Thread: New Owner - Need Advice with 2015 Discovery accessories

If you were to only do short trips in a diesel with DPF you would notice at some stage the fuel consumption starts going up as extra diesel is being used to burn off soot in the DPF. If that process doesn't finish it starts all over again the next time you start the car. The car will keep doing that until that process is successfully completed. I had a Nissan Pathfinder with DPF once, when I first had the car it did 11L/100 but towards the end when virtually no longer trips were done it did 16L/100. In fact the excess unburnt diesel that ends up in the sump made the oil level go up noticeably on the dipstick. So do keep an eye on the fuel consumption and if you find it goes up then take it for a longer run. If you're doing that anyway at weekends I don't think you need to worry about it.

Ron

Originally Posted by discolandinaus

On a seperate note I am planning to purchase rock sliders even though I don’t have plans to do hard core off roading for now.

Have read about APT and GOE ones and I understand that APT ones are steel and much stronger than the alloy ones from GOE. My question is does anybody know if these rock sliders will interfere with that curtain airbags?

I asked a similar question of "prospeed" in the UK before buying a set of their sliders. Of course, you should satisfy yourself as to whether to accept this or not

"How do the rock sliders affect the side impact airbags in collisions and are their any other side impact issues in crashes you could tell me about?"

Here is their answer

"They don't affect the operation of the side impact airbags. They certainly don't cause any issues, they only offer more protection to your vehicle."