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It would be daft to say it's the reason I bought a Disco, but it was certainly a consideration (and a selling point from the salesman way back in late 2004 when I went for a test drive and was well and truly bitten)
Useful for sitting on to eat sly fish & chips so the missus cant smell them in the car
4th Nov 2015 6:10 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Even one of my boys loves the split tailgate. Great viewing platform.
4 kids - it's perfect for sitting them on to take off wellies & waterproofs, we'd be stuffed without it!Paul.
06 Java Black HSE - gone
12 Baltic Blue HSE - gone
15 Fuji HSE Lux
Club Biscuits, mmmm nice!
Traxide/Luna hybrid & Yellow top
Some Prospeed bits
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4th Nov 2015 6:15 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Useful for extra long fire wood.
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4th Nov 2015 6:16 pm
Red Merle
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We've only had the D4 for a little over a month and my Border Collie (who's car mad and a bit pathetic - see Avatar!) loves the fold down part for the same reason - it's a proper 180 degree viewing platform and he loves it when people sit on the platform and they can be at his height to make sure they can get properly licked to death!
I'd be surprised if the new car has it 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
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2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
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(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
4th Nov 2015 6:18 pm
sarumlight
Member Since: 06 Nov 2008
Location: Off the Plain
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If the defender replacement has a split tailgate (please LR if you're reading this!) some of us might not care whether D5 has or not!
4th Nov 2015 6:24 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Assuming there is a Deafner replacement. Not guaranteed if LR are full to capacity making jelly mould stuff (FFRR, RRS, D5, FL3 aka DS & ePoke).
Another shot showing how useful the split tailgate is. It makes picnic benches around the work obsolete.
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4th Nov 2015 6:30 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
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One good thing that will come out of it if the D5 has a one piece tailgate it will help the D4 hold its value I have the benefit of both worlds with a sliding floor.It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
4th Nov 2015 6:38 pm
DigitalJunior
Member Since: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 4401
A combination of the two would be ideal.
A tailgate where it can split into two or be a complete piece.
Downside to a split tailgate is you can't get close enough to reach into back of boot so often end up jumping in and in doing so the wife thinks it's funny to poke my .SOLD - 23my Range Rover Sport D300 Dynamic SE
4th Nov 2015 6:44 pm
DG Site Moderator
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The concept had this
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but I read that it's not going to be like that and the conventional split will be retained 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
4th Nov 2015 6:48 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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DG, we're having a mild rage against the machine, that (confirming split tailgate to stay) is pulling the rug out from under us.
Besides that concept looks dandy but put that through a muddy field a few times and/or 50k miles of spray & salt then you can guarantee it'll be fubared.
4th Nov 2015 6:51 pm
Matero
Member Since: 26 Oct 2015
Location: Helsinki
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DSL wrote:
Gratuitous tailgate pic taken at the side of the road in Finnish Lapland in June . Big, very big step backwards.
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NICE, really like your tyre and planning to take a trip to Lapland.
Where did you visit there?
4th Nov 2015 7:01 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Calais to Malmo via the bridges, up through E Sweden then across to Norway via Arjeplog, to Engeloya, then Lofotens, weather was crap so hacked inland to Kiruna, to Finland, then following the river Tana, up to North Cape, down to Alta & Tromso then down to Kiruna, via a national park with a name I've forgotten, down to Sundsvall & home. A mere 6,300 miles of pure road trip pleasure.
Got similar planned for next year except up through Poland & Baltic states, ferry to Helsinki, E Finland all the way to Inari then poss up to Kirkenes & North Cape again. Still at early thoughts stage.
4th Nov 2015 7:10 pm
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DSL wrote:
DG, we're having a mild rage against the machine, that (confirming split tailgate to stay) is pulling the rug out from under us.
Then again I just read another view saying it won't be retained 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
4th Nov 2015 7:14 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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That's better, now get on message!! Think what you could do with a split tailgate that you can't without. Preferably not related.
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