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DaveC
Member Since: 29 Sep 2009
Location: Wirral
Posts: 1034
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quote from article
"More powerful versions exist but will never come to Discovery as customers don’t want more power"
WTF! says who?  XC90 T8 R Design Pro
MY14 D4 HSE Lux (sadly gone)
Mariana Black with Ivory interior and lots of toys!
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 7th Nov 2013 12:03 pm |
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steveraspberry
Member Since: 18 Sep 2011
Location: Nr Sevenoaks,Kent
Posts: 2081
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No real surpises in the reviews though although I disagree with Autocar when they say passengers and driver will be hurled out of their seats under spirited cornering. Maybe, I just drive like a wuss but it doesn't happen with us in our MY13  My17 Volvo XC90 Inscription
MY15 Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian
RGK Tiga Fx Wheelchair,
Large Alsation called Abbs 
Medium blue Staffie called Piglet
Medium Alsation called Bailey
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| 7th Nov 2013 12:18 pm |
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Paul White
Member Since: 27 Jan 2012
Location: Marshfield, Nr Bath
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There should be a law against car manufactures giving such misleading and darned right dishonest MPG figures. If anyone gets 35mpg out of the car then it's been kept in the garage for the whole of its life!!
They (LR) boast how good it is off road (and it is),but if the car is used for what it is made for then the mpg figures are wrong by getting on for 10mpg!! My car averages 24.6mpg and that is not what the Lieometer says (it says 27.2). Driving on Mways all the time, maybe the economy is nearer 30 travelling at 70 and under, so why don't they make this clear? 
I don't mind the fuel economy figures, otherwise I wouldn't have bought the car in the first place, but I do mind the dishonesty!!
Paul 2014 Face Lift D4 HSE Aintree Green
2012 D4 HSE Aintree Green Gone
2011 D4 XS Galway Green Gone
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| 7th Nov 2013 2:09 pm |
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markate
Member Since: 17 Sep 2011
Location: England
Posts: 703
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Fuel economy figures used by all manufacturers are based on criteria laid down by the EU and that wonderful organisation in Brussels also insists that their figures are used not ones that are achievable in real life motoring.
Don't think the EU will bring in a law banning the use of it's own misleading MPG figures any time soon.
I believe there a number of websites which claim to give real world MPG figures based on user feedback.
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| 7th Nov 2013 5:55 pm |
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mse
Member Since: 27 Jun 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 2702
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If the 2014 disco is as good as my 2013 sport then I expect it to get 35mpg...the sport got 32-34 every day, so this one should be better!
Last edited by mse on 9th Nov 2013 10:45 am. Edited 1 time in total
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| 8th Nov 2013 5:21 pm |
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Dirkcrisis
Member Since: 08 Dec 2012
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 7
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Why does the MSN review keep going on about a "new" 8 speed auto gearbox?
Surely it's the same one as we've been using since late 2011?
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| 9th Nov 2013 10:31 am |
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markate
Member Since: 17 Sep 2011
Location: England
Posts: 703
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It is the same 8 speed. Another example of lazy journalism me thinks!!
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| 9th Nov 2013 12:07 pm |
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