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Location: Riyadh, KSA
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He's done well getting in, my mum has to have a little step stool even in access mode but to be fair she is a short and has two false hips.D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
2018 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography - Gone to someone with less sense and more time to enjoy it
2016 Toyota Hilux Invincible - Liberating experience
24th Dec 2019 2:33 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23822
Are the V6 Diesel engines in the D5 immune from crank snapping? I thought that the earlier ones were just a single turbo version of what had been used in the D4.2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
24th Dec 2019 2:42 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23822
Philip1972 wrote:
Yep, they sent most of the d5s back.
And Lizzy gets driven in an L322, not an L405, because she likes it better
The door apertures on the D4 and L322 are larger than the newer models and of course the rear seats in the D4 are more passenger friendly as well.2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
24th Dec 2019 2:45 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Philip1972 wrote:
Yep, they sent most of the d5s back.
Did that actually happen?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!)
24th Dec 2019 3:22 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23822
I wouldn’t be surprised. Would you?2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
24th Dec 2019 3:50 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Personally, I’m amazed that JLR wouldn’t want the royal family to appear in anything other than current models. But then, Lizzie got to keep her L322 and Prince Philip hung on to his Freelander 2. The protection officers seem to have got L405’s, rather than Disco 5’s, so perhaps the family and their support get the final say.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!)
24th Dec 2019 4:04 pm
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
To be fair the younger Royals seem to have the new models, maybe it’s just the older ones don’t want the change.DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
24th Dec 2019 4:10 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23822
I expect that ultimately the family, at least The Queen and Prince Philip, get the final word2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
24th Dec 2019 4:11 pm
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
I don’t doubt it and that’s why at 98 you like what you know.DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
24th Dec 2019 4:16 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Pelyma wrote:
To be fair the younger Royals seem to have the new models, maybe it’s just the older ones don’t want the change.
You’re right, it does seem to just be the younger members who aren’t so bothered. I’m confused about the next generation. Some just don’t care about cars at all and don’t see any reason to do anything other than catch a train or Uber, while others just have to have a Fiat 500 in just the right shade of pink!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!)
24th Dec 2019 4:20 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Pelyma wrote:
I don’t doubt it and that’s why at 98 you like what you know.
Having just changed from his Freelander 2...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!)
24th Dec 2019 4:21 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50978
Red Merle wrote:
Personally, I’m amazed that JLR wouldn’t want the royal family to appear in anything other than current models.
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23822
When he’s lucky:
2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
24th Dec 2019 4:39 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50978
He had that for the first child ISTR. 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
24th Dec 2019 4:44 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
It makes huge commercial sense for JLR and it’s ironic that the British royal family should help shift a lot of new Slovakian metal 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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and has two false hips.
