Member Since: 12 Apr 2010
Location: Surrey
Posts: 14
Permagrin!
Hi All,
Picked up the Disco4 last week and having stopped grinning yet. It's an XS with a few goodies.
Premium nav and TV (no escaping SWMBO's QVC)
Tow pack
Privacy glass
Xenons
Marmaris Teal
Side steps
Mud flaps
Ipod lead
Rear camera
Just waiting now for some snow to try out the 4wd system
12th Apr 2010 10:20 pm
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
good first post! enjoy! Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
12th Apr 2010 10:23 pm
Sutton
Member Since: 12 Apr 2010
Location: Surrey
Posts: 14
Thanks!
Having had the car for just under a week, these are my first impressions:
Likes
• Strong performance, both off the line and through the gears.
• Comfort.
• Quiet cruising and refinement when dealing with lumps and bumps in town.
• Handling. It’s actually quite chuckable, and will grip gamely. Roll when cornering is well contained.
• Visibility from the high seating position. The rear camera really helps too.
• Standard equipment level is not bad but we got tick box happy with the option list.
• Luxury feel in the cabin. It looks good and there are plenty of soft touch plastic surfaces.
Neutral
• It’s a physically big car and will take up all of the width of a small narrow country lane. In car parks, I’ve also dropped the suspension to get under the indicated height limits.
• Real world economy is a little below that advertised. Over 500 miles of mixed driving, the trip computer is showing 29mpg average. At the end of the day it’s a 2.6 tonne car…
• The boot is massive and I can’t reach stuff when it’s right behind the seats. I will need to buy an umbrella with a hook handle to fish stuff out!
Dislikes
• Over servoed brakes. Stopping power is actually good, but there’s no feel from the pedal so it’s difficult to get the pedal pressure just so. The last bit of braking will get it snatching and therefore jolting just as it comes to a stop.
• The tow bar socket has already ejected its plastic insert somewhere…
• There’s more bare wiring and exposed electrical connectors under the bodywork than I expected. My German cars have all of this stuff thickly wrapped in tape.
• High levels of brake dust from both front and rear pads.
14th Apr 2010 2:02 pm
mwestcrew
Member Since: 24 May 2005
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 334
Ah, one option you missed then: the sliding loadspace floor.
The brake dust will calm down in a few more miles.2011 D4 Landmark, Mini Cooper SD Clubman, Range Rover Vogue SE
15th Apr 2010 12:42 am
Sutton
Member Since: 12 Apr 2010
Location: Surrey
Posts: 14
Can the sliding floor be retrofitted? However being the cheapskate, my natural inclination is to stick with the umbrella option!
Glad to hear that the dust is just due to the brakes settling down.
15th Apr 2010 2:13 pm
mwestcrew
Member Since: 24 May 2005
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 334
Sliding floor is in the accessories brochure so can be after sales fitted....I think there's a picture in the online brochure.2011 D4 Landmark, Mini Cooper SD Clubman, Range Rover Vogue SE
16th Apr 2010 7:41 am
slots
Member Since: 30 Oct 2007
Location: Here
Posts: 333
Hi Sutton,
Car looks stunning, first time I have seen Marmaris. Any chance of some more pics, maybe at a distance to see the colour in different lights? Really nice to see something different to the blacks and silvers (nothing against black or silver of course - don't want to start that debate again!)
Thanks
16th Apr 2010 11:38 am
SazzaG
Member Since: 30 Jan 2010
Location: Sussex
Posts: 106
Aha, another XS owner. Have you located the 3rd cupholder in the first row (part of the convenience pack). Sorry, it's my life's mission at the moment!
Colour looks fab - I've not seen one in that before. I do like the D4 in the darker colours (mine's Bournville) as you get a great contrast with the silver grill, etc.
Enjoy!
16th Apr 2010 12:01 pm
Sutton
Member Since: 12 Apr 2010
Location: Surrey
Posts: 14
Thanks for the kind comments. Teal is a bit of a marmite colour, but you can guess which camp I fall into! Marmaris is quite different to the previous Lugano, the latter being a fair bit darker. I like the Bournville too.
I'll take a few more photos this weekend. The colour does change according to the quality of the light that hits it. The dealer said it's the only Marmaris car he's sold and put it on the ramp in front of the dealership for a few days before we picked it up.
I haven't found the third cup holder yet but can always ask the dog to open wide!
16th Apr 2010 12:22 pm
slots
Member Since: 30 Oct 2007
Location: Here
Posts: 333
Sutton, have you or anyone else managed to get any more Marmaris pics? We've got to order another D4, thinking of Marmaris but haven't been able to see one. Thanks
23rd May 2010 4:02 pm
Technical Bear
Member Since: 15 Apr 2008
Location: Darwen Lancs
Posts: 56
To get to things at the front of the loadspace, just open a back door and tilt the rear of the back seat forward. BTW your golf umbrella will sit nicely on top off the fixed part of the loadspace cover.
23rd May 2010 9:10 pm
Sutton
Member Since: 12 Apr 2010
Location: Surrey
Posts: 14
Yes, I've had to resort to opening the door and releasing the seats, when said umbrella had slid to the front! Thanks for the umbrella storage tip
Been a bit remiss with posting photos - apologies Slots.
24th May 2010 1:24 pm
SazzaG
Member Since: 30 Jan 2010
Location: Sussex
Posts: 106
Can't do the tilting seats thing if you've got the cargo barrier! I made the mistake the other day of putting a couple of bags of shopping loose in the boot. A spirited drive later, and I had onions and potatoes everywhere! Had to climb inside the boot to get them all out....
24th May 2010 1:28 pm
Sutton
Member Since: 12 Apr 2010
Location: Surrey
Posts: 14
Makes mental note to also put putter in back of boot
A couple of empty plastic crates, like you can buy from B&Q, up against the seats/load barrier will keep things in reach and stop shopping rolling about. You may find them useful as you start to accumulate tools, folding shovel, tow rope, sandbags, first aid kit, blankets, emergency rations, etc - and that's just for the M20!A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
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