New LR3's
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tuko
I like the Discovery 3, could never afford one, but like it, all the same.
Last weekend, I was on a Land Rover meet in Borensberg, Sweden and we had a demo Disco 3 to use for the weekend.
Its a rather impressive vehicle once you get to drive one. I was playing in a gravel pit with it and she performed! OK, couldn't keep up to the short wheel base vehicles, but the 4x4 system is top notch.
No effort to it, just a push of a button here and there, turn the terrain selection knob and off you go. One thing an experience Disco owner will notice, is there is no selection for diff lock, but the electronic wizzard is working.... its automatically selected, once one of the terrain positions are selected.
It was also cool, to be able to raise and lower the suspension, on demand.
The hill decend works a charm, you don't need your feet anywhere's near the pedals, the HD, does all the work. But, I have to say, it was a different experience, the ABS were chattering away, on each tire, controlling wheel spin and the braking sensation could be felt in the vehicle.
Land Rover needs a vehicle that is competitive in the growing SUV market and they've done well, with the new Disco 3.
The Disco 3 is ALL Land Rover, no Ford crap.
BTW, they are known as Discovery 3 here, in Europe.
Cheers,
Todd.
Last weekend, I was on a Land Rover meet in Borensberg, Sweden and we had a demo Disco 3 to use for the weekend.
Its a rather impressive vehicle once you get to drive one. I was playing in a gravel pit with it and she performed! OK, couldn't keep up to the short wheel base vehicles, but the 4x4 system is top notch.
No effort to it, just a push of a button here and there, turn the terrain selection knob and off you go. One thing an experience Disco owner will notice, is there is no selection for diff lock, but the electronic wizzard is working.... its automatically selected, once one of the terrain positions are selected.
It was also cool, to be able to raise and lower the suspension, on demand.
The hill decend works a charm, you don't need your feet anywhere's near the pedals, the HD, does all the work. But, I have to say, it was a different experience, the ABS were chattering away, on each tire, controlling wheel spin and the braking sensation could be felt in the vehicle.
Land Rover needs a vehicle that is competitive in the growing SUV market and they've done well, with the new Disco 3.
The Disco 3 is ALL Land Rover, no Ford crap.
BTW, they are known as Discovery 3 here, in Europe.
Cheers,
Todd.
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PaulC
The LR3 is all Land Rover for sure...Ford wrote a very big cheque to the Land Rover guys to come up with the LR3. Ford did insist on some technical items such as a Hydroformed frame, secondary load path for front end collisions. So love it or hate it it is all Land Rover, call Jeff Ubanks the head of design.
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dchsw
A couple months ago my local dealer lent me a brand new Discovery 3 for the day. What a nice man.
Now, I currently own two series landies plus a 2001 Defender 110 County Station Wagon and, over the years, have owned just about every type of Solihul product - except a Disco. Driven them plenty of times and always wanted one, just never had the right truck come along when I had some cash.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, the Discovery 3 (a TDV6 HSE with an auto box - not a model available in North America) was an absolute revelation.
I can honestly say it was the best car I have ever driven. If I wasn't coming over to live in Canada, I would have placed an order that day. In fact, I'd have demanded the dealer sell me the demonstrator.
The Jaguar V6 Diesel is a fantastic, wonderful, powerful engine, the auto box is smoothness itself and the air supension is awesome (it can raise both front and rear out of harms way, or just one or the other, unlike Disco 2 that can only raise the rear end)
It seats seven in sublime comfort (I have a wife, 3 kids and two parents and hate having to drive the Minivan when we all want to go further than the village (the 110's inwards facing seats with lapbelts are non too clever for young or old bones should we have an fender bender).
Off road, it blows your mind. Even with factory fit road-bias tyres, it was able to show a clean pair of heals to a Disco 2 and a Defender 90 both fitted with AT tyres when I took it 'round a muddy quarry.
Yes, I know it looks like a brick, the rear end is ugly as sin and whoever put the spare wheel beneath the floor should be shot - but to drive it is to love it.
