On my 4 disco 2

Back in 2002 I had a Disco 2 as a company car and the ACE failed on a sweeping motorway bend, at 70mph, and I ended up veering across all 3 lanes and barely avoided hitting the central armco barrier. Made me SERIOUSLY concerned about ACE. Bought a Disco 2 of my own in 2008 and promised myself that I'd remove the ACE and replace it with normal ARBs. Here we are, in 2021, and I still haven't quite got around to it yet. I guess ACE isn't that bad after all. ;-)

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@@PillSharks I m sorry what🙃🤭

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ACE IN OPTION. great system

Indeed. There is an information video on this very channel about it (I think). Pretty nifty system. There is a sensor in the roof, and suspension actively counteracts any roll being sensed. Only available as of the D2. The D1 didn't have it.

@@safarialex8327 was that on the standard spec? Bit at the start said all vehicles were standard spec

@@mcmcolm I don’t think the model of D2 they’re using is a correct representation of the UK standard spec. It’s a face lifted model and appears to be the base model E spec which I have myself. A 5 seater with unpainted bumper (no other model had this), no roof rails or sunroofs or wheel arch mouldings etc. This model was not available with rear air suspension or ACE. On coil springs without ACE it rolls like you’d expect a top heavy 4x4 to. I guess that silver Discovery may be a mixture of models straight from Land Rover. Bit naughty!

@@gmcevoy the sensor is on the chassis not the roof

How so? My 2003 discovery 2 still has fully functioning electronics all throughout, nothing doesn't work :)

My 2000 Discovery 2 with 500k kms on the clock has fullly functioning electronic stuff all throughout… except the windows but I’m fixing those soon.

Every LR purist would choose a Defender NAS and D1 before a D2

It's the same size as a Discovery. They all competed in the same class in Europe, US different story. X5 & ML not really intended for much off road use.

That's Range Rover money, also not sure they were around at this time.

Don’t know about the X5, but the disco 2 with ACE is really good on road in terms of handling for a 20 year old car. The sistem keeps the car really flat, so easy to turn anf keep the speed. It’s not a beast brakingwise when you are “rallying” as in a small car, but not bad to say the truth. X5 should be better, as they had the discos and ranges under they ownership to know them and improve them. But in this video we only see cornering angles or stability, and I’m not surprised the disco keeps better angles to a point. Being faster would probably put tyres and center of gravity into the ecuation. The X5 would probably begin to outperform the disco, something completely understandable being a design 10 years newer…. Cheers

I drive the X5 daily and I have to say I love it for what I use it for. Mostly driving around town, and dont care about any high pavements and other stuff. When I go to the forest i never have to worry that i will get stuck in the sand or mud (because it's not that extreme, but it would be for a normal car) so i think it is good depending on what you expect from it. Of course its not on a level of a Range Rover (or Land Rover) when it comes to off road, but the point of this car was to make an "SUV" thats more sporty and people who drive it wont take it off road

The ML has low range and off road traction control. It is more than capable enough off road, it is also more reliable and safer than the Discovery.

@@Mcmerc01 10/10 for humour 😂😂 On both the reliability front and off the tarmac capabilities - I mean if you go to an off road course you’ll never see an ML nor would you see one at any shoot or country event (unless it’s one of the beaters from town). Just saying.

Didn't that come out in like 2004?

Toyota still needed another 5 years to work out how to copy LR’s ACE system to make KDSS…

@@Coolguy87141 2000-2004

Pretty sure LC’s are only better with reliability and payload and that’s where it ends.

@@Offensivebeast reliability sure, although the old series were a pretty simple dependable beast. Payload definitely not though. Defenders have much better payload than 70 series and handle it much better. Put so much as a brick in the back of a 79 and it’s dragging the arse on the ground lol

Td5 is the best part

@@luke12689 TD5 always felt like it was running on 4 cylinders and the heads would crack not to mention the head gasket issues and other itty bitty problems but when they did work they were brilliant although they do need a tune in my opinion

You just need to rev it

I think LR knew exactly what they were doing with the td5 with regards to tuning capability

@@Offensivebeast Fortunately TD5s are very responsive to tuning and you can get up to 240bhp with a good tune. You can also buy EGR delete kits to make the motors a bit more responsive - highly recommend.