Also get used to the boat like handling : ) .
Ill stay away from car parks for now
Couple of things...
The higher driving position can give the appearance that you are travelling much slower than you actually are. This can upset the police (or make them happy when they fine you, view it whichever way you like!) and it also means that when you come up to a bend/roundabout etc then you start to go round it then discover that because you're going faster than 15 mph in a LR but without realising you've crashed.
They don't handle well in the dry, as to the wet...
Stopping distances, even with ABS?
Safety? Don't buy into all the garbage about them being safe. Yes, if you run into a Yaris the Yaris will bend and crumple and be a write-off, and yes the Disco may not. But that doesn't mean it's safe. Instead of bending in a designed controlled way that destroys the car but protects the occupants they ... er... don't. Crash in a Disco and consider yourself lucky to survive.
If you've spare time on your hands go on Youtube and look for the old 5th gear piece on a Disco crashing head on with a Renault Espace - a heap of junk, but certainly safer in a head on than the Disco!
Take it very steady.
Well the Disco 2 may be less bad, but they still handle about as well the average chicken flies - they manage, but...
People walk away from all sorts of crashes, but the Disco does not crumple in a very safe way compared to cars which were designed rather than built. Their only redeeming feature (for the occupants) is the sheer weight of the thing.
gotta be better than a series/ classic range rover though ?
gotta be better than a series/ classic range rover though ?
Those were my other 2 options,
The Disco I is a Classic Range Rover with different body panels, a lot of parts are interchangeable.