Thread: Discovery Sport not worthy of Land Rover name

MrLandy - May I ask what field of work you are in?

You make frequent comment around "Head bush for work"...


Any job that gets you 'out there' is a good one

I'll probably end up buying one of these, soley because they are built on the FL2. My FL2 has been the best car I have owned, it has 222k on the clock and has been everywhere from Billy Goats Bluff to the Simpson Desert. I've owned 2 Subarus, in fact I traded an Outback on the FL2, and I'm a member of the Subaru 4wd Club, so I've seen plenty of Subarus off road. I can say without a doubt that the FL2 is good enough to tow them where they can't even go. That's my opinion. Most people seriously under rate how good they are. Of course you have to learn how to drive them properly.
As for electronics, my FL2 got hammered by mud on the Warburton Crossing track into the south Simpson. The mud solidified in the wheel arches and actually stopped the wheels from turning. I had to hack it out, sitting in the rain and mud on my own. It wrecked an abs sensor which turned off all special programs and lit up the dash. The car still drove out on its own and back to Sydney. All this and it gets under 8 litres per 100 in outstanding comfort. No low range, no problem, I've been on the steepest tracks on the Eastern Seaboard. Light weight, auto box, mud/ruts program and plenty of grunt go a long way to compensate.
My mate Vesko has one as well and we both usually travel solo to some pretty remote places (we have no friends). You really have to trust the car to do that and it has to deliver. So far it has and put a smile on my face doing it. And I don't even like Land Rover the company.