Member Since: 15 Jan 2013
Location: Devon
Posts: 2037
dubbs wrote:
Have to say I've never known such a rush on people wanting to buy the last of an outgoing model rather than get the new one.
That is mainly because of
dubbs wrote:
the more generic rounded looks, lack of split tailgate, removal of stepped roof
nearly all of which has reduced the access height of the rear door. There may even be complaints from those who sit in row 2 with their knees tucked under their chins.
"the inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings....the inherent vice of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries" Winston Churchill
2016 D4 Landmark Club Waitomo ...or is it Club Tempest????
2015 D4 HSE Aintree Green
22nd Dec 2016 5:16 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
crews control wrote:
If that's orange then I'm blond (not grey)
I think the real name for that is fulvous ?
Could the real name be "Onion Bhaji"?2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
22nd Dec 2016 5:50 pm
Dan_NL
Member Since: 19 Sep 2010
Location: world
Posts: 1213
Reliant gold..
22nd Dec 2016 6:02 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Spam Fritter?2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
22nd Dec 2016 6:04 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Dan_NL wrote:
Reliant gold..
Oh don't! A friend of mine used to PDI and prepare new Reliants for the first customers and the stories of the "quality" of the paintwork from the factory was horrendous! Cars with "metallic" paint with no gloss and (sometimes) no metallic either!2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
22nd Dec 2016 6:09 pm
Dan_NL
Member Since: 19 Sep 2010
Location: world
Posts: 1213
Hi John, I just blinked my eyes and noticed the listing of your cars.. ..you buy wholesale
..or are you a LR-dealer by any chance...
To relax your nerves on the reliant front, I found you this one... ...better matching colour..
22nd Dec 2016 6:24 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6272
Namib Orange, still better than this monstrosity (colour not the car)
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No offence intended to the one and only member who bought one.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
22nd Dec 2016 6:30 pm
Dan_NL
Member Since: 19 Sep 2010
Location: world
Posts: 1213
How do I say this.. ..I am coming out... ...
*** I LOVE THE COLOUR ON THE D4 ***
--- sorry.. can't help myself..
But hey.. this is genetic.. I'm Dutch remember.. ..our national colour.. ouf..
--- I'm cured ---
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22nd Dec 2016 6:35 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
And that was the only colour available to Landmark owners. No greens. No blues. No reds. Nothing!
Why?2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
22nd Dec 2016 6:37 pm
Dan_NL
Member Since: 19 Sep 2010
Location: world
Posts: 1213
because.. ..it was..
................. A LANDMARK ......
22nd Dec 2016 6:41 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6272
Yep, no matter what model, LRs colour palette is poor.
This still is my favourite LR colour Mauritius Blue, would have it on the D5 in a heartbeat
23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
22nd Dec 2016 6:42 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Dan_NL wrote:
Hi John, I just blinked my eyes and noticed the listing of your cars.. ..you buy wholesale
..or are you a LR-dealer by any chance...
To relax your nerves on the reliant front, I found you this one... ...better matching colour..
It's a very long story, but just an enthusiast (a much poorer enthusiast now!). However, I've driven nearly 200,000 miles between them
I remember my primary school caretaker getting one of those just as I was leaving. Reliant got Ogle Design to do that one for them and it actually didn't look too bad, in a minimalist design sort of way. Still a horrible car though! 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
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22nd Dec 2016 6:44 pm
Dan_NL
Member Since: 19 Sep 2010
Location: world
Posts: 1213
@J77. I love that colour too.. ..and it has one big advantage for the Scots ;
just a cross on the door in white tape does the trick..
@John. Here new cars are priced beyond reason. So I always buy them 4-6 years old, after that they don't
depreciate that much anymore. For the D3 I pay € 3000 pa in roadtax, for the FL2 € 1800,- ..
I suspend the licenses on occasion, eg if the D3 is off to the Algarve for the summer...
There are talks about replacing all the taxes by roadpricing here.. .. that'll be the day !!!!
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22nd Dec 2016 6:50 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
J77 wrote:
Yep, no matter what model, LRs colour palette is poor.
This still is my favourite LR colour Mauritius Blue, would have it on the D5 in a heartbeat
That looks great 8)
My favourite is still my very first one; Kosrae Green
Click image to enlarge
2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
22nd Dec 2016 6:51 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Dan_NL wrote:
@John. Here new cars are priced beyond reason. So I always buy them 4-6 years old, after that they don't
depreciate that much anymore. For the D3 I pay € 3000 pa in roadtax, for the FL2 € 1800,- ..
I suspend the licenses on occasion, eg if the D3 is off to the Algarve for the summer...
There are talks about replacing all the taxes by roadpricing here.. .. that'll be the day !!!!
I had understood that we've got it relatively easy here, but those prices are just off the scale!2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
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