q7 E tron
3 weeks ago one of the RR I was going to test drive would not unlock its doors, the salesman said this is unusual[emoji102].
I had a business trip to Carlisle last week and passed a transporter full of LR i chuckled to myself about that being the only trip that lot would make without breaking down.
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Discovery 5: first impressions
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Chicken Pox
That was 8k miles per annum to compare with the deal they were offering.
Then probably at best £100 per thousand over that.
8000 miles is 166 per week, I'm retired and do about 125 per week Mon-Fri with just 3 hobbies + about 35 miles per week on a school run in our other car, we never go out at weekend everywhere is full so no point.
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