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Jon76
 


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Great, thanks Andrew!
  
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AndrewS
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Russell wrote:
AndrewS wrote:
DG you and me +1 would be a good test for roominess on the second row Whistle


Andrew that could be 4 of us as Mark and i are also going on 7th in the evening


OK lets do this properly then

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den2013
 


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Yes Ken G's are cool, driven them and worked on them in the past, but surly having driven both can you honestly say that a G is really as comparable to a D4, I cannot honestly say yes to it myself, yes for the boxy styling and for the AMG V8 engine but the rest of it im not so sure, but all said really there is nothing left on the market now.
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DG wrote:
Ken wrote:
Sorry I broke it on press day Rolling with laughter


Twisted Evil I knew it

Laughing

The other thing to bear in mind was that you could only access the JLR stand if you had the email with the QRCode on it.

Joe Public couldn't just wander on unlike say the Audi or Merc Benz stands ...you could even get on the Porsche stand by queuing up.

This meant that there were around 50 on the JLR stand at any one time....despite this restricted audience the RRS SVR and the FFRR were locked Rolling Eyes


Like you I had the QR code but did not use it, they were just letting anybody onto the stand, just opening and closing the barrier depending on how busy it was.

My main gripe was that there was nobody on the stand from Land Rover, just "stand dollies" and guys from Land Rover France ( dealer staff? ).

A large number of the visitors were English speaking and it was impossible to ask any real detailed questions, as all you got wasa Gaelic shrug!

Considering it was the first public apperance of the car I would have expected someone there who knew more than the basics.

I ended up explaining to a chap from Australia how access height worked!!

I saw the problem with the seats folding, but to be fair there were people sat in the drivers seat playing and people at the boot playing at the same time.

It was a disgrace that the stand staff just left the seats in the stuck positions, but mind you I am not sure they knew what to do anyway apart from join the visitors and keep pressing buttons. There should have been a technical expert on hand to sort these things and possibly take note to feed any issues back to the development team.

I was still impressed with the car and will be seeing my dealer on Monday to take it further.
  
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sycove
 


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United Kingdom 2015 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 SE Tech Auto Santorini BlackDiscovery 4

D5 does nothing for me.
In 2 years time when I replace the D4 I think my options will be either

Keep D4 a bit longer
Mercedes G wagon or
Hopefully the new Defender, suits my requirements
  
Post #17165417th Oct 2016 9:16 am
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Ken
  


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Low battery and someone pulled the cont 12v feed to the car Whistle
  
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NoDo$h
 


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I think I've found the audience Gerry had in mind for this car.

  
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Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Thumbs Up
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Inspired by this post I will be putting an order date deposit on a D5.

Anything with this many against change must be good
 Peter  
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With logic that sound, what could possibly go wrong?! Laughing
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petersw
 


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If it fails so will Landrover..... my logic
 Peter  
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petersw wrote:
Inspired by this post I will be putting an order date deposit on a D5.

Anything with this many against change must be good


I'm all for change, I embrace it and desire it, move on to the future

...I also want the change to be able to pass a simple test of function though Laughing
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petersw
 


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So it's not very good?

I actually brought my D4 in anticipation of the D5

Ok I accept your advice. Any recommendations would really like to stick with Landrover need a new car within a year £50/ 70 k range
 Peter  
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petersw wrote:

Anything with this many against change must be good


I like Change and look forward to it, I have no issues with all the tecky stuff even though I think some of it is of no real value.
I have had every model of the Discovery and used them as tough 4x4 go anywhere tool boxes to get kit to site and also overlanded them.
I hope I am wrong but from what I have seen so far I don't think the Discovery 5 is the tough 4x4 that its older brothers were.

If Discoveries were to be compared to celebrities.

Disco 1 John Wayne
Disco 2 Clint Eastwood
Disco 3 Chuck Norris
Disco 4 Ray Winston
Disco 5 Joey Essex
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I reckon a lot of the owners on here are more like Fred Flintstone!! Rolling with laughter
  
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