Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 18557
New L462 section
Looks like it exists in the metal so here's a new forum section for it 06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
Any issues with the site let me know!
I note you're back to .co.uk for Disco5 Martin LRs are a fond memory, apart from the maintenance.
18th Jan 2016 9:16 pm
AndrewS Tarquin of the Desert
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
Posts: 10441
No post in here for 2 days, I said you'd all get used to it and accept it In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
26th Dec 2016 5:50 pm
Robse
Member Since: 10 Jun 2014
Location: Cambridgeshire
Posts: 498
Only cos you all upset Red Merie !!Velar MY18 D180 S Narvik
Discovery MY2015 3.0 SDV6 SE Corris - Gone
26th Dec 2016 8:57 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14338
I waited so long for the D5. I thought the D4 was not a great leap forward after the D3 so thought I'd hold fire for the D5. I went to look at it last week and would have bought it there and then but I was so disappointed.
LR has sacrificed what made the Discovery what it was: A vehicle that crossed market sectors that fulfilled so many roles, to develop a car that falls into the Chelsea tractor and yummy mummy bracket and that looks like its come out of South Korea. This is not where I sit.
So for all you budding Victoria Bekhams nee Posh Spice, I wish you well. I'm sure it will sell well in that sector but its not for me. 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
26th Dec 2016 9:10 pm
chalky
Member Since: 21 Aug 2008
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 3145
Well, I sold My D3 18 Months ago because the difference between the D3 & D4 werent enough to persuade me otherwise. I tried a Disco Sport briefly but realised very quickly that it wasnt a DISCOVERY.
I've toyed with the Idea of purchasing a new RRS because they are one of a handful of cars that i actually look at twice, I'm not really a RRS driver so i'm trying to imagine that the new Disco will be as much as a transformation as the leap from the last RRS to the latest one.Only dead fish go with the Flow !
26th Dec 2016 9:28 pm
Salty Spuds
Member Since: 05 Dec 2009
Location: The Peoples Republic of South Yorkshire
Posts: 86
Sorry, I'm out
We've had 8 consecutive new Discos dating back to 1991, we got an invite to the private pre-launch viewing of the D5, what a disappointment. I asked the factory rep what on earth LR were thinking when they put pen to paper for the D5, "it's the brand look" was his reply. I pointed out that if you lined up the current LR model range in size order, they'd fit inside each other like Russian dolls. If you pass a D3/4 on the road, you don't need to look at the badge to know what it is, the D5 has become another amorphous jelly mould SUV, it could be a Volvo/mazda/lexus (insert any wannabe 4x4 name) So I'm sorry to say, that after a 26+ year association (I had a S3 swb prior to the first Discovery), there is no longer a Landrover parked in our drive. We actually drove from the D5 preview & ordered a Yeti on the way home.
13th Mar 2017 3:15 pm
petersw
Member Since: 17 Nov 2012
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 1135
Hi Martin
Can you please close the D5 section of the D4 forum?
Now the car is available and people are owners It would be nice to have all D5 information in one place the D5 site.Peter
13th Mar 2017 3:32 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14338
It seems a shame to seperate them. At the end of the day iit s a Discovery. Moving between different sites is a pain and it would be nice to see how people are getting on with them and letting them share their experiences.
It would be sad to think that seperation is based around the diverse views on the D5 as a replacement for the D3/4.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
13th Mar 2017 3:47 pm
DigitalJunior
Member Since: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 4401
I would completely agree with Moo's reasons for keeping it all together on one site
13th Mar 2017 4:24 pm
B16 KJR
Member Since: 10 Jul 2006
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Posts: 3005
Moo wrote:
It seems a shame to seperate them. At the end of the day iit s a Discovery. Moving between different sites is a pain and it would be nice to see how people are getting on with them and letting them share their experiences.
It would be sad to think that seperation is based around the diverse views on the D5 as a replacement for the D3/4.
I would also like to see and hear how other people are getting on with their new cars, but as soon as anyone posts anything about the D5, there seems to be an avalanche of negative posts which IMHO, detracts from the original topic and as a result, we aren't getting the opportunity to see and hear how the new owners are getting on which is a real shame
13th Mar 2017 5:26 pm
AndrewS Tarquin of the Desert
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
Posts: 10441
But its a different car altogether and Martin has created the D5 site In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
13th Mar 2017 5:26 pm
Ja92mie
Member Since: 16 Sep 2014
Location: Newquay
Posts: 1259
B16 KJR wrote:
Moo wrote:
It seems a shame to seperate them. At the end of the day iit s a Discovery. Moving between different sites is a pain and it would be nice to see how people are getting on with them and letting them share their experiences.
It would be sad to think that seperation is based around the diverse views on the D5 as a replacement for the D3/4.
I would also like to see and hear how other people are getting on with their new cars, but as soon as anyone posts anything about the D5, there seems to be an avalanche of negative posts which IMHO, detracts from the original topic and as a result, we aren't getting the opportunity to see and hear how the new owners are getting on which is a real shame
I agree
13th Mar 2017 5:29 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73045
Or a compromise. The reverential discussion is done on the D5 site, the irreverent discussion is undertaken here. No change needed then.
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