Thread: Where the LR's & RR's are in Australia (Stats)

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Bit weird the stats for Qld.

Regional areas such as Athol have more Discos than any other area,I wouldn't have thought so.

These figures are total crap..no Land Rover or Rangies in SA?
Come on. We have 15 Discos and 10 Range Rovers in our Range Rover Club of SA alone and many hundreds more around the state.

Originally Posted by peterall

These figures are total crap..no Land Rover or Rangies in SA?
Come on. We have 15 Discos and 10 Range Rovers in our Range Rover Club of SA alone and many hundreds more around the state.

NSW stats seem off too. I see heaps of Discos around my local suburb let alone the rest of Sydney.

Martin

I went to the Supermarket yesterday afternoon . like 4:40 pm. It was the Coles supermarket in North Brighton, Melbourne. I went straight into the car park - there is also one at a lower level.

There are about 48 car parks for the supermarket (there are apartment car parks too but I ignored those).

So, out of 48 spots - there were 3 RR Sports. One looked fairly used ... the other two appeared brand new. The older one was navy blue. Both white. And then there were two D4s - mine, and another one, which looked new, a greyish colour with some bronze in it. Mine's white. So - 5 Land Rovers, D4s and RR Sports.

Funny thing about the car park is that its normal size. It shouldn't be - they should have bigger spots for all the SUVs. A Toyo 200 would be quite difficult to park. The D4's a piece of cake - much easier to park than a Prado for instance. Other SUVs in the car park of the large size were a single BMW x5 - far from new and looking a bit tired - and an Audi 7 that looks like a neat appliance.

Originally Posted by Melbourne Park

Funny thing about the car park is that its normal size. It shouldn't be - they should have bigger spots for all the SUVs. A Toyo 200 would be quite difficult to park. The D4's a piece of cake - much easier to park than a Prado for instance. Other SUVs in the car park of the large size were a single BMW x5 - far from new and looking a bit tired - and an Audi 7 that looks like a neat appliance.

Can't see why a Toyo 200 would be any more difficult to park in "narrow" parking bays than a D4 would be, when the 200 is 42mm narrower than the D4 (and the D4 is 84mm wider than a Playdo 150).

Originally Posted by BMKal

Can't see why a Toyo 200 would be any more difficult to park in "narrow" parking bays than a D4 would be, when the 200 is 42mm narrower than the D4 (and the D4 is 84mm wider than a Playdo 150).

There is no comparison - the 200 is a bitch to park - and only the Sahara has reverse parking guidelines. It is very long, and view from inside is very restricted, the back of the vehicle feels a long way behind you, and you don't know exactly where the back of the vehicle is. My Prado Kakadu was more difficult to park too - it has less visibility. Also it has less lock or turing ability than the Disco. Although mine did have reverse parking guidelines, which made it pretty good. But only the Kakadu has those.

Originally Posted by Melbourne Park

There is no comparison - the 200 is a bitch to park - and only the Sahara has reverse parking guidelines. It is very long, and view from inside is very restricted, the back of the vehicle feels a long way behind you, and you don't know exactly where the back of the vehicle is. My Prado Kakadu was more difficult to park too - it has less visibility. Also it has less lock or turing ability than the Disco. Although mine did have reverse parking guidelines, which made it pretty good. But only the Kakadu has those.

Well, have to say that I've never driven a Land Cruiser 200 in the city, nor attempted to park it in tight spaces. But I have over the past 15 years or so had about 6 or 7 Prado's, from 90 series to current 150 series, plus D1, D2 and D4, and a 1982 Ford F100 LWB, all of which I have driven in the city on many occasions and had to park in "tight" spots. Admittedly, the F100 was a bit of a challenge, even though it was slightly narrower than the D4 - but I've never had any trouble with any of the Prado's.

As far as turning circle goes, the D4 is 11.45m, the Prado 150 only slightly wider than that at 11.6m and the Land Cruiser 200 marginally wider again at 11.8m so I don't really see that as being a major consideration. The Ford was in a slightly different ballpark, with a turning circle of 12.2m though it did have typically American VERY light power steering.

None of my Disco's or Prado's has ever had reversing cameras or parking guidelines - but they all had mirrors.