Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8225
Buy EJ16OPM back off the insurance company and re-build it, should be doable and quite a challenge It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
5th Apr 2023 6:24 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73079
Or strip it & live off the rewards.
5th Apr 2023 6:38 am
Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
Posts: 2813
Sorry to hear/see what's happened, but glad you appear to have escaped relatively intact.
And we have yet another 'what do I do next' thread.
I'm already completely undecided what to do when my D4 has to go, but am sort of considering having to defect from the LR brand.
But I think in your situation needing a replacement quickly, I'd probably end up with a D5, because lets face it I wouldn't be able to see the outside when I'm driving it.
Thanks Nasher, I'm afraid the D5 just won't work for me, the extra foot hanging over the rear axle makes the departure angle unworkable even if I could live without the split boot 1978 Series 3 88 Military Green (Gone)
1983 110 V8 Masai Red (Gone)
1997 Discovery 1 XS Cobalt Blue (Gone)
1999 Defender 110 TD5 Safari Epsom Green (Gone)
2001 Freelander Sport Buckingham Blue (Gone)
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark Yulong White "Larry" (Written off)
2015 Discovery 4 HSE Luxury Corris Grey "Sol"
5th Apr 2023 10:11 am
Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
Posts: 2813
AndyButch wrote:
D5 just won't work for me, the extra foot hanging over the rear axle makes the departure angle unworkable
That's another factor that I hadn't even considered in my ramblings. Probably because it wouldn't really be an issue for me personally.
How different are they?
I have the LR diagram for the D3/4 somewhere but not the D5.Heaven doesn't want me, and hell is afraid I'll take over.
5th Apr 2023 10:30 am
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23823
I found the D5 too nerve wracking off-road. Due to the shape of the bonnet, you can’t see/place the front end corners as you can in other LR vehicles.
Yes, there’s a camera system, but once the cameras are covered in mud they become worthless.
To me the D5, with its high waistline and small glass areas. always felt like being in a raised estate car.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)
5th Apr 2023 10:54 am
beanoir
Member Since: 02 Sep 2021
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 27
I was anti the D5, and couldn't decide what to replace the D4 with. I was waiting for the Rivian, but that won't be anytime soon. I went and tried the D5 again recently and actually, I was impressed with it the second time around, so have just decided to take the plunge..
22nd Apr 2023 6:27 pm
Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9424
I think you already know the answer, get another D4, there is nothing else out there that does the job. You you are buying a car that someone else has maintained, but there's still no getting past that the D4 is the one car for the job.
I'm back in my what is now my 4 the disco Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
I managed to get myself a well looked after D4 and couldn't be happier There's really nothing quite like it.
Now I have the opportunity to build to my spec and learn from what I did before1978 Series 3 88 Military Green (Gone)
1983 110 V8 Masai Red (Gone)
1997 Discovery 1 XS Cobalt Blue (Gone)
1999 Defender 110 TD5 Safari Epsom Green (Gone)
2001 Freelander Sport Buckingham Blue (Gone)
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark Yulong White "Larry" (Written off)
2015 Discovery 4 HSE Luxury Corris Grey "Sol"
1978 Series 3 88 Military Green (Gone)
1983 110 V8 Masai Red (Gone)
1997 Discovery 1 XS Cobalt Blue (Gone)
1999 Defender 110 TD5 Safari Epsom Green (Gone)
2001 Freelander Sport Buckingham Blue (Gone)
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark Yulong White "Larry" (Written off)
2015 Discovery 4 HSE Luxury Corris Grey "Sol"
25th Apr 2023 10:23 am
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14385
Nice. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
25th Apr 2023 3:47 pm
nigethecat
Member Since: 11 Sep 2016
Location: Marnoch
Posts: 4244
Lovely motor, but please get rid of those side steps as your first job !I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
Corris Grey D4 Commercial SE 2016
Zermatt Sliver 2007 D3 SE manual (gone)
Indus Silver D4 HSE 2015 (gone)
Bonatti Grey D3 HSE 2006 (gone)
White D3 S (LHD) 2007 (gone)
Firenze Red D4 HSE 2014 (gone)
Black RRS 3.6TDV8 2008 (gone)
Rusty Green Defender 110 1997 (gone)
Black FL2 HSE 2013 (gone)
25th Apr 2023 5:16 pm
Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
Posts: 2813
Yep, lovely looking D4
nigethecat wrote:
please get rid of those side steps as your first job !
Wow, and I thought I was the only one that hates them.
I've taken some stick on here in the past for suggesting they are horrid bits of bolt on tat, so have kept my thoughts to myself recently.
But now I know I have at least one Ally.................Heaven doesn't want me, and hell is afraid I'll take over.
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