Just been chatting with someone in the pub, he was talking about an RX8 and a 2001 Masserati, and how fast they were.....

I said they had baby engines, and he said what do you know, you drive a Land Rover!

So I enlightened him in the only way you can.....

He's still looking rather white  Land Rover Addict
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I know what you mean. People always assume RR's are slow. Where as in reality mine is faster and the DSC is so good mine can outcorner every car in the carpark at work bar the new Cooper S.

They've always been good performers though. A RR of the early 80's could outcorner a golf.

They don't look very ladylike when they cock a wheel though!  

Threw him back in the seat, cornered a tight corner at a much faster speed than he expected, stopped on a sixpence, then rinsed and repeated

He has just said he'll have a lot more respect when he pulls out on one, just in case it has the same power plant  Land Rover Addict
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I bow to the 510HP Monster Thasher!

Hoping to get one before next summer! 2000 BMW M5, Avus Blue/LeMans Leather Interior
2006 Range Rover Westminster Java Black

This made me laugh.....OK most big engined Belgian cars are diesel [imho most cars in Belgium are diesel].
My previous RR was a 1995 soft dash,Vogue SE, 3.9 chipped, petrol. I used to pull up at the lights, in the correct lane, alongside some wally who always thought oh a RR i'll burn that off.........imagine their faces when i floored it...
Still catch them out in the current one. What else is there to do on a Fri morning!
The shame of it was when i sold the classic i found out its entire history, something called a federation car!.

Strangely, I found mind had more mid range pull than a Megane 225. He did try and undertake me on the motorway just after joining on when there was a big gap behind.  2006 Mercedes CLS
1991 Retro-style Mini
But really finding it hard to fight the urge for a S/C...

Interesting fact: on a recent spirited drive across Europe with an RX8 in convoy, he had the lowest comfortable cruising speed and caused us to stop twice as often as we needed to due to a fuel tank the size of a pea and a huge thurst at high revs. I could go on and mention oil consumption too.

James

Thrasher wrote:

I said they had baby engines, and he said what do you know, you drive a Land Rover!

So I enlightened him in the only way you can.....

previous car was a sports car with grip to spare and more importantly, very predictable and gradual when it did let go.

Since getting the RR, I haven't had the bottle to do any cornering....seems top heavy to me. Has anyone got the DSC to kick in ?

doublejay wrote:

Has anyone got the DSC to kick in ?

Erm, yes.

I work on an industrial estate and have to pull out onto a fast road with lorries hurtling down it. If there has been a light rain it mixes with the diesel all over the road and makes it quite slippery. When I pull out in these conditions the front wheels can struggle for grip a bit, and if I really have been pushing it then I'm sure the back would want to pendulum out if it weren't for the DSC.

Also the M4 with an inch or so of snow on it at 60 was interesting. The DSC was constantly kicking in just trying to maintain a strait line, although I did have a diagonal moment for 2-300 yards when I hit an ice patch. The RR is actually incredibly stable in a drift with not too much desire to swap ends. And as for turning them over, nearly impossible unless you clip a kerb whilst sliding at speed.

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doublejay wrote:

previous car was a sports car with grip to spare and more importantly, very predictable and gradual when it did let go.

Since getting the RR, I haven't had the bottle to do any cornering....seems top heavy to me. Has anyone got the DSC to kick in ?

Ha, I know that feeling, I cringe when I approach a corner a little over ambitiously, its been OK so far but when complared to my other cars in the 'fleet' I just can't get my head around it yet, perhaps some high speed driver training in the RR would be beneficial.

I know it's not top heavy but I totally sympathise with you.

FFRR Sliding on a fast corner:


RR Spurt same corner:
 

They both have kahoonas it seems! 2006 Mercedes CLS
1991 Retro-style Mini
But really finding it hard to fight the urge for a S/C...

The only downside to driving "enthusiastically" is you chew through tyres rather quickly. 

I found that out the night before I sold my Maserati, managed to take a couple of mm off the rear tyres  2006 Mercedes CLS
1991 Retro-style Mini
But really finding it hard to fight the urge for a S/C...