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- FastLaneJB
- Member Since: 29 May 2021
- Location: Bedfordshire
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D300 HSE - FastLaneJB
Hey, so I've got the car! I'd say at last but compared to the wait some are having to go through this was pretty quick so that's not fair.
Just a few quick pics as the weather is awful and it's bloody freezing, at least for the southern guy like me
And one of the all leather dash though I'll do some better ones soon but hopefully gives an idea.
Only done about 50 miles but some initial quick thoughts:
- Ride comfort on 20's vs 21's is nicely improved. This is closer to my BMW now than it was on 21's down crappy B roads so happy I downsized the rims from the defaults.
Seat massage in the BMW was back and seat though I'd mostly only use it on my back, this one is only back but it's far better than what BMW offers. Really quite impressed with this.
The auto start / stop is just a level beyond any previous cars. The BMW had a cool trick in that it would use the forward facing radar so when a car infront of you moved off it would restart the engine at that point as likely you're about to move forwards as well. Disco doesn't do this it seems but it just doesn't need to because it restarts so damn quickly, far quicker than the BMW did.
Bit over 600 miles of range on a single tank, witchcraft and close to double what a V12 petrol could do
Still similar money to fill it up though. 35mpg on first trip without any special effort but obviously not booting it.
Still surprised / impressed at just how silent it is in the car. Maybe the BMW ruined it by piping V12 engine noises through the speakers but at cruising speeds you'd not really here the V12 at all. It still seems more enclosed off to the world than the BMW did which is impressive. Maybe it's the tight water seals for wading that do it, who knows.
Don't see where you can view what version of Pivi Pro the car has but seems it's not 3.0 as Wireless Carplay wasn't kicking in. This worked on the loaner Disco off the bat. Sure it'll get that pushed out soon but if not can ask dealer to update it when it goes in for Dash Cam. They did update it before I got it but have a feeling they just don't have the v3.0 update yet themselves to put onto cars directly. No big deal. Carplay works with a wire but I'll be trying Pivi Pro nav for a while to see how good (Or bad) it is.
Oh and the wind sure does have a bigger effect on you when you're sat up in the clouds vs a saloon. Obvious of course but I'm new to this SUV lark. Really strong winds today though.
Got a funnel to pour diesel in from a jerry can. You don't get these with a saloon
The manual I think is wrong around USB ports in the car. If you look in that they are all USB C other than one USB A, including a USB C in the boot which seemed stupid as in the boot you'd want V12 for things like a tyre inflator. However, it is a V12 socket in the boot, one in the middle row along with 2 x USB C, 1 x USB A on the floor and 2 x USB A in the seat backs. This seems a much better split than the 1 x V12 and 1 x USB A the manual suggests you'd have.
Based on the VIN the car is a MY22 build so maybe one of the last ones.
One bad thing but the parcel shelf storage thing is a bit poor. Seems if you put it the wrong way it kind of gets a bit crushed as the rear seats go up. Real shame they couldn't have got this under the floor like some other makes do (Think the X7 does)
Where do people store the wheel locking nut? At the moment it's in one of the glove boxes but feels like would be better safely in the rear away from all the makeup my wife will likely stuff in the glove boxe. However, doesn't seem a sensible place other than the little under the boot bit but I imagine it would rattle around on it's own.
Oh and I've got a Ring 12V powered tyre inflator and that fits perfectly under the little floor bit in the rear. Almost like it was made for it.
Would take a while to run it in but going on the NC500 just before Xmas to get the job done seeing as I don't do any miles for work anymore. Will then be able to report back to you on the VMax performance while towing a 3 ton caravan on the M1 with a D300 engine is like
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- BigCol66
- Member Since: 06 Jul 2020
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- FastLaneJB
- Member Since: 29 May 2021
- Location: Bedfordshire
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- Darras
- Member Since: 16 May 2020
- Location: Newcastle
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Let us know when your up north. Iam there at the moment. It isn’t the place to be, particularly with a new car and caravan. This is the NC500 today, untreated.
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- FastLaneJB
- Member Since: 29 May 2021
- Location: Bedfordshire
- Posts: 189
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Wow. Yeah I’m wondering about my tyres to be honest. I noticed the ones on the car do at least have a M+S rating so shouldn’t be god awful but some All Terrian’s with 3 peaks of course would be better. Won’t have a caravan though.
Also my son is bringing his 2002 I think it is Audi A3 3.2 litre so he can tow me back when I breakdown.
