Landylad
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DG wrote:Landylad wrote:
in terms of getting round a corner better than an X5, a Q7, a Tourag.... it's comparable to a No32 bus in my opinion.
I wonder why you actually have one ....it's quite clear you don't appreciate the vehicle if you are comparing it to those only built for tarmac work. I suggest you sell up and feck off now...before you start sounding like LondonLad 
Up until I drove the D4, I never really had any ill thoughts to the D3 and still don't to be honest. I have had more vehicles since I passed my test than hot dinners, so finding a car that I really liked, was pretty hard. When I first drove a D3 last Oct, I fell in love with it immediately and new that this ticked a lot of boxes for me.
Like any British built vehicle, it has it's hangups.... some you learn to live with, some get on your nerves. I've had several silly thins go wrong with my model, most of which (with thanks to the posters on this site) I've managed to resolve without too much problems.
So your analogy that I don't appreciate the D3 is pretty wide of the mark to be honest. I just see the very tangible improvements in the D4 and feel it's a hugely easy choice to buy one seeing as I love the philosophy that the Disco brings in it's spaciousness, safety, go anywhere ability and general "get oot ma way" presence on the road.
So forgive me if I'm coming across as being anti-D3... that is not my intention. Perhaps I'll be greated with more open arms when disco4.co.uk gets going.
As a mod, I think it's a tad bad form to be telling (or suggesting) that members "feck off" though  If in doot, flat oot!!
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DG
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Well if you are going to slate the brand then I maintain that is an option  Mod or not I stand by what I say. This site is here for the benefit of D3 users and when whiners come along just having a pop at a superb motor for the sake of it, it really boils my blood.
The D4 may well be an improvement and I wouldn't expect anything less ...but just appreciate that your comments won't go down well with the overwhelming majority that make up 99.9% of this site 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 5th Sep 2009 10:21 pm |
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90BHP
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Landylad wrote: I have had more vehicles since I passed my test than hot dinners
To be fair - what you really need is . . . .
A New Oven "To finish first, one first has to finish ...."
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| 5th Sep 2009 10:26 pm |
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Landylad
Member Since: 23 Dec 2008
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DG wrote:Well if you are going to slate the brand then I maintain that is an option Mod or not I stand by what I say. This site is here for the benefit of D3 users and when whiners come along just having a pop at a superb motor for the sake of it, it really boils my blood.
The D4 may well be an improvement and I wouldn't expect anything less ...but just appreciate that your comments won't go down well with the overwhelming majority that make up 99.9% of this site
Can you point to any posts I've made that cement that comment above?
Someone asked how the D4 handled.... I gave (what I believe) was an honest and open opinion on how it stacked up against it's closest rival. Hey, it's a 4x4... a proper one in every sense as opposed to something that the Chelsea tractor brigade would drive. So I know it aint supposed to handle like an R8. But my one at least, is a dog to drive round bends. Not complaining about it - if I hated it that much, believe me, I'd have punted the D3 long ago. But I love it to bits... just want something that's an improvement.
This is not a totalitarian state, nor a communist republic. It's a web forum DG and perhaps you should remember that people are allowed to voice their feelings, whether they are liked or not. In 3 years time, we'll all be preaching about the next variation of the Discovery and will be saying how rubbish the D4 is.... that's life as Esther would say. If in doot, flat oot!!
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| 5th Sep 2009 10:33 pm |
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Landylad
Member Since: 23 Dec 2008
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90BHP wrote:Landylad wrote: I have had more vehicles since I passed my test than hot dinners
To be fair - what you really need is . . . .
A New Oven
If in doot, flat oot!!
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| 5th Sep 2009 10:34 pm |
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DG
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Landylad wrote:But I love it to bits
Warming to you...but just a bit 
Landylad wrote:This is not a totalitarian state, nor a communist republic. It's a web forum DG and perhaps you should remember that people are allowed to voice their feelings, whether they are liked or not.
....does that count for mods too  Just be a little more gentle with our D3 ....it's a delicate flower  21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 5th Sep 2009 10:41 pm |
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ad15
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Quote:On a public forum users have to accept that there are a plethora of views and opinions some of which may not align with their own - If users don't want to invite a range of comments, whether good or bad, can I respectfully advise that they keep their private life off the forum.
as said by your fair self DG......
it was said in a diferent context but it applies here i think... one wife.......livid
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| 5th Sep 2009 10:42 pm |
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DG
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Where is my private life discussed here ? 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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Zermatt Vulgaris
Member Since: 12 Jan 2009
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Landylad you lay of D3s and i won't make another D4 in Bali Blue look a bit MG-Rover quote...
-deal ? as you said the other night steady on thats my car your talking about. Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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| 5th Sep 2009 10:45 pm |
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ad15
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dg, i didnt want to just take one bit of what you said elsewhere, ie "out of context" but in any case here is the bit i meant.
Quote:On a public forum users have to accept that there are a plethora of views and opinions some of which may not align with their own
one wife.......livid
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| 5th Sep 2009 10:49 pm |
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ad15
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where is the "proples front of judea" anyway??? one wife.......livid
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| 5th Sep 2009 10:56 pm |
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ad15
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PEOPLES........  one wife.......livid
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| 5th Sep 2009 10:56 pm |
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DG
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But that statement is entirely in context with the remaining text I made at the time
I do accept that there are a plethora of views which do not align with my own ...but the difference here is that it is not about personalities ... What you are saying is that when someone makes comments about the D3 which are in general ...wrong.... that this cannot be challenged. Totally different to me saying, for example, that you are a  for beating up your wife
Whoops  21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 5th Sep 2009 10:58 pm |
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Landylad
Member Since: 23 Dec 2008
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Zermatt Vulgaris wrote:Landylad you lay of D3s and i won't make another D4 in Bali Blue look a bit MG-Rover quote...
-deal ? as you said the other night steady on thats my car your talking about.
haha... deal.
Anyways, if I didn't love the Disco, I'd have been flirting with a 2nd hand Q7 or similar ages ago. I've also very recently, made inquiries about the new VW Roc R, which is drool over every time I see it. But the LR still has me grinning every time I see it parked there.
Anyway, fits wrang wee MG Rovers? If in doot, flat oot!!
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| 5th Sep 2009 10:58 pm |
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Zermatt Vulgaris
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the MG Rover quote makes reference to having to watch the sad demise of a british car maker by the constant rehashing of the same product to disguise a lack of funds to radically move the vehicle on...regularly launching all models at the same time... i hope we are not going down this route with our beloved land rovers.
it sounds from your experience that the D4 may have moved the game on which is good news... Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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