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- BigCol66
- Member Since: 06 Jul 2020
- Location: Mid Wales
- Posts: 293
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Seriously thinking about ordering a new MY21 HSE D300. Is the head up display worth having?
Also interested to know folks views on the intelligent seat fold, I would like to know what the service intervals are for the new D300, having searched the internet with no answers.
Discovery 5 D300 Metropolitan.
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- Darras
- Member Since: 16 May 2020
- Location: Newcastle
- Posts: 764
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Wife car got HUD. It’s okay as a novelty, but not something I would want personally. I still look at the dials rather then the HUD.
As for intelligent fold. Unless you regularly want the seats down, forget it.
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- NRich
- Member Since: 27 Jun 2020
- Location: Huddersfield
- Posts: 15
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I have HUD its very good I very rarely look at the dials.
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- TechnoTurkey
- Member Since: 14 Dec 2018
- Location: Midlands
- Posts: 58
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I have intelligent seat fold on mine, wouldn't pay for it on it's own personally.
With my HSE Lux if I was building a vehicle spec from scratch I wouldn't have the seat fold or the rear seat entertainment.
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- Windy Miller
- Member Since: 08 Dec 2020
- Location: UK
- Posts: 181
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Personally, I’ve not bothered with either.
HUD - a nice novelty at the start but having had it on another car it ends up being a bit of a distraction. I do looong journeys too, so I’m the kind of driver it’s aimed at. Expensive for what it is/does.
Intelligent seat fold - my understanding is this simply allows you to fold up/down seats using the Pivi Pro interface. Having thought about it, I couldn’t think of a reason where I’d need to fold seats up/down whilst sat in the drivers seat. I have four kids and all folding is done before we set off. Seems a bit of a gimmick and also an expensive gimmick.
Horses for courses though and I’m sure others may disagree.
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- DMC
- Member Since: 30 Oct 2020
- Location: West Yorkshire
- Posts: 6
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Totally agree with the seat fold but HUD is, in my opinion, a brilliant bit of kit. I have a HSE Lux 2.0 and when it was in at a dealer recently I had a courtesy car and I kept looking for the HUD. Didn't realise just how much I had been using it. Also agree with one of the earlier comments on the RSE - a bit pointless.
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- BigCol66
- Member Since: 06 Jul 2020
- Location: Mid Wales
- Posts: 293
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Interesting to hear all the comments. The must have extras for me are tow bar, heated steering wheel, cooler box and privacy glass. So just considering the other options.
Discovery 5 D300 Metropolitan.
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- Windy Miller
- Member Since: 08 Dec 2020
- Location: UK
- Posts: 181
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Don’t forget the heated windscreen washer jets! Utterly scandalous that something so basic is a paid option on a £70k car equipped as standard with adaptive cruise, blind spot, air cooled seats etc, but yup, you have to tick the £110 box for them.
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- chaos_theory
- Member Since: 29 Oct 2018
- Location: Teddington
- Posts: 121
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I don't have the HUD, but being able to configure the "dials" screen in front of the driver is a good halfway house IMO. I have it set as the full-screen navigation map..
The option I was most unexpectedly impressed by was the automatic headlights, but these are standard now anyway. For looks, the side steps are good, but I got LR look-alike after market ones for about 1/4 of the LR price.
The hot weather earlier this year made me think I should have got the solar-attenuating screen but I'm not sure if it is effective or not. Does anyone have a view on that?
Andrew
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- Equilibrium
- Member Since: 26 Feb 2019
- Location: Bristol
- Posts: 754
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Wouldn’t be without the HUD personally. I really miss it when driving cars that lack it. And I believe it’s enhanced further in the new model.
App seat folding, I would not pay extra for.
Does the new HSE have the 825w Meridian Surround as standard? That’s a key one for me.
I’m a bit baffled by heated washer jets becoming an option. I think it might have been 2006 when I last bought a car that didn’t have them as standard.
Drives: 2020 MY20 HSE Luxury SDV6 in Eiger Grey/Glacier
Departed: 2019 MY20 HSE Luxury SDV6 in Carpathian Grey/Glacier, 440i, 320d, Toyotas, Mondeo, Citroen BX amongst others
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- Windy Miller
- Member Since: 08 Dec 2020
- Location: UK
- Posts: 181
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Yup the ‘surround sound’ is standard on the HSE, but they’ve dropped the max power output down to 700w.
This was/is an absolute must for me, so I’m a bit disappointed the power output has dropped. I would have paid extra for more.
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- harrythespider
- Member Since: 19 Jul 2018
- Location: cumbria
- Posts: 417
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I have intelligent seat fold, but never used it. I guess if you have anything on them its going to cause problems, HUD, I use it all the time, [/quote]
3.0 HSE. climate HUD active diff. elec towbar. FBH and timed climate.Capability plus pack.split TV. surround sound. Intelligent seating. adaptive lights, wade sensing. 360 cameras.pro pack.cooler.advanced tow, auto park,activity key+ more!!!!
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- Equilibrium
- Member Since: 26 Feb 2019
- Location: Bristol
- Posts: 754
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That is bad news on the Meridian Surround. Very happy with the 825w system on mine and it was a big step above the X5/X7 300/400w systems. Definitely a key differentiator for me when choosing a car.
Drives: 2020 MY20 HSE Luxury SDV6 in Eiger Grey/Glacier
Departed: 2019 MY20 HSE Luxury SDV6 in Carpathian Grey/Glacier, 440i, 320d, Toyotas, Mondeo, Citroen BX amongst others
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