Moo wrote:

I can't understand how the D5 costs twice as much as its US cousin. An SE spec Explorer is about £30,000 and has enough capability for most peoples use. If Ford brought this to the UK I'm sure it would do very well. You could even debadge it and pretend its a D5.

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Russell wrote:

Yes but you are on the D3 forum with a D4 and moaning about a D5

petersw wrote:

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But at least you D5'ers have somewhere to discuss your issues, as consenting adults, in private yet, bizarrely, prefer to come on here and air their dirty laundry in public! Razz Laughing

This is a D5 section & it is interesting to hear varied views

I (we?) enjoy the debate

Then let the debate continue (though it get a bit "controversial" in places!)

Red Merle wrote:

Russell wrote:

Yes but you are on the D3 forum with a D4 and moaning about a D5

I thought it was a D3/4 forum...

Have the offending posts moved to off topic then if it bothers you so much. "Foreign cars you'd like to see in the UK".

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Then let the debate continue (though it get a bit "controversial" in places!) Very Happy

Hehe yes.

I must warn you I'm a Jeremy Corbyn supporter, Labour Party & Momentum member so am thick skinned

Red Merle wrote:

Russell wrote:

Yes but you are on the D3 forum with a D4 and moaning about a D5

I thought it was a D3/4 forum...

petersw wrote:

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But at least you D5'ers have somewhere to discuss your issues, as consenting adults, in private yet, bizarrely, prefer to come on here and air their dirty laundry in public! Razz Laughing

This is a D5 section & it is interesting to hear varied views

I (we?) enjoy the debate

Braehead wrote:

Moo wrote:

I can't understand how the D5 costs twice as much as its US cousin. An SE spec Explorer is about £30,000 and has enough capability for most peoples use. If Ford brought this to the UK I'm sure it would do very well. You could even debadge it and pretend its a D5.

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I was watching a show on Netflix and they were driving these. I thought they looked good and would certainly be interested if they brought it here. I tried the Edge and quite liked it but it wasn't quite large enough inside for my family. I think the explorer would be a viable alternative. As for the £30k price it would be a miracle if it came here at that price given the edge is £35k!

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fat bloke wrote:

But they are very lonely on their site as at moment only 194 members/buyers to be ?

A bit like the D3 site in the early days then

1st member Martin joined 6th November 2004
194th member BravoOne joined 17th June 2005

Thats 8 months to get 194 members whereas the D5 site only took 6 months to hit the same figure. Just saying.

Also please note that Martin created this place to discuss the D5 if you dont like it hit the red triangle and perhaps Martin will close/lock the Discovery 5 - L462 section.

For those interested here is a handy link to Flat Caps rigger boots Only Joking

petersw wrote:

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Then let the debate continue (though it get a bit "controversial" in places!) Very Happy

Hehe yes.

I must warn you I'm a Jeremy Corbyn supporter, Labour Party & Momentum member so am thick skinned

Good grief, you do pick your causes! You're going to need that thick skin there!

PS: I have no political allegiance, whether the politician in question is a 1970's / Citizen Smith throw-back, like Corbyn, or an idiotic and naive opportunist, like Maye or Johnson, or an outright loonie, such as our new friend Donald, I shall treat them very fairly and with equal contempt

AndrewS wrote:

For those interested here is a handy link to Flat Caps rigger boots Only Joking

Thanks for the link to the flat cap site, I'm going to order one of those

AndrewS wrote:

fat bloke wrote:

But they are very lonely on their site as at moment only 194 members/buyers to be ?

A bit like the D3 site in the early days then

1st member Martin joined 6th November 2004
194th member BravoOne joined 17th June 2005

Thats 8 months to get 194 members whereas the D5 site only took 6 months to hit the same figure. Just saying.

Sure you think that forum users is a meaningful statistic?

Internet users in 2004/5 were 8-900 million or so - around 13% of the world's population. Internet users now - over 3,675 million - over 50% of the world's population.

Calculate that back and that makes the D3 site pickup over 3 times the rate relative to the number of internet users...

Proves nothing of course except the futility of such statistics.

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crews control wrote:

That's the rub... LR are trying to move the whole brand into a higher price bracket. Are we at the stage where people will pay significantly more just because it says Land Rover or Discovery? I'm not sure how big a premium the 'brand' is worth. When you look at the starting prices for things like the Porsche Macan and Maserati Levante, you quickly realise what price bracket JLR are now playing in. It's not going to be as easy as it once was!