Thread: XXV Review

Originally Posted by Jimlr

Car Advice published a review of an oz spec XXV....

Land Rover Discovery XXV: Weekend With | CarAdvice

I read that last week, even left a comment, was a good review. I would also be interested in Pat Callinans review of the Discovery, which I believe was the same car 4x4 Australia tested on Fraser a couple of issues ago, same colour as ours too, Loire blue and Almond interior, just thought I would add that..

Bloody whinging about the door hard to shut how silly. But nice looking rig.

She got the acceleration number wrong - she quotes the number for the 155kw engine.

Originally Posted by tiddy

I read that last week, even left a comment, was a good review. I would also be interested in Pat Callinans review of the Discovery, which I believe was the same car 4x4 Australia tested on Fraser a couple of issues ago, same colour as ours too, Loire blue and Almond interior, just thought I would add that..

Pats review posted here:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread...59#post2202559

Originally Posted by nat_89

Bloody whinging about the door hard to shut how silly. But nice looking rig.

The doors are hard to shut 'cause the seals .... well, they seal!!!

Originally Posted by SBD4

She got the acceleration number wrong - she quotes the number for the 155kw engine.

As were the quoted KW figures on the RHS of the page versus her narrative.


Simple stuff when you are a world class editor like myself .... maybe not ... LOL!!! Just sloppy really. I thought her comments about height selection, etc (off-Road Cred), did nothing more than demonstrate how little she knew about the topic and car.


But in the end, she wrote an article form her perspective, which would probably resonate with the majority of the market.

Originally Posted by Celtoid

The doors are hard to shut 'cause the seals .... well, they seal!!!

It's also a "girly thing" - noodle-armed sissy girls can't get those heavy doors moving. Try it offroad when you're parked with at least one wheel in the air and you fall out from gravity rather than stepping out! There is a lot of weight in these doors.

And another xxv review....

http://www.carsguide.com.au/car-revi...5#.U_NhPdkazCQ

Same car doing the rounds