Thread: Thinking of trading in the Discovery 3 for a new Defender

Andrew,

Your welcome to a HumV if that is what floats your boat. ...

Me I'll stick with my city slicker D3 for now. ...

cheers,
Terry

I think it was in this thread (im not going back through it!!!) that a video was posted showing a Deefer struggling to get up an axle twister on a modest climb...with Disco's doing it relatively easily. I and others made the comment that the CDL did not appear to be engaged...

Here is a video posted in the General section by a kind contributor, that shows how the TD5 traction control works (with CDL engaged...).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9BEqMnYfus

There were uphill axle twisters in that worse than the video earlier in this thread that the Deefer eats up. Its a better representation of what a Defender can do and its impressive. Not posting this up to start fights, just so that readers can see the true abilities of this vehicle.

Cheers

Originally Posted by ozscott

I think it was in this thread (im not going back through it!!!) that a video was posted showing a Deefer struggling to get up an axle twister on a modest climb...with Disco's doing it relatively easily. I and others made the comment that the CDL did not appear to be engaged...

Here is a video posted in the General section by a kind contributor, that shows how the TD5 traction control works (with CDL engaged...).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9BEqMnYfus

There were uphill axle twisters in that worse than the video earlier in this thread that the Deefer eats up. Its a better representation of what a Defender can do and its impressive. Not posting this up to start fights, just so that readers can see the true abilities of this vehicle.

Cheers

That is shot on the tracks here in Perth where I run part of the driver-training day. I drive them 15 ~ 20 times a year' so I'd say I know them pretty well. And those coming to the Sydney seminar will see just how easy the Discos make it look.

The short video of the deefer getting stuck earlier is also on that track - a part this gentleman didn't drive. Very different in the wet. In the first video, it was the Deefer's diff that kept dragging and slowing him down.

Cheers,

Gordon

Originally Posted by gghaggis

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it was the Deefer's diff that kept dragging and slowing him down.

Cheers,

Gordon

That's a wheel placement and hence driver thing.
I remember taking a school mates Dad's brand spanking new Subaru Leone dual range up The Oaks firetrail in the Blue Mountains National Park west of Sydney in the pouring rain after school one day (think lots of sandstone )
Did it far easier than the Jackaroo that was turning back until I went past him then he followed.
At least I did it easier until he woke up to where I was putting my wheels to make up for the lack of ground clearance and ramp over on the little Subbie, then he matched it.

This has all been in good fun, but vids mean nothing.
The only definitive test is with the same driver over the same course in both vehicles.

But that'd spoil all the fun

Originally Posted by AndrewGJones

Alright Terry, i see your job is as boring as mine, so lets see if Homo Sapiness Discoveritis can actually out last Neanderthalis Defenderuminous when faced with the real king of 'capability' ; Hummersaurus Rex;

Humvee Climbing Vertical Wall 1 YouTube - YouTube

ignoring the busted pipe at 19 secs (and the guy laughing like Homer), I think it is clear that we should all sell up and buy hummers as it is clearly the best at circus tricks and artificial tests.

See if your fabulous Hummer can do this.

4x4 a 90° verticale! - YouTube

Baz.

Originally Posted by herrBlick

Looks like LRO international next mont will sort it out for usAttachment 56629

I don't remember seeing the original but it looks like LRO International has decided to revisit this in the latest issue (Spring 2018) I haven't read the whole article yet but (spoiler alert!) it looks like the Disco comes out ahead on points.