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RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13079
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If you don't need 7 seats but want a big, comfy, luxury 4x4 a FFRR fits the bill. It gets proper engines too. Or RRS if you want to spend only D5 money. Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
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 15th Feb 2017 9:53 pm |
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markate
Member Since: 17 Sep 2011
Location: England
Posts: 702
 
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Met a couple of FFRR owners recently who've got orders in for the All New Discovery.
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| 15th Feb 2017 9:57 pm |
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crews control
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Dorset
Posts: 5011
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Met a couple of Discovery owners recently who've got orders in for the All New Volvo. 2005 D3 HSE
2011 D4 Landmark
2016 D4 HSE Lux
2017 Ford Tourneo VR46
Club Waitomo
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| 16th Feb 2017 2:25 am |
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Canburne
Member Since: 15 Jan 2013
Location: Devon
Posts: 2029
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RRSTDV8 wrote:If you don't need 7 seats but want a big, comfy, luxury 4x4 a FFRR fits the bill. It gets proper engines too. Or RRS if you want to spend only D5 money.
I don't need 7 seats but want a big, comfy, luxury 4x4 with a large square boot space so the FFRR fails. However my D4 Landmark does fit the bill. Am hoping that in several years when I come to change the D4 that a full fat defender will fit the bill then.... .
"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
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| 16th Feb 2017 11:46 am |
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RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13079
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Fair enough Canburne. Hopefully the "All New Defender" will meet your needs. I'm interested to see it too - if it's comfortable to drive long distances then I might be in the market for one too.
I'm hoping my RRS will last long enough to be able to choose whether the new Defender is suitable. I fear it may not last that long...  Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
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| 16th Feb 2017 3:17 pm |
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Dusty
Member Since: 23 Sep 2013
Location: London
Posts: 1022
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Is it Land Rover that gets these people to wright this stuff?
I don't mind them sucking up to Land Rover and saying the new Discovery is the best thing since sliced bread, but to keep slating the D4 like it was invented when Dinosaurs were still walking the earth is just pointless, What Car did the same.
It would cost me nearly £30k to 'upgrade' to a similar spec D5 from my 16 month old D4 with 12k on the clock. If that car drives £30k better than my D4 I'll eat my hat!! Discovery 4 HSE
SDV6
2015
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| 16th Feb 2017 3:55 pm |
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petersw
Member Since: 17 Nov 2012
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 1135
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I will be replacing my D5 in 3 years, if it's as good as I think will be another if not maybe the Defender, time will tell.
PS I love my D4 Peter
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| 16th Feb 2017 4:02 pm |
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FISHBOY
Member Since: 06 Sep 2010
Location: Kent
Posts: 754
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LOL - love the bit "First Impressions Inside"
Hmmm - my kids would trash it! Even I would be scare to get in it with an interior that white.
Kit Kat camo finger stripes would go nicely  Last of the D4 HSE...
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| 16th Feb 2017 4:11 pm |
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Dusty
Member Since: 23 Sep 2013
Location: London
Posts: 1022
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Having just read it again Mr Aucock (The reviewer) needs to be careful with a name like that.
Either Land Rover have given him a freebie D5 to keep or he is in great need of some oxygen after what can only be described as a serious session of 'Brown Nosing'
At one point, apparently the D1 set the bench mark for 'car like' 4x4's, whilst the D4 had lost it's way 
Whilst the D5 has once again set the record straight!!
Please, just review the car properly, I just can't take any of that bull seriously. Discovery 4 HSE
SDV6
2015
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| 16th Feb 2017 5:04 pm |
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BLFarrar
Member Since: 02 Aug 2006
Location: Deepest, Dankest, Darkest, Dingiest......Le Halifax, West Yorkshire...with strong links to Ireland
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is a load of BallCocks
of course the replacement vehicle would be different - but different .
doesn't have to be or need to be a retrograde step.
I (i.e. me) doesn't give a damn about 7 seats...but I do need in my SUV cargo space that is realistic & easy to access.
.....what LR will learn the hard way is that if they dont differentiate models in terms of size, features & costs
i.e. a range of sizes, a range of features & a range of costs - they will fail to compete with the competition, specifically lose sales...sales means revenue & profit. BREXIT - done properly.
Right now ...We need Government - not Politics
Save the Dipstick Flagbearer-keep it simple, less likely to fail campaign-agenda items:Starting Handles, Acetylene Lamps.
Founder: Dipsticks-R-Us Inc
D3 HSE-perfectly formed, passenger friendly...has real DIPSTICK
Jag XK-but sadly no DIPSTICK...HUGE design fault
FL2 has DIPSTICK..."real comfort in rear seats"
VW Golf wondermobile (?)..has real DIPSTICK
Morris Minor..original DIPSTICK technology..and a real KEY.
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| 16th Feb 2017 9:44 pm |
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RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13079
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I think the advertorial is reasonable in its aims. It points out, several times, that the D5 is aimed at competing with the Q7 and XC90, not traditional 4x4s. This is the reason they've made it family- rather than user-friendly, if that makes sense.
One thing none of the reviews mentions is the increase in turning circle. This makes it worse off road - one of the great things about the D3/4/RRS is the tight turning circle. You can get a big vehicle around in one go where Deafeners are having a couple of goes at it. Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
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| 16th Feb 2017 11:12 pm |
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