Member Since: 04 Nov 2017
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 10
thankful
Just felt the need of throwing it here.
This is my 25th car. Changed to a Disco4 from Infiniti QX70. Had few 4x4's in the past.
Never in my life I felt so confident behind the wheel in the snow as I do now. This car does not care what surface it's on - it just goes. Don't mind throwing money at it. I love this car.
Thank you Land Rover.
29th Dec 2017 4:11 pm
Kilovolt
Member Since: 29 Jun 2015
Location: South Derbyshire
Posts: 1020
Hear hear!
We don't get much snow in the Midlands but a few weeks ago I was the only one to drive to and from work with ease. And the only one to exit the sloped car park facing forwards at the end of a freezing day. Quite hilarious watching the BMW and Audi brigade slide about all undignified
Love my Disco "Track day running - Don't put your foot back on the accelerator until your absolutely sure you don't have to take it off again"
Current Ride: D4 XS Commercial Baltic Blue SDV6 fully loaded with heated everything
Track Days: BMW E36 M3 Evolution MY 1996 (3.2 Litre 377 BHP sat in 1,250 Kgs of car, with a pro safety cage and some serious braking power)
29th Dec 2017 4:35 pm
NickJ
Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
Location: there's no f in point
Posts: 2137
Yes, but what tyres are you using?
29th Dec 2017 5:24 pm
Kilovolt
Member Since: 29 Jun 2015
Location: South Derbyshire
Posts: 1020
As always I have run with Pirelli Scorpion Zero 255/55 R19 V (for the last 10 years on Discos).
Nowt special for snow - just the magic of the GGS setting and a bit of experience
Cheers."Track day running - Don't put your foot back on the accelerator until your absolutely sure you don't have to take it off again"
Current Ride: D4 XS Commercial Baltic Blue SDV6 fully loaded with heated everything
Track Days: BMW E36 M3 Evolution MY 1996 (3.2 Litre 377 BHP sat in 1,250 Kgs of car, with a pro safety cage and some serious braking power)
29th Dec 2017 5:40 pm
p.wojcik
Member Since: 04 Nov 2017
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 10
Mine's on a set of garbage, no name tyres fitted by the dealer I got the car from. Coopers are coming on in three weeks time.
Drove the qx this morning as the potential buyer coming tomorrow and even though it's on brand new p0 scorpions - it's nowhere near as good.
29th Dec 2017 5:48 pm
Grianaig
Member Since: 08 Jul 2014
Location: Tyne and Wear
Posts: 1286
Kilovolt wrote:
As always I have run with Pirelli Scorpion Zero 255/55 R19 V (for the last 10 years on Discos).
Nowt special for snow - just the magic of the GGS setting and a bit of experience
Cheers.
Ran my D3 from new for eight years on 4 sets of 18 inch zeros. Ready for replacement when sold. Never any trouble with mildish off-road or snow. No trouble with D4 from new with Wrangler AW 255 55 19 tyres off road or snow. Ready to replace probably with same. As you say experience! Counts for a lot. Used all sorts of tyres over many years in all conditions with confidence. Whatever was on the car when bought. No buttons to press for terrain types. Except the yellow button on the series cars. 2014 MY Discovery XS Indus Silver. Sadly gone. Second last LR of forty eight years continuous ownership.
29th Dec 2017 6:29 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72775
Experience and driving to the conditions. Lots of peeps think they are invincible either in a Disco or with winters on said disco and drive as if there was no snow or ice. There is a ditch waiting for them.
29th Dec 2017 6:33 pm
Grianaig
Member Since: 08 Jul 2014
Location: Tyne and Wear
Posts: 1286
Got stuck once in a foot of snow on a country road. Snow built up under the 2a chassis and lifted it off the surface. Sat stationary with four wheels rotating going nowhere. An embarrassed reverse after some shovel work fixed it. 2014 MY Discovery XS Indus Silver. Sadly gone. Second last LR of forty eight years continuous ownership.
29th Dec 2017 7:03 pm
KDP Villa
Member Since: 15 Apr 2015
Location: Midlands
Posts: 62
Totally agree, mine has been amazing in the snow and ice, but is great in all bad weather. I’ve had mine for just over 2 years now, and can’t imagine changing it which is unusual for me as I have changed all my other cars within 2 years previously.
In my opinion the D4 is the ultimate do anything car, it really does everything and more
29th Dec 2017 11:12 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13609
DSL wrote:
Experience and driving to the conditions. Lots of peeps think they are invincible either in a Disco or with winters on said disco and drive as if there was no snow or ice. There is a ditch waiting for them.
when i had a series many moons ago i thought as it’s 4 x wheel drive i’m invincible
Wrong, one hedge and field later , just hit some ice and began to slide and could just hold on, luckily was only doing around 25mph and didn’t hit anyone
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An embarrassed reverse after some shovel work fixed it. 
one hedge and field later , just hit some ice and began to slide and could just hold on, luckily was only doing around 25mph and didn’t hit anyone
