I find myself leaning back, resting my elbows and just cruising along. But once rolling, with the big diesel rumbling away in the background, the combination of comfort and cabin ambience make it a calming thing. It’s often sluggish at pulling out of junctions. Low speed impacts shudder through, there’s some steering kickback. The chassis is mellow, permits roll, handles acceptably enough, but isn’t quite as plush and sophisticated as the styling and design would lead you to believe. To drive it’s more relaxed, less focussed on rock-solid body control (and the ride that goes with it) than, say, a Macan or BMW X4. Usually of the ‘turn it off, lock it, turn it on again’ variety. It’s never failed to start or proceed, there’s always a workaround. None of this has fully knocked my confidence. Historically, Land Rover builds cars better as time goes on.
The BMW M5 I ran before had occasional Apple Carplay issues, an old Honda CR-V constantly flicked to main beam. We have more issues with JLR cars than other brands, but few are completely bombproof. The other rejected his and got his money back. One is like me: likes it despite the issues. This is more failures and fallibilities than we get with any other brand. The thumb pads on the steering wheel need a steady, deliberate, accurate press. The brakes need too much pressure to stop the car, leading to one or two raised heartrate incidents. This will only happen if you’ve reverse parked within a few inches of a wall or have a trailer on tow. Then there are the nuisances: the positioning of the boot opening button next to the electric handbrake by your right knee so that if your fingers slip when applying the handbrake (very easy to do), the boot opens.
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