Discovery 2017

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  • DiscoStu
    Member Since: 28 Apr 2016
    Location: Greater London
    Posts: 407
    United Kingdom 
    2019 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Carpathian Grey

    The last 7 years have been record sales year on year. I haven't seen the dealerships grow at that pace.
    MY19 Silver HSE Lux SDV6
    MY19 Carpathian Grey HSE Lux SDV6 - gone, MY18 Carpathian Grey HSE Lux TDV6 - gone
    25th Jun 2018 5:31 am
  • EMcC
    Member Since: 14 Apr 2018
    Location: Durrington
    Posts: 185
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 SE Corris Grey

    Well that's good to hear, it makes a different story than the gloom and doom published in the press.
    All this talk of diesels going down the pan due to emissions etc etc
    I personally reckon they will have a long way to go to find something as efficient as a diesel engine.
    I'm certainly doing my bit towards supporting diesel, my new D5 is of the 3litre kind Thumbs Up
    25th Jun 2018 7:36 am
  • jimbg
    Member Since: 23 Jun 2016
    Location: Devon
    Posts: 1472
    United Kingdom 

    In the Sunday Times the y published an article saying that a Tesla S was just as bad for the environment in the UK as a conventional car.
    That was based on the fact that many power stations are still oil or coal fired and the losses in energy from the distribution network and the chargers themselves.
    25th Jun 2018 11:03 am
  • rogersmj
    Member Since: 30 Aug 2017
    Location: Hampshire
    Posts: 213
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Corris Grey

    Its all smoke and mirrors!

    Theres even the belief that we already have a cure for Cancer, however the pharmaceutical companies and governments aren't telling anyone as they would loose them billions and they'd go bankrupt! Or the fact that every month we get told that somethings bad for you, like red meat, or alcohol, or dairy. My grandparents and their grandparents all ate lard and dripping, never seemed to do them any harm!

    If you talk to people who haven't actually looked into the specifics, they tell you Diesel is bad and Electric is good, but as you say jimbg, look at the small print and the professional test and scientific research and thats not the real actually true.

    We will end up with mainly electrical and hybrid cars, but not because its good for us and the environment, but because its good for the people who make money from it and keeps the majority of the public happy that the governments are doing something to help the environment.

    Rant over! That felt good! Back to work! Very Happy
    MY18 Corris Grey HSE Lux TDV6
    25th Jun 2018 11:26 am
  • EMcC
    Member Since: 14 Apr 2018
    Location: Durrington
    Posts: 185
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 SE Corris Grey

    I am old enough to remember the days when the smallest diesel engine cars were 2 litre because diesel was 'almost' like crude oil. In the winter we put a small amount of petrol in the tank with it to help the vehicle start !!
    I had a friend that owned a 2litre Merc and he had to clean his number plate every day because the black smoke chugged out by his vehicle turned it black after a few miles.
    And of course diesel was cheaper than petrol then and not many garages sold deisel, in fact when I bought my first diesel car in this country I had a booklet given to me listing garages that did and we diesel drivers had our own diesel drivers club !!
    Now of course vehicles are more efficient and diesel is much cleaner and now with the advent of Adblue even more ozone friendly.
    So I tend to believe in the Smoke and Mirrors theory now.
    25th Jun 2018 12:59 pm
  • DiscoStu
    Member Since: 28 Apr 2016
    Location: Greater London
    Posts: 407
    United Kingdom 
    2019 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Carpathian Grey

    I believe that Norway is the only country in the world where electric cars are truly cleaner than combustion - this is due to 98%+ of electricity coming from hydro-generation
    MY19 Silver HSE Lux SDV6
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    25th Jun 2018 2:38 pm
  • IndusD4
    Member Since: 28 Jan 2018
    Location: Sydney
    Posts: 698
    Australia 

    Except for the fact that someone still needs to build them, make batteries, mine the resources for the batteries, ship them etc.

    Didn't Clarkson tell us that over the life of a car (7 years) a Prius was more polluting than a Discovery?

    Ron
    2016 D4 TDV6
    IIDTool BT
    25th Jun 2018 7:52 pm
  • DiscoStu
    Member Since: 28 Apr 2016
    Location: Greater London
    Posts: 407
    United Kingdom 
    2019 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Carpathian Grey

    Which is why Norway is the only country in the world that negates this - over the life time of the car the energy is cleanly generated, overcoming (just) the impact of building it. Any country that uses fossil fuel to generate electricity mean that electric cars (over entire life) start to become worse polluters than ICE ones. And we're still to see what an electric car life looks like - what will 2nd/3rd hand market be like? It won't be easy or cheap to change a battery on a Tesla....
    MY19 Silver HSE Lux SDV6
    MY19 Carpathian Grey HSE Lux SDV6 - gone, MY18 Carpathian Grey HSE Lux TDV6 - gone
    26th Jun 2018 5:37 am
  • IndusD4
    Member Since: 28 Jan 2018
    Location: Sydney
    Posts: 698
    Australia 

    I still believe electricity is for appliances. But also agree we need renewable energy. For cars, we should grow it instead (pure bio diesel).
    2016 D4 TDV6
    IIDTool BT
    26th Jun 2018 8:46 am
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