Member Since: 03 Oct 2013
Location: Stonehaven
Posts: 180
MOT Time & 80K Service
Well its off now and the nervous wait begins
Did get a 2015 Discovery Sport to run around in though
12th Mar 2015 12:28 pm
Robse
Member Since: 10 Jun 2014
Location: Cambridgeshire
Posts: 498
Fingers crossed !
What do you think of the sport ? I was a bit disappointed when I saw one at the dealers, it seems to look better in the pictures. Not driven one tho but it doesn't look big enough anyway !Velar MY18 D180 S Narvik
Discovery MY2015 3.0 SDV6 SE Corris - Gone
12th Mar 2015 12:58 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14395
It'll be fine. Don't fret. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
12th Mar 2015 1:29 pm
Boisee
Member Since: 03 Oct 2013
Location: Stonehaven
Posts: 180
Robse,
Not actually driven it yet thats for tonight when i'm finished work. Ill post back my entirely unprofessional views
12th Mar 2015 2:43 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20841
Member Since: 28 Feb 2010
Location: Dumgoyne
Posts: 1473
If it has gone to town and county or Peter Vardy or whoever they are called now, probably quite a lot...bunch of thieves3 Flash Indicators
Clock on Dash
GVIF & Reverse Camera
D4 Bluetooth
EGR's Blanked
12th Mar 2015 7:58 pm
Boisee
Member Since: 03 Oct 2013
Location: Stonehaven
Posts: 180
It went all the way back to Pentland in Cupar where i bought it from. Aberdeen is not the place IMO to put a car in for a service etc. too many lease and company cars and generally very poor service
My completely unprofessional opinion on the Discovery Sport HSE Lux loaner would be that it's nice but i prefer the D4 by a long way.
Yeah the toys are nice (Infotainment is much better now) and that panoramic roof is nice 8) but the road noise from the tyres is obvious and the ride comfort is somewhat lacking seemed quite stiff also SWMBO says the heated seats are not as quick to heat but are warmer for longer The gearbox is good and smooth as i would expect, the dial in place of the stick was not that bad IMO.
Having been in my D4 for nearly a year now i much prefer the driving position and room you have in the cockpit. Now on my list of mods is a heated steering wheel i thought they were just a bit gimmicky but once you tried one there is no going back I had a Citroen C-Crosser previously which was a 5+2 and the space available was ok for small kids but not really for adults not sure about the +2 in the Sport there does not look like a lot of room for Adults.
Its funny how you get so used to the level of comfort and commanding driving position in the D4 you forget what its like in other cars.
But the biggest thing i liked was i went to the garage to fill it up ready for collection hopefully later today when i get my D4 back 42 miles roughly half of which is town and the other dual carriageway and i could only just squeeze in £2.55 of diesel and even then i clicked it off a couple of times. The tank must have been brimmed to the brim when it was dropped off. A little embarrassing paying for that at the counter
Would i change the D4? Well unless i get a huge bill for the MOT and Service etc no way would i swap the D4 its perfect for 3 Teenagers with mountain bikes/ ski's/ dog / all sorts of sundry stuff to cart about and not to mention 7 full size seats and go pretty much anywhere ability.
Once the kids are gone i suppose it might be a good compromise to go to the Sport though or i could just move up to a D4 HSE Lux
13th Mar 2015 8:33 am
Boisee
Member Since: 03 Oct 2013
Location: Stonehaven
Posts: 180
Well its on its way back everything done, no Drama's all you "nae sayers" well none yet anyway.
Rear Disks & Pads ok for now but will need replaced before next service..... Thats one for you Mikey when the time comes.
Ours is 5 years old on Sunday and have changed pads front and back, fuel tank sensor during that time.
Perfect car for 2 adults, 3 teenagers, a German shepherd and her Transk9 box and pulls a sixth berth caravan
The sport was like sitting in a car which I haven't owned for 16 years and revved like a RAV4 !! (Family owned) However I did like the sat nav / entertainment screenD4 2010 HSE Santorini Black
D3 2005 SE Java Black - p/x to D4
D2 2001 GS - p/x to D3
D1 1998 - p/x to D2
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The gearbox is good and smooth as i would expect, the dial in place of the stick was not that bad IMO.
no way would i swap the D4 its perfect for 3 Teenagers with mountain bikes/ ski's/ dog / all sorts of sundry stuff to cart about and not to mention 7 full size seats and go pretty much anywhere ability.
