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  • Seaby
    Member Since: 13 Dec 2016
    Location: West Sussex
    Posts: 121
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Loire Blue

    How are we finding the snow??

    Nothing major to report in West Sussex and the car's been very good. Although to be fair, no cars have been getting stuck.

    I did take the children to school down a particularly steep hill just to use HDC. Great bit of kit.

    Snow / Ice setting just makes everything nice and calm.

    I'm hoping for more challenging conditions tomorrow....
    1st Mar 2018 6:22 pm
  • rogersmj
    Member Since: 30 Aug 2017
    Location: Hampshire
    Posts: 213
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Corris Grey

    I'm just outside Basingstoke, its very bad here, been snowing non stop since about 2pm yesterday. The rural roads haven't been gritted, so they are just packed snow.

    Only my D5 and 2 another 4x4's have made it out (the other 2 vehicles being a D4 and a Shogun). Must admit I originally didn't put the snow setting on, and had a 'moment' when I braked and the car kept going! So snow setting on and up to now its been good.

    i'm more worried about the other people trying their hand at skiing in their 'normal' cars! Had a guy in a Skoda Fabia 'slide' past me before hitting a kerb and bouncing back! Rolling with laughter
    1st Mar 2018 6:35 pm
  • RedBall
    Member Since: 27 Feb 2018
    Location: Derbyshire
    Posts: 43
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 First Edition Namib Orange

    As any sign of snow or cold weather seems to kill my D5 (it's in the dealers, again, with complete central locking failure and flat battery), then the snow presents a bit of a challenge for me now.

    My first edition has a 100% success rate in letting me down when I need it.

    £70k on a discovery and my options in this weather are taxis or trying to get about in the wifes Renault Twingo.

    I've had an XF, RR Sport and some day hoped to be in a Vogue, but my experience so far with this Discovery is looking like it will be the end of the road for me and JLR. My brother is currently in a new RR Sport and was looking at a Vogue too, but my experiences with the quality of a new vehicle from JLR are making him think twice too.

    Shame, because it's such a nice car when it works, I just can't rely on it working when I need it to.
    1st Mar 2018 6:55 pm
  • Pcheaven
    Member Since: 06 Jun 2017
    Location: Tunbridge wells
    Posts: 378
    United Kingdom 

    Plenty of snow in tunbridge wells, have even towed a few muppets who decided to drive around in 6 inches of snow in sports cars
    Have also towed another 4x4 - it had new tyres on it, but they weren’t winter ones so he got stuck on a hill Smile
    1st Mar 2018 9:46 pm
  • rogersmj
    Member Since: 30 Aug 2017
    Location: Hampshire
    Posts: 213
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Corris Grey

    The talk about whether to have all weather or winter tyres is one i've pondered.

    I have Pirelli Scorpion Winter tyres on my D5. After doing some research, these tyres seemed the best option. They are very good in the snow/rain and reviews seem to also favour them in the summer too (well for when we do get a summer in the UK!)
    2nd Mar 2018 10:26 am
  • DiscoStu
    Member Since: 28 Apr 2016
    Location: Greater London
    Posts: 407
    United Kingdom 
    2019 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Carpathian Grey

    I’m finding that my wipers are icing up a lot more than I noticed on the D3/4
    MY19 Silver HSE Lux SDV6
    MY19 Carpathian Grey HSE Lux SDV6 - gone, MY18 Carpathian Grey HSE Lux TDV6 - gone
    2nd Mar 2018 11:31 am
  • Andy3445
    Member Since: 30 Dec 2017
    Location: Aberdeenshire
    Posts: 13
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Corris Grey

    Plenty of snow up in Aberdeenshire, car has been rock sold on the roads, even used low traction launch control thingy too (just playing with the toys, didn't really need it Rolling Eyes )
    2nd Mar 2018 3:52 pm
  • simonh
    Member Since: 02 Apr 2017
    Location: Shropshire
    Posts: 1002
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Farallon Black

    DiscoStu wrote:
    I’m finding that my wipers are icing up a lot more than I noticed on the D3/4


    Me too. Heated screen used to avoid this but it switches off far too early for my liking.
    Velar HSE D240 - MY19
    Served by the excellent Shukers Land Rover of Ludlow - 10 Land Rover’s and 20 years of amazing customer service.
    2nd Mar 2018 4:15 pm
  • J77
    Member Since: 07 Jun 2016
    Location: Fife
    Posts: 1008
    Scotland 

    Sold the D5 before we had any real snow but the Velar is going well.
    18MY Velar R-Dynamic SE D240 Fuji White
    2nd Mar 2018 4:16 pm
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