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£90k+? About the same as a D5 with metallic paint then!!
Ducking for cover.
9th Sep 2016 7:47 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23732
DG wrote:
Well I for one will be ditching my trusty Disco as soon as I possibly can ...out with the old in with the new
Brave man I'm still too nervous to buy a new LR until it's been out for at last a year or two.
Until I can try one and see if I fit in it comfortably, it's all academic anyway, split tail gate or not. 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)
9th Sep 2016 7:48 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6270
dubbs wrote:
I'd avoid buying a diesel variant - something nasty has got to be in the pipeline for diesel cars and buying the latest can only surely put you more in target for getting a tax hit.
For me the D5 would need to have a decent petrol hybrid version.
All this adblue and stop start is nothing but very poor old technology sticky plasters.
Surely it's older diesels that are more at risk of massive penalties?
After April the new one will only be £140 VED, it's the additional £310 (over £40k) penalty for the first 5 years for working your balls off to get the nice things in life that will make it more expensive to run.
Diesel - higher Nox levels but lower Co2
Petrol - higher Co2 but lower Nox23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
9th Sep 2016 7:48 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6270
LT wrote:
DG wrote:
Well I for one will be ditching my trusty Disco as soon as I possibly can ...out with the old in with the new
Brave man I'm still too nervous to buy a new LR until it's been out for at last a year or two.
Until I can try one and see if I fit in it comfortably, it's all academic anyway, split tail gate or not.
Bought my first D3 when it was 2 years old needed a new engine, pre ordered the Evoque a year before launch no problems with it, again with the DS no faults, a minor delay due to rear seats but nothing major. So based on my experience I'm more than happy to take one from launch 23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
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9th Sep 2016 7:52 pm
DG Site Moderator
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LT wrote:
Brave man I'm still too nervous to buy a new LR until it's been out for at last a year or two.
I work on the basis I may not have the two years 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
9th Sep 2016 7:53 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
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I do hope you'll have many more than two years. Probably outlive us all. 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)
9th Sep 2016 7:55 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6270
Live like every days your last 23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
9th Sep 2016 7:56 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23732
J77 wrote:
LT wrote:
DG wrote:
Well I for one will be ditching my trusty Disco as soon as I possibly can ...out with the old in with the new
Brave man I'm still too nervous to buy a new LR until it's been out for at last a year or two.
Until I can try one and see if I fit in it comfortably, it's all academic anyway, split tail gate or not.
Bought my first D3 when it was 2 years old needed a new engine, pre ordered the Evoque a year before launch no problems with it, again with the DS no faults, a minor delay due to rear seats but nothing major. So based on my experience I'm more than happy to take one from launch
I waited until the MY06 D3 was available. Having lurked on here for most of 2005, I very nearly didn't buy that either.
I had my share of minor issues with the D3, but all sorted under warranty. Had to reject both my MY14 & MY15 D4's though. However, the MY10 D4 was a peach. 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)
9th Sep 2016 7:58 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15260
True to form with every new Discovery model; we'll all have a good old whinge then want one and rave about it in the end.
...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
9th Sep 2016 8:01 pm
LT
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Location: South West
Posts: 23732
I don't see it as whinging, more constructive criticism. 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)
9th Sep 2016 8:04 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
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..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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9th Sep 2016 8:04 pm
J77
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We have to whinge or there wouldn't be anything worth reading 23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
9th Sep 2016 8:16 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15260
Btw, wasn't having a pop at any one individual and I do also class myself as a 'whinger'...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
9th Sep 2016 8:20 pm
YT
Member Since: 27 Sep 2013
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 221
RRSTDV8 wrote:
I'm just glad they've got the floor flat when seats are dropped. The RRS2 and DS don't and it is a serious limitation to practicality. My RRS is often used to take two bulk bags of garden waste to the tip. Not something one could do so easily with RRS2. At least D5 has kept this practical element.
As someone who doesn't have a split tailgate (do have the openable glass hatch which is rarely used), the lack of same of D5 is less troubling than many hereabouts. I'd like to replace the RRS with either Disco or FFRR at some point. FFRR doesn't do a flat floor either so...
I'm on my third L405 at the moment and whilst the floor doesn't fold completely flat it's not too bad. The great thing, which used to annoy me with the earlier cars is that from MY15.5 the FFRR does this thing where when you electrically drop the rear seats, it automatically moves the front seats forward so as not to snag the headrests on the back and stop them short. Hope the D5 does that too
9th Sep 2016 8:32 pm
YT
Member Since: 27 Sep 2013
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 221
ronp wrote:
['staring into a black hole' was a feeling I experienced recently when I had a dark interiored DS on loan recently .... and that was without additional heads]
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One good thing is that this picture seems to show the D5 have opted for winged headrests in the front. They are a real luxury.
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I do hope you'll have many more than two years. Probably outlive us all. 
