Hi, well done on your purchase.
Thoughts about the diesel option - if you're going to mostly use the car for short trips i would seriously reconsider the diesel as it really does require longer periods at freeway speeds (>95km/h) occasionally and if it doesn't get these, will basically self destruct as has been shown in the Disco Sport models and others. Our Kia Sportage diesel has the same problem/requirement so it's not unique to brand.
We bought a D240-S (my ninth Land Rover!!!) in August and currently have about 8000km on 'Tazzie' (-it's Tasman Blue) from a trip around - ironically - Tassie in November. The car performed exceptionally well, was extremely comfortable, handled all those Tasmanian corners with ease and comfort and plenty of power. Select 'SPORT' and off you go! Size of the car was perfect (immensely better than my 2011 '90, no surprise there), fitted all our camping gear, two mountain bikes, three adults etc and we haven't even got the roof rack yet.
Our only complaint was that the electronics are too over bearing when camping - you sometimes like to leave the doors open and that 'bong bong bong' alert gets old really fast; we got several alerts from the system that our battery required top-up and to start the vehicle. I will be emailing Land Rover suggesting that they incorporate a 'camping mode' into the software to reduce battery usage. Also, when you plug in a bike carrier (for the tail lights), there is no option in the software to pick a bike rack and it thinks you're towing a trailer which limits the suspension in some situations.
I bought a diesel because we do longer trips and we got around 1000 km out of each tank of fuel in the longer, straighter, highway sections of our holiday and also we don't live in Sydney or Melbourne so it gets that DPF nice and clean.
Happy trails
Matt/ Rockley12
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