I challenge you all to cultivate your dealer and persuade him/her you just inherited a large wedge of cash and are considering an LR3, then take it out on the road and the hill and tell me you're not won over.
Go on, you know you want to.
Now, I currently own two series landies plus a 2001 Defender 110 County Station Wagon and, over the years, have owned just about every type of Solihul product - except a Disco. Driven them plenty of times and always wanted one, just never had the right truck come along when I had some cash.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, the Discovery 3 (a TDV6 HSE with an auto box - not a model available in North America) was an absolute revelation.
I can honestly say it was the best car I have ever driven. If I wasn't coming over to live in Canada, I would have placed an order that day. In fact, I'd have demanded the dealer sell me the demonstrator.
The Jaguar V6 Diesel is a fantastic, wonderful, powerful engine, the auto box is smoothness itself and the air supension is awesome (it can raise both front and rear out of harms way, or just one or the other, unlike Disco 2 that can only raise the rear end)
It seats seven in sublime comfort (I have a wife, 3 kids and two parents and hate having to drive the Minivan when we all want to go further than the village (the 110's inwards facing seats with lapbelts are non too clever for young or old bones should we have an fender bender).
Off road, it blows your mind. Even with factory fit road-bias tyres, it was able to show a clean pair of heals to a Disco 2 and a Defender 90 both fitted with AT tyres when I took it 'round a muddy quarry.
Yes, I know it looks like a brick, the rear end is ugly as sin and whoever put the spare wheel beneath the floor should be shot - but to drive it is to love it.
I challenge you all to cultivate your dealer and persuade him/her you just inherited a large wedge of cash and are considering an LR3, then take it out on the road and the hill and tell me you're not won over.
Go on, you know you want to.
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ANDYD
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LR3......
I have to say, when I first saw the new LR3, I thought YIKES! It looked like a bigger version of that ugly new Honda they have out now.
But...as I see more photos, ad's & write ups I am finding myself slowly drawn to them. Its true they are very square, but show me a older traditional LR (that we all love) that isn't square!
Like a couple of people have said here, the last step to totally convince me to love them would be a test drive....shame I will have to wait until 2020 .... then I can afford a gently used 2005 model(when they drop under 10K) :lol:
DCHSW, that must of been quite the crash you had in your series truck :shock: Were you driving at the time? Did she roll? What's the story behind all that damage, :?
cheers,
Andy
But...as I see more photos, ad's & write ups I am finding myself slowly drawn to them. Its true they are very square, but show me a older traditional LR (that we all love) that isn't square!
Like a couple of people have said here, the last step to totally convince me to love them would be a test drive....shame I will have to wait until 2020 .... then I can afford a gently used 2005 model(when they drop under 10K) :lol:
DCHSW, that must of been quite the crash you had in your series truck :shock: Were you driving at the time? Did she roll? What's the story behind all that damage, :?
cheers,
Andy
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dchsw
An off duty firefighter in a small french car (a Renault Megane, don't get me started on French cars) rear ended us on the highway. We were doing 40 MPH, he was doing 70.
The 80" flipped, throwing me out through the tilt - it was my legs/hips passing at speed that deformed the steering wheel that way - fortunately I landed on the shoulder, rather than the travel lanes.
Unfortunately, the 80" (now upside down and with my two oldest kids still strapped in it) took the same route and whacked me in the back, breaking it in five places and leaving some quite impressive bruises to boot.
To cut a very long story short, we survived, the landy didn't - but I'm sure glad it was that way around.
The 80" flipped, throwing me out through the tilt - it was my legs/hips passing at speed that deformed the steering wheel that way - fortunately I landed on the shoulder, rather than the travel lanes.
Unfortunately, the 80" (now upside down and with my two oldest kids still strapped in it) took the same route and whacked me in the back, breaking it in five places and leaving some quite impressive bruises to boot.
To cut a very long story short, we survived, the landy didn't - but I'm sure glad it was that way around.