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taztastic



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Laughing I want a white one, great day and Thank You Bob Thumbs Up

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Many thanks to Bob for organising today Bow down Bow down , throughly enjoyed the day trouble is I Want a disco now especially if it includes Emily. FL2 SD4 Metropolis Auto Santorini Black / ivory completely stock.

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It was a good "Experience", truly! I can recommend it to others! Amazing the detail gone to in CAD design & 3D printing of trial components, also the video cave giving a virtual in-car experience. Also the competitor car strip & evaluation process, so detailed. The Proving ground ride topped it off - surprising the abuse the D4 will take at speeds I would not consider and still keeps its occupants safe, helped by an excellent LR driver (Gareth), of course"

Glad everyone enjoyed it, I may go again sometime. 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

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Well back in Leeds and really enjoyed the day, bit of an eye opener into what goes on

That 'D5' prototype looked easy to repair too, just pick the piece up of the floor and pop it back on Whistle

As said thanks for organising it Thumbs Up Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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What a fantastic trip Very Happy

Very impressed with the wet weather handling - and braking performance - of the D4. If I'm honest, the only reason I bought an F2 after my F1 was because Discos with sensible mileage were well out of my price range.

Many thanks to all involved. Unfortunately I had to get back for an appointment so the museum will have to wait for another day.

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Thanks from me too Bob. What a great way to spend a wet morning. Nice to chat over lunch too. All the best.

Pete.

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Nice to meet you all today, thanks Bob for organising. Initially I was hoping to learn something about the off-road capabilities, but I came away with, probably for me, a lot more useful sense of how great the DSC works, truly brilliant! As for the facilities already mentioned, absolutely fascinating. I can highly recommend the experience. Thumbs Up

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It's a pity the off road section was missed, apparently they had another group in the afternoon and no vehicle washing facility, do we missed out on that part.
The Halewood trip in April will demonstrate the off road capabilities of the new Discovery Sport, if you havn't been on a LRE then I can highly recommend you get one booked Thumbs Up

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Thanks for organising a great day Bob and nice to meet you all. As others have said already, interesting to see some of the design processes. We played 'how did they make this?' with the 3D printed key fob when I got home. Scary how much you can push a big car like the D4 and it still behave itself. 2016 BMW X3 30d SE in red
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Taz, Gareth told us the off road section was off limits as we had people in the 3rd row of seats, H&SaW would not allow it. Allowed braking from warp speed tho' Shocked

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^^ sadly correct, 5 including driver maximum. H&S Nazis get everywhere, as does PC bull. The 'developing world' roads that we were on used to be called '3rd world roads', but someone complained that it wasn't PC, so they had to rename the whole damn track. Banging Head Foraging near Gaydon....
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Why gaydon can't do it when Halewood does with all seats occupied Confused Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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Confused hmm, different stories...oh hum, it was still good fun Thumbs Up

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It's a very different track to Halewood Nick....usually reserved for Corporate days out. My gut feeling was that the construction going on around the track put the ky-bosh on it....either that or they wanted their lunch ho hum.... Foraging near Gaydon....
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We were told that we couldn't go on the Off Road section due to the weather making it a mess and they didn't have washing facilities Shocked p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior

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