Thread: My New Pride & Joy.

Lovely car, nice colour too. I look forward to seeing it on the next D3 Trip which will I shall now extended to include D4 owners too.

I did notice the avatar change....

and there I was feeling pretty good about myself picking up my d3 hse last week... but yours is something else. well done!


Hmmm a d3 trip, just what I was thinking

Congrats Pete, she looks great. Good on you for rewarding yourself, the restraint you show not having bought a D3 or RR previously especially being with them all day is amazing. But then again, you are around them each day...ya bugger!

Peter Phillips

What a great looking car, especially the colour co-ordination which reminds me of a project we did late last year.

IMHO the colour is a lot easier to keep clean than a dark car and, when nice and shiny, always looks great.

Absolutely brilliant!.

Erich

Beautiful, congratulations, they sure are a good looking 4by, I hope it serves you well and you enjoy it to the full.

Well,
This last week & a bit for me has been one big blurr.
Wednesday last week i was sent to Sydney for a course & was originally told it "may" happen, didnt receive any official notes saying this is your flight details & this is where you will be staying & assumed (possibly wrong) that this was not going to happen.
So i started to think about what bits & pieces i can add to the Discovery while i was at home on the weekend coming, So i had prepared some wiring & a few little components to fit (RedArc Remote trailer brake unit, GME 3340 CB, Engel Fridge Lead-will follow up on these with photo's & install details later) to start with, BUT my wife wanted to go away, So..Barb had booked a Caravan Park in NSW (by the way Narrabeen is a wonderful spot).

I left for my course on Wednesday night, to receive a phone call from my wife to say get home Friday night as soon as possible as we are heading off Friday to Sydney, We did chat about this & again didnt think this was going to happen as nothing was booked (again possibly wrong).
Did the course for the 2 days to return home Friday night, sleep & then get up again & drive to Sydney at 06:00Hrs.

BUT..

This this time was different I was behind the wheel of a nice shiny new Discovery 4..hehe..Mine. I still go out in the mornings & touch it, just to make sure that it isnt a dream...My wife has caught me a couple of times & now passes with the comment "Another Colorbond Moment I See"

So off we go all bags packed the night before, I love my wife, Drive up the Hume to Wangarratta for breakfast at yes the M word. At least the coffee is worthwhile. Things i firstly noticed is yes the D4 rides firmer on 19"s, But for me i liked it especially at 110Km/hr, tyres at 33/36 pressures, Pre-delivery setup pressures, The vehicle tracks extremely well for 2.5T+ vehicle, I had no issues with wondering steering in truck ruts or any thing like that at all.

Across the Border & hello concrete highway heaven..
The good thing now for those that have not driven to Sydney for a while is that 98% of the highway is dual lane except for Hollbrook & Tarcutta & the speed limit is 110Km/hr all the way except for those 2 towns & 2 slow down points from existing towns(cant remember the names tho').
A real easy drive.

I happen to find a rock floating through the air from behind a truck, which "starred" the w/screen, but apart from that all was good.
Will get this fixed when i get back to work.

We heading into Sydney & up the M5 (which was probably the longer way, but good for the kids to see the Harbour, Opera hose etc) under the airport & across the Cahill Expressway & across the bridge, then towards Manly & across the Spit Bridge, then up Pittwater Rd to Narrabeen to the Holiday park.
I was very suprised as was told the raffic in Sydney can be a huge pain, but from the start of the M5 to The Park was an Hour!
I had to check my watch 2 or 3 times to make sure.

Once we had set up & did some shopping, swimming & some more swimming(love that rock pool in Narrabeen), the next day we headed off into Manly via the bus, Purchased a Family Day Tripper ticket & got into Manly & then caught the Ferry into Sydney(Circular Quay) & then from there we dropped into the city & then caught a train to Milsons point & the Kids had a ball at Luna park.
We later caught a Ferry back to Circular Quay & then the Ferry to Manly & then the bus back to the park.

I showed the kids around Sydney as much as i could & had a lot of fun in the short time we were there..

The weather was brilliant, all the days were very warm & even on the day that it rained all day, was still warm & muggy, it didnt stop us from going out. It was very pleasant.

We then packed up & headed out & this was where patience was a good thing, took 2.5 hrs to go from the Park to the end of the M5/Hume highway connection. Ah well....Life goes on..

The vehicle was superb, no issues whatsoever, apart from one..
Grame the Headlights also point upwards, but mainly my left one, but this will be sorted as i did find out more info while i was in Sydney prior to my holiday, There is a section in SDD to set up & adjust your headlights.
Will play when i return & advise the outcome also after carrying out Q093, when released.
Fuel Consumtion was extremely good, Gauge says 8.8L/100 k's, but in reality was 9.1L/100k's, this was mainly highway driving at 110Km/hr & then Sydney stop start traffic & then home again. This will probably stay at that figure as the vehicle will go to Barb & i will have a Co. Car to drive. The engine will return better figures as time goes by, something i have taken notice of at work on clients vehicles.
It was a pleasure to drive, the seating was excellent, everything just worked.
Something i am not used to is the key..Next time i would order the keyless entry, as everytime you wish to lock/unlock the vehcle you need to remove the key from your person, then again try to find where you placed the key prior to entering the vehicle.
If i had the "Keyless" entry this would make it a lot easier when approaching the vehicle, as long as you have the key on/with you & your hand breaks the beam in the door lock handle the vehicle opens, this way you dont need to look for the key & vise versa, when you close the door you touch the black button on the door habdle & your away.
Again just little things you notice after the fact.
The Auto lights are just fantastic, Set & forget, The Auto wipers again excellent, But this depends on how you set it up, i found on the max setting was way to sensative, so mine is now on the midway between the Min/Max settings, you also have to make sure that the sensor is clean otherwise you will have the wiper going at weird times, (make sure there are no dead bugs)as this was happening to me, after a good clean & bug gutts gone it was excellent, even driving home on Wednesda when it was raining I did not have to touch the headlights & wipers at all, Just had to concentrate on the traffic around me & where i was going.

I didnt get a chance to do any offroad, but in time it will happen, the trip was to(for me anyway) iron out any problems & in reality i have none, I am extremely happy with the vehicle & so is my wife, The kids love it & they know i love it too.

For those wondering about doing it, Go sit your bum in one & go for a drive, a descent drive, play with the buttons ask questions to your dealer, if he cant help ask the forum &/or me, we/I will gladly help.
Seriously the competition wont come close.

Cheers all.

p.s. My wife wants to go back to Narrabeen with some friends, so all that are close next time we are up, we should catch up & have a drink.

Hi Sniegy, What a thread, more like a book. Good you had a good time and enjoyed the Disco. I noticed that you mentioned you have a 2.7Lt D4 with 19" rims. I thought the 19" rims only come out on the 3.0Lt?

Hi Disco4SE,
Yes, The 2.7's come standard with the 18's, 19's can also be ordered as an option too.
I didnt like the look of the 18's at all anyway & was hoping LR would do an upgrade as they usually do every new year & fit a different set of 18's, unfortunately they didn't.
18months ago saw an opportunity to buy a 2nd hand set of 19" rims i liked, so did back then. They now sit on my beast like brand new units.
Cheers