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Ah, happy days.
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Don’t do any of that malarkie any more. Waaaaaaaaaaay too expensive a hobby.
18th Jun 2018 6:21 am
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Red Merle wrote:
DG will be along in a minute to helpfully explain how Land Rover simply can’t build enough of them and if you’re observing any kind of shortfall then it is, once again, simply reality that’s got it wrong!
...or you live in Tasmania
18th Jun 2018 6:55 am
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
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Tasmania, where pretty much everyone drives a large 4X4 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)
18th Jun 2018 7:10 am
stick
Member Since: 13 Jan 2010
Location: hants
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Observation does support the idea that LR's target market has changed.
Yesterday at a Pony club competition in Surrey - about 35-40 D3' and D4's. About 10 defenders. About 25-30 varied other 4*4's . No d5's at all.d4 HSE
18th Jun 2018 7:13 am
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Odd isn't it ...I sat in a restaurant in a Surrey high street last night and saw at least a dozen in 90 minutes.
Comparing the spotting of older vehicles which sold hundreds of thousands over 14 plus years to a new vehicle on the road in the last 18 months is always going to throw up a distortion.
18th Jun 2018 7:28 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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That’s coz the LR satnag has you driving round in circles in that particular high street.
18th Jun 2018 7:32 am
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must change the colour too del
18th Jun 2018 7:49 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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That’ll be that well dodgy Albanian car wash in Waitrose’s car part, stripping the paint off layer by layer.
18th Jun 2018 7:51 am
Canburne
Member Since: 15 Jan 2013
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DG wrote:
Odd isn't it ...I sat in a restaurant in a Surrey high street last night and saw at least a dozen in 90 minutes.
Comparing the spotting of older vehicles which sold hundreds of thousands over 14 plus years to a new vehicle on the road in the last 18 months is always going to throw up a distortion.
Obviously had good company if you spent 90 minutes hanging out of the window .
"the inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings....the inherent vice of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries" Winston Churchill
2016 D4 Landmark Club Waitomo ...or is it Club Tempest????
2015 D4 HSE Aintree Green
18th Jun 2018 8:16 am
Pelyma
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I drove to Cheltenham last night and saw about a dozen, mostly grey but a couple of blue ones, interestingly I saw nearly as many Velars.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
18th Jun 2018 8:36 am
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Canburne wrote:
DG wrote:
Odd isn't it ...I sat in a restaurant in a Surrey high street last night and saw at least a dozen in 90 minutes.
Comparing the spotting of older vehicles which sold hundreds of thousands over 14 plus years to a new vehicle on the road in the last 18 months is always going to throw up a distortion.
Obviously had good company if you spent 90 minutes hanging out of the window
Great company thanks.... however due to the magnificence of human evolution I am able to scan my surroundings and talk at the same time ....the window frontage is large and looks down over a busy crossroads ...we were sat in the window ...hey presto
18th Jun 2018 8:49 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Wot, they’ve moved you out of the naughty corner?
18th Jun 2018 8:55 am
2Springers
Member Since: 12 Apr 2012
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I have no axe to grind on the D4 or D5 but what I do know is that living in one of the most popular spots in Surrey there are not many D5 running around. You can draw whatever conclusion you like of course.
25th Jun 2018 9:43 pm
Dan_NL
Member Since: 19 Sep 2010
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"..My local dealer is offering me stupid discounts to buy one and that is not something I have seen since 2008..."
@2springers.
I have seen ONE on public road in the Netherlands ever since, not counting the ones used as demo around the dealers...
They've sold 143 in 2017, the first full year after the introduction. They sold 545 D3 in 2005, the year after the introduction.. .. in 2010 they sold 147 of the then new D4...
Looking at these figures , the D5 is in the midst of a crises..
How much discount is 'stupid' to you ; 25% like ???
25th Jun 2018 9:54 pm
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must change the colour too del
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