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- Darras
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- FastLaneJB
- Member Since: 29 May 2021
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- Posts: 189
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- Darras
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- FastLaneJB
- Member Since: 29 May 2021
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- Russell
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- FastLaneJB
- Member Since: 29 May 2021
- Location: Bedfordshire
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Did a bit of a trip to my parents today and got around 36mpg again both ways. In places crept up to 38mpg but there's just too many roundabouts and such. I'd expect on a long motorway run with less slowing down, stopping and starting it should break the 40mpg marker.
On this same journey I'd get around 22mpg out of my V12 BMW when taking it easy as well. Best I ever got on that car on a motorway run was around 28mpg but that was in Eco Pro where it coasts some of the time as well. Shame the disco doesn't seem to coast as that might have added a mpg or so to it's scores but I'm guessing it doesn't so it can charge the small battery so in reality maybe it wouldn't make a difference.
It's definitely not on OS 3 as when I plug my cable in, use Carplay and change to a CarPlay based Sat Nav the icons on Pivi Pro for Nav still go back to Pivi Pro's nav. Whereas on 3.0 it'll go to the CarPlay nav by default then until you pick Pivi's Nav from the App screen. This is what I see when looking at software updates and was told they did update it in PDI only if they did they obviously do not have 3.0 available to them to update it to that.
Connected it to WiFi yesterday when it's parked on my drive but no update this morning. If it's not updated by the time it needs to go in for the Dash Cam I'll ask if they can do it then.
Need to look at the manual but cannot see how to get it to route me home. It asked for my home address, I put it in and then it vanishes. I used voice to say "Go to Home" and that worked but cannot for the life of me see a home button to push inside the Nav at a quick glance. I'd have thought it would have been obvious and pretty much always visible.
Also can you turn up the speed camera beeps? They are stupidly quiet and I worry it's like the nav where you need to turn the volume while it plays only they are so short plus rare that catching it at that time is pretty much impossible.
Russell wrote:
My matrix lights were on from the start, very good but take a bit of getting used to, I don't think they are as quick as I would like at returning to full beam.
When you say about storing the parcel shelf, where do you store it as haven't found that.?
Yeah so the matrix lights do seem to have more of a delay coming back on than BMW ones would. Maybe a bit more sensitive at disabling also. I'd get flashed on the BMW sometimes but normally when I did the full beams weren't even on, some people still seem to think LED low beam is a car with high beams on. Need more time on unlit roads on this one to fully make a call as just not used them enough.
You can put the parcel shelf here between the two recessed points at the very back end of the boot. The problem is if you put it one way and the flap you pull is pointing towards the front or not folded back over then the rear seats will crush / squash it as they come up. Also it does pretty much completely ruin using that tiny rear space for much once all seats are up as it's right in the way. It's better than nothing of course, just would have been better if they could have found some under floor space to fit it in.
Noticed today that I think I've got the 5011 wheels but ordered 5012. At least I think these are 5011. I'm not bothered as I like the look of these also to be honest. However, from the way it's put to me that if they don't have a part in, they'll either build it without or substitute it so they can keep making as many cars as possible. I guess they know if the customer rejects the car, they'd sell it anyway without issue. Seems like your build sheet is a bit of an advisory at the moment. -
- drwhopilot
- Member Since: 16 Apr 2021
- Location: London
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- FastLaneJB
- Member Since: 29 May 2021
- Location: Bedfordshire
- Posts: 189
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Yeah sure it'll pop up soon though think it'll be going in on Wednesday for Dash Cam to be fitted so if not shown up by then I'll ask if they can put it on at the same time. It's not showing up this morning yet either. It's not a major pain to plug it in though ends up with a cable running over the cupholders if your putting your phone up front.
Worked out the Home thing on Pivi Pro. Had to put in a Work destination (I work from home so just put it to the train station in the end) and then Saved section shows up. That was missing before and seems you cannot have it until you tell it where you work, obviously unemployed, home workers and retired people need not apply -
- Darras
- Member Since: 16 May 2020
- Location: Newcastle
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No good for me. I don’t fit into any categories. I gave up working over 10 years ago, but not retired as such, well, State Pension anyway and I don’t get any benefits, so I am no drain on anyone.
Give up working, the earlier the better. I’ve got far better things to do with my time. It’s a mugs game.
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- FastLaneJB
- Member Since: 29 May 2021
- Location: Bedfordshire
- Posts: 189
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