Canburne wrote:

Saw one at the Royal Cornwall Show last week and the killer for me was the lip into the boot space which makes it near impossible to get a decent sized dog cage in there. Shame because it looked pretty good.

Dan_NL wrote:

- smaller dog ;
- custom made dog cage ;
- no cage : blanket and seperation on rear seats..

many, many options, if you really want it..

Not a chance - it is what I do, training and trialling gundogs. I have six goldens and have a custom built Lintran cage for my D4 (would never ever have dogs in a car without a proper cage). The best offer the saleman could come up with was a FFRR but I doubt even the extended length one would have the same capacity as the D4 ....even if I could afford it.

Disco_Mikey wrote:

I bet it doesn’t

Well, it was hard to believe for me too...

I drove :
- F-Pace 2L diesel prestige. Roadholdign qualities and driving good. So direct but liveless steering, no bumpy or bouncy ride ;

- XF V6 s [diesel] . Drives as a dead dodo. No engine thrills, not eager/fast. Useless ;

- RR Autobiography SDV8. Well, massage seats are nice. But the seat and back are bulging like you sit
on s skippyball. Tend to slide off every turn. Steering like a battleship like "your-wish-is-my-command",
but with a bleeding timelag between steering and actually taking a bend.. Engine is on paper mighty..
But you have to trash it to do anything. Sompy throttle like its elastic. If they'd give me one I would
sell it and buy a spare gearbox and engine for my D3. Keep the rest of the cash to pay for repairs for
the next eon;

- RRS SDV6 . This is a NICE car. This is actually better then my D3. It steers direct, hangs to the
throttle, no bouncing or floating/sickning sensation while driving.. This is the ONLY car that can tempt
me to spend cash on ever..

- Discovery Sport. This car surprised me. I thought it was utter garbage. But its not too bad actually.
Its far from the league of the real stuff, but as a daily driver, sitting in commute congestion, its OK.
Steering is good. Autobox is no comparison to 8-gear ZF. Its hesitant and a bit clonky, a different
class. But as I said, OK for a comfortable ride to work, with a sort of commanding view...
But I'd never buy one unless its dead cheap. Dressed up it comes into RRS area. I'd buy a 2 yrs old RRS instead of a new DS..

Or if I don't have enough [ most likely ], an ex demo F-Pace...

Canburne wrote:

The best offer the saleman could come up with was a FFRR but I doubt even the extended length one would have the same capacity as the D4 ....even if I could afford it.

Fortunately, I don’t need the load carrying capability that I used to and I’ve only the one dog, so the FF has worked for me. While the load capacity is down, it does at least have a proper tailgate, although the jump in and out of the back is higher and Ben now needs a ramp, although the loading height is still usefully less than the ‘5.

Unfortunately, nothing can compete with the ‘4 for outright space, practical shape and tailgate design. It really seems like there’s just nothing else out there