Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%!

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Thu 2 Feb 2012 16:44
Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! - Trilogy

Land Rover drivers are more likely to speed than boy racers, new research has revealed.

Over a quarter of Land Rover Discovery owners have been caught speeding on public roads, contrary to common wisdom that boy racers in hot hatchbacks are the most likely to be found speeding.

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Research revealed that Citroen Saxo VTR drivers are worst for driving under the influence whilst Peugeot 106 GTI owners are least likely to comply with traffic lights. Stats also showed that Ford Galaxy Zetec owners are caught most often using their phones while driving.

The data, compiled from more than 4 million Confused.com insurance quotes, stretches back over the last five years. Information from each quote sent to the site made it possible to accumulate the total amount of offences for vehicles on UK roads.

Here are the full results:

Car model

Percentage of owners with speeding offence(s)

Land Rover Discovery HSE V6 TD

26%

Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE TD6

20%

BMW 320 DM Sport

20%

Ford S-Max Titanium TDCI

20%

Ford Mondeo Titanium X TDCI (140)

19%

Car model

Worst for

Audi A3 S3 FSI t Quattro

Failing to comply with traffic light signals

Peugeot 106 GTI

Driving without due care and attention

Vauxhall Astra Edition 16V Coupe

Using a vehicle uninsured against third party risks

Citroen Saxo VTR

Driving or attempting to drive with alcohol level above limit

Landrover Range Rover Sport HSE TD6

Exceeding speed limit on a motorway

Vauxhall Zafira Design DTI

Using a vehicle with defective tyres



















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Thu 2 Feb 2012 22:32
Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! - Hamsafar

Maybe they are just more honest. confused.com is insurance.

Young people rarely tell their insurers about speeding tickets as it makes the premiums unaffordable, and many thrifty older people don't.

I don't either, it has never caused me any problem in any claim, and you always have third party cover in any event, due to EU minimum insurance requirements regulations.

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Thu 2 Feb 2012 23:18
Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! - balleballe

Perhaps they're just enjoying their automobile before it's back in the garage due to another problem

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Fri 3 Feb 2012 08:38
Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! - RT

But are users of confused.com statistically representative - or are they the sort of drivers with premium loadings who need to get the cost of mistakes minimised.

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Fri 3 Feb 2012 11:13
Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! - Sofa Spud

Boy racers are probably better at avoiding getting caught - until they wrap their car round a tree.

Now that a lot of LR Discoverys are old bangers, quite a few have been fitted with larger diameter agressive tread tyres by off-road enthusiasts. Larger rolling diameter = under-reading speedometer. So if the driver thinks they're OK doing 33 mph in a 30, they might really be doing 38 mph.

Edited by Sofa Spud on 03/02/2012 at 11:15

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Fri 3 Feb 2012 13:21
Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! - unthrottled

Larger rolling diameter = under-reading speedometer.

I think given the tread pattern, you wouldn't want to be going very fast on those sort of tyres anyway!

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Fri 3 Feb 2012 17:00
Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! - Sofa Spud

There's a few old Discos around here with big knobbly tyres and I agree they're probably not very nice at speed. But even at a lttle over 30 on the speedo, the real speed is closer to 40.

It's not just the knobbly tyres though - I think early Discos came as standard with a smaller diameter tyre than the 7.50's that many have been fitted with - which I think were optional on Discos and Defender 90's and standard on Defender 110's

I had a Land Rover 90 on 6.50 tyres and when I borrowed a set of 7.50's for it, the higher gearing was very noticeable - but I was aware of the speedo being 'slow' by about 15%.

If you're doing 32 mph in a 30 zone, you'd probably get away with it. If your speedo is under-reads a bit, that might be a real 34 mph - dodgy. But if you fit bigger tyres and the speed is another 15% more than that, you'd be doing a real 39 mph.

Come to think of it, boy racers often fit ultra low profile tyres on large diameter drug-dealer wheels. Despite the big wheels, the low profiles might give a smaller rolling diameter than the original manufaturer's wheels - so boy racers could be driving slower than whet their speedos say !

Edited by Sofa Spud on 03/02/2012 at 17:06

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Fri 3 Feb 2012 17:32
Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! - Bobbin Threadbare

I agree with the Range Rover Sport figure - they are by far the fastest vehicles I encounter on my travels. Maybe they think they're invincible in their tanks.

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Fri 3 Feb 2012 19:25
Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! - jamie745

Audi A3 S3 FSI t Quattro

Failing to comply with traffic light signals

What a surprise.

Im surprised the vehicle most likely to speed isnt a Mazda 6 driven by feisty northern lady.

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Sat 4 Feb 2012 16:45
Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! - Bobbin Threadbare

You're alluding to me aren't you, you cheeky so and so.

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Sat 4 Feb 2012 16:46
Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! - jamie745

You're alluding to me aren't you

*claps sarcastically

Nice to know that fancy education wasnt a total waste of time.

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Sat 4 Feb 2012 18:14
Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! - Avant

Is the (allegedly) speedy Mazda 6 being compared here with an S-type being driven in a stately and virtuous fashion in Suffolk by a man wearing a hat?

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Sat 4 Feb 2012 18:19
Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! - jamie745

No. I dont own a hat.

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Sat 4 Feb 2012 21:02
Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! - Sofa Spud

QUOTE:...""S-type being driven in a stately and virtuous fashion in Suffolk by a man wearing a hat?"""

I'm seeing this S-type as being gold in colour - or metallic sand or whatever it's called!

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Sat 4 Feb 2012 21:23
Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! - jamie745

Its black.

And i still dont have a hat.

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