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C'mon, you've had it 3 days, share the love.......  2017 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography
2012 4.4 TDV8 Westminster - Gone, but not forgotten

Thanks everyone!

I've been putting some miles on it since collection on Saturday and am currently on 386

We stopped for celebratory fish and chips at Braunton on the way home and this is what we came back to:

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6 Days and only 728 miles later and I'm getting to like it more and more by the day

The SDV8 is a gem and is so torquey! It really responds to being driven smoothly, with minimum revs - just riding the wave of torque

The gearbox suits the engine perfectly, although the interstellar gearing (1,320 rpm at 70 mph) does necessitate a change down to 7th on Cornish dual carriageway inclines.

Fuel economy is picking up. Using the Road Trip App (with brim to brim fill ups), it's risen from a worrying 23 mpg to start with, to a slightly more sane 25-28 mpg.

I have to remember that although 70 mph seems very slow in the FF, it was a sensible cruising speed in the Disco 4 and it just goes to show how smooth and quiet the FF is. The only downside is that the OEM Pirelli Scorpion Verde's provide a lot of road noise (although it might just be a function of the rest of the car being so quiet).

I'm still enjoying not to have to slam the doors to shut them, which is really nice

Loving all of the IT although, slightly worryingly (considering other's experiences), the Bluetooth has dropped out once and the DVD hung several times in very quick succession; both were cured by a full restart of the car. However, these things have happed only once and haven't returned yet.

The Xenon headlights definitely seemed dimmer when I first had it and the adaptive bit didn't seem to be working. Oddly, the lamps seem as bright as the Disco's now and the adaptive function seems to be working, but much less vigorously than it did on the D4 Talking of lamps, the reversing lights are shockingly bad and I'd love to know if anyone has found an upgrade path...

Unfortunately, Kathy's not too happy with the lack of pockets in the boot and our neighbour doesn't seem to be talking to us anymore! Fair's fair, he had a green V8 petrol RR Classic, that he had owned from new, when he first moved in around 2000 - so it's not like he didn't set a precedent

Anyway, here's looking forward to the next few weeks mileage

Love this thread

Thanks Paul

Actually I’m not so keen on this thread as it’s put a little voice in my head saying “ why don’t you renew your car”,,,,,,,!!!!

Lovely colour. Great thread

Ta!

Thought I'd make the most of the break in the rain this morning....

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Nice pictures

Thanks FW

Thats a stunning looking car. (nice plate too).

The dripping off the upper tailgate must be a bloody legal requirement by now! it cant be rocket science to fix that surely.

I've never considered a green car till now. Excellent choice.  405 AB exec seats Baltic and Cirrus
93 RR Classic efi

Remember it's easier to get forgiveness than permission!

Gone in order:
4.4 TDV8 SE - gone to a good home
93 Classic hard dash Plymouth Blue
03 L322 Oslo Blue
2000 Disco TD5 ES Epsom Green
98 P38 Rioja Red
89 Classic Cairngorm Brown

ajac8 wrote:

The dripping off the upper tailgate must be a bloody legal requirement by now! it cant be rocket science to fix that surely.

Lizzie has been back at the dealer, for some minor “snagging” and she’s been there ever since Monday morning, as I won’t be able to get back there until Sunday morning.

Missing her something rotten, but I have had a chance to put 500 miles on a 67 plate Disco Sport HSE 240 Diesel, which was a slightly depressing experience! Although, on the plus side, it’s 500 miles x 24p off the excess mileage charge on the FF (beyond 122,500 miles...)

I’m going to wish that I’d never bought a D4, or a FFRR, in the first place; everything else just seems a bit yuck afterwards!

Hope it’s nothing serious with Lizzie.

Mine had some “minor snagging faults” which after 7 trips to the dealer remained unresolved. All software related, with updates not being available from JLR to sort the problem. They even put a new infotainment unit in. That fixed the frozen sat nav but nothing else...

Car back for attempt number 8 which, if it fails, will cause vehicle to be rejected. Which is a shame cos I really love it .

But to the point - I agree entirely about being spoiled. In the event of rejection of car, despite the issues, I would order another as there’s nothing else I want to drive now. I’d not hesitate to use the same dealer, who have been superb throughout. I’ve been loaned a RRS, which was ok but I wouldn’t really want to have, a Disco sport which I really didn’t like and seemed very harsh after the FF, and lastly a Disco 5 which was (logically) somewhere between the other two. But was ultimately disappointing as well as being so fugly I can’t beleive it passed the design approval. The others it was up against must have been real munters!

But each time I got the FF back, it just felt SO good, quiet, relaxing, and smooth.

I’m sure that any of the loan cars, driven in isolation and withoutbthe FF experience would have seemed excellent. But I fear there’s no going back now!