I'm sure that's true - an extreme one for testing and a "non-damaging" one for the punters. However we did encounter some official LR testers on our half day. I think it's more that the testers don't want their work to be interrupted by Experience people (when we did see them we gave them a wide berth) plus LR have experimental vehicles out there which they don't want you to get too close to. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Before the D2 was released to the dealers I saw a D2 trailered by a Defender, both front and rear bumpers were missing, the doors and wings were dented and it was covered in mud.

That's destruction testing !

Bora Da all, should have posted this here really but it ended up in another post, DOH.

had my LRE the other day at Peckforton Castle near Tarpoly and must say what an amazing experience, stayed in the castle night before as a birthday treat from missus and made life easier as no traffic to contend with in the morning/
Chris the instructor very polite, knowledgeable and once he knew I had a Freelander we skipped some of the phaff.
Anyway out on the course we put the car through some, in my eyes, serious stuff, had a good drive and not much stopping to explain stuff, just get on and see how we go seemed the order of the day.I must say that after finishing I now have mush more confidence in my car and was quite shocked what the car could do( although it was a discovery sport ) but assured my Freelander could do the same.

TO end.. Great people, Great track and thoroughly a cracking day out, plenty of mud, wading. hillstarts and descents, a very varied track and chuffed to bits I been.  If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

The FL2 doesn't have some of the tricksy electronics of the D2 (which I'm sure they showed off to you), but it's actually better off road as it's less likely to bottom out. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Glad to be with out some of the gadgets, especially the speedo projected onto windscreen.......how unnerving !!!
Apart from that can't recall much that mine hasn't got ? If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

Wading depth indicator and the mode that lets it drive itself over rough ground without input from the pedals (can't remember what it's called). Mind you, my DS doesn't have those either. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

didn't mention the depth indicator but do you mean the hill descent control? If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

i think he means the button i had a jag loan car, you press a button and set the speed you want unto 10mph and it gentle pulls away and maintains that speed, until you intervene ASPC or something they called it Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Jaguar call it All Surface Progress Control (ASPC) while LandRover call it All Traction Progress Control (ATPC). Effectively it's an off road cruise control which works between 1 and 22mph. Discovery Sport is also fitted with Low Traction Launch to help you move off in particularly slippery conditions.

Yes, all of that. Only on the more expensive models though. My SETech doesn't have it. But tbh it's just another gimmick. And in fact Vauxhall had something similar on the Frontera years ago. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

ha ha must have stuck me in the basic model as I was on a 'freebie' lol.

Used the traction control but no buttons pressed just on a steep incline in the mud he stopped us and asked what should I do now ? I said reverse back and have a run at it but evidently you can just apply a steady acceleration and the car will send power to the required wheels to add more traction..

Anyhow whatever we done it worked as I'm home

Loved it and thinking of trying another one somewhere else soon. If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.