Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Posts: 6100
What about the Discovery Sport? More modern and refined than FL2 and cheaper to buy and run than a D42020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
22nd Mar 2016 10:01 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6270
But it's pants.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
22nd Mar 2016 10:12 pm
wireworld
Member Since: 19 Oct 2013
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 145
Thought about that but it doesn't offer me much more than I already have. Having my kids grow up, leave and get married meant I could get by with a smaller car but now we have grandchildren and a largish dog all of a sudden it doesn't seem big enough!
22nd Mar 2016 10:13 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
I borrowed a DS for the day on Monday while mine was in for a service.
It's a very nice car in its own right, but it's closer to being a VW Golf than a full size Discovery. It's certainly much more car like than a FL2.2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
22nd Mar 2016 10:18 pm
wireworld
Member Since: 19 Oct 2013
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 145
OK, thanks for all the advice. Just thought you should know I put a deposit on a D4 Landmark today.
Just remember, it's all your fault!
25th Mar 2016 2:16 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Result!
We'll take the blame, if we can take the credit too!
Congratulations! The FL2 is great, but the D4 is the real deal. 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
25th Mar 2016 3:12 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
We'll need the facts though: colour, specification, delivery date, that sort of thing.... 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
25th Mar 2016 3:14 pm
wireworld
Member Since: 19 Oct 2013
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 145
Ok, Indus Silver, Landmark with 510 wheels, privacy, cooler, automatic headlight thingy, tow pack. Arrived on the transporter on Tuesday and picking it up next week. Date plate under the bonnet shows it was made Feb 16. 8)
25th Mar 2016 4:08 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Wow, no time like the present!
Sounds good to me. What colour interior?2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
25th Mar 2016 4:41 pm
wireworld
Member Since: 19 Oct 2013
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 145
That'll be ebony.
Oh and service pack, mats etc.
25th Mar 2016 4:53 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Plenty of photos on collection please! Especially if you can a side by side shot with the FL2; are you trading that one in?2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
25th Mar 2016 6:16 pm
wireworld
Member Since: 19 Oct 2013
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 145
I'll have a go. Yes I'm trading the fl2 metropolis. It's kept its value really well as based book value rather than part ex notional value I've lost £4K in 16 months (£250/month) I bought it at 6 months old ex dem with 1500 miles on the clock so I'm delighted really. I think this is because LR chose not to replace it like for like so for some the DS is not a straightforward replacement. Hopefully the Landmark will perform similarly.
25th Mar 2016 7:00 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Funny that you should say that.
When I traded my 12 plate FL2 HSE in in 2014, the value was surprisingly high. The, lightly used, 63 plate, FL2 HSE Lux was then traded for the Disco in Sept 2015 and the depreciation was even lower still! The price of very tidy, high spec, late model FL2's seem to be remaining stubbornly high on the used car websites. The DS may be selling well, but there would seem to be a hard core that aren't convinced and are buying up cars like yours and mine as soon as they come to market. Mine was sold to a waiting buyer, sight unseen, before it was even cleaned!
With the D5 likely to be very similar in concept to a scaled up Disco Sport (albeit, with a fancy aluminum platform), I seriously expect the same thing to happen again. Except, this time, it might be even more extreme; with the FL2, the Defender and finally, the D4 by then gone, there will be no properly practical new Land Rovers left to buy. What a surreal situation to be in!
It'll be interesting to see what happens next....2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
25th Mar 2016 7:36 pm
wireworld
Member Since: 19 Oct 2013
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 145
So, today I went from this
to this
31st Mar 2016 2:48 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Blimey! Love the colours and specs being so similar 8)
Definitely looking good, so what was it like to drive home in then?2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
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