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simonh

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The 2L is remarkably good to be honest. I think you’d be very surprised at how good it is DieselRanger

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Post #10732 13th Feb 2018 8:06 am
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Chalkys HSE

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Location: Yorkshire

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I've driven the 2.0L and the 3.0L extensively over the past week. The single most annoying thing........ trying to figure out just how a 2.0L engine is capable of that ?

I mean, if you think about it. D3's 2.7L to D4's 3.0L to D5's with the same size engine as a Golf

It doesn't sound like it'll work... But it does, very well.
Post #10754 13th Feb 2018 9:59 pm
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Imbaw

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It's ingenius
Post #10758 14th Feb 2018 12:25 am
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DiscoStu

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Location: Greater London

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Post #10762 14th Feb 2018 7:15 am
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DieselRanger

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DG wrote:
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I can't imagine

Thankfully, there's a difference to pondering on supposition and actually trying one

I'm sure there is, unfortunately here in the States, pondering on supposition is all I've got since we only get the 3.0 ....

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Post #10775 14th Feb 2018 11:43 pm
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Russell

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Some of us went to the launch at Solihull and during the presentation the chap was very complimentary about the 2.0l and said it will do everything the 3.0l will and in some cases better.
However when pushed about towing or high mileage he did confirm that the 2.0l would struggle and would have to be driven a lot harder to match the 3.0l.
His view was for standard mileage and occasional towing 2.0l but for higher mileage and towing it would be the 3.0l

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Post #10779 15th Feb 2018 12:51 am
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Seaby

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Just had my road tax through for the 2.0 - £220 for 2nd year. Not sure that the 3.0 is??
Post #10803 16th Feb 2018 10:16 am
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jimbg

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Location: Devon

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3 litre is £280
Post #10806 16th Feb 2018 10:42 am
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Chalkys HSE

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Location: Yorkshire

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UPDATE

After much delibeating and after having both veh's out on test over seperate weekends i've plumped for the 3.0 Litre,

2.0 Litre although fairly close to the bigger engine lacked that silky smooth warble that i assosciate with a vehicle of this size and class. It was noisy on tickover, Not that noticeable when inside but if driving with the windows down or when i stood on the road while closing a gate and the wife was driving it was clearly audible. Entering Mtwy up hill on slip road and the 2.0 just seemed to run out of gusto, the rev's dropped off fairly quick and there seemed to be a big flat spot towards the top end. It gave all it was going to give and there it stayed,

3.O litre As said above, Silky smooth drives very much like the 2.0 but pulls that little bit cleaner with a tad more refinement, this is probably due to the soundtrack of the V6 ? but it definately felt smoother and some how more robust. The 2.0 felt fragile but i think that was down to me and what i was thinking.
I doubt i will be saying this at 2,500 miles with Oil dilution in the 3.0...... Acceleration felt cleaner with less jerkiness thro the gears, it didnt seem to struggle on initial uptake when setting off. Entering same stretch of motorway and it pulled cleaner not harder, and didnt run out of guts as it went up through thr rev's towards the upper end of the rev's range.

There's really not a lot in it, What there is marginal and what there isn't is stuck in my head. The option was there for me to choose and i very nearly went for a Petrol. Since ordering the 3.0 Litre Td6 i've wobbled at least 4 times and nearly changed to Petrol in orange, There wasn't one around me to drive let alone have a loaner,

I,ll update when it arrives this week.
Post #11211 4th Mar 2018 10:16 pm
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simonh

Member Since: 02 Apr 2017

Location: Shropshire

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Never noticed my 2Ltr run out of gusto. Pulls and accelerates very well. No jerky gear changes either.

Admittedly doesn’t sound as good but certainly feels robust enough. Certainly a match for the 3Ltr I had in my D4.

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Post #11215 5th Mar 2018 12:55 am
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DiscoStu

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Location: Greater London

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What Petrol were you thinking of - 2.0 or 3.0?

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Post #11216 5th Mar 2018 6:30 am
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Chalkys HSE

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Simon, Maybe it was the one i had? just seemed to rev hard for not very long and then top out, The gearbox seemed Jerky when pulling away from standstill at Red lights or when getting across a roundabout. in gear it seemed to knock on upshift a bit, felt jerky and a bit clunky to me. I thought it was the gearbox trying to mesh with the engine's rev's? Quite possibly a gearbox fault.

Simon, The Si6 Petrol 3.0 Litre, I didn't know they realeased a 2.0 Litre petrol ?
Post #11218 5th Mar 2018 7:41 am
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DG

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Re: UPDATE

Chalky's VW wrote:

2.0 Litre although fairly close to the bigger engine lacked that silky smooth warble that i assosciate with a vehicle of this size and

To be fair they were never going to be the same though were they? ...I had to accept that after coming from a V6 in all the previous Disco's I'd had.

My expectation of how the 2.0 would perform was exceeded though and therefore I had to ask do I really want to pay the extra and have less fuel economy? I found it good enough to satisfy my needs .
Post #11219 5th Mar 2018 8:29 am
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DiscoStu

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There’s a 300 BHP 2.0 i4 Petrol as well as the 3.0 V6 Petrol

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MY19 Carpathian Grey HSE Lux SDV6 - gone, MY18 Carpathian Grey HSE Lux TDV6 - gone
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DiscoStu

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