Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6261
It was the best word I could find before the watershed
By all means criticise the D5, there are areas that warrant it, I've shared them with my dealer. But some on your hit list is a bit unfair.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
16th Sep 2017 8:29 pm
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
If you like it then buy one, if you don't like it then don't buy one. I for one am fed up of the same thing over and over again DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
16th Sep 2017 10:24 pm
Dannyson
Member Since: 15 Oct 2014
Location: Newquay, Cornwall
Posts: 820
I quite like reading the 'banter' to and fro...... its the first bit of the D4 forum I look at (maybe I need to get out more )..... I've seen a few on the road and still don't like its appearance - I don't think it will grow on me!2016MY Discovery HSE - Black
2009MY Toyota Land Cruiser (Lc4) - Black
16th Sep 2017 10:28 pm
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13069
Pelyma wrote:
If you like it then buy one, if you don't like it then don't buy one. I for one am fed up of the same thing over and over again
Quite. It's starting to feel like someone bad-mouthing their ex to anyone who'll listen.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
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16th Sep 2017 10:57 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20726
Saw a lovely red one today. Pulled up to a junction just as I was passing.
High spec thing, deep shiny red, big wheels, black pack. Admired it in the mirror as I passed. It then pulled out and headed the opposite way, showing its
Didn't look quite so awkward, so that probably means it's growing on me now My D3 Build Thread
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6261
It's all banter, so long as no one takes it too seriously.
I said from the start, you either love it or loath it. It's a marmite car.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
16th Sep 2017 11:55 pm
robpenrose
Member Since: 12 Jan 2016
Location: Surrey / SW London
Posts: 2136
I still thing they are really colour / spec dependant!
Some look really awkward and terrible, others not so bad. I think black looks best.
The V8 engine if it makes an appearance in the non SVX would be 8)
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17th Sep 2017 5:24 am
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6261
Orange is the best but I'm biased
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Though if I was ordering now I would have Byron Blue23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
17th Sep 2017 9:31 am
Bello35
Member Since: 14 Mar 2017
Location: Bretagne.
Posts: 161
Hi J77,
I love orange in cars but this colour will never be orange in any part of the world!
"Namibia copper" would suit it like a glove as this country exploits this mineral. We have Nara "bronze" don't we...some people definately need glasses at JLR.
Cheers!
17th Sep 2017 12:11 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6261
Burnt Orange23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
Discos 1 to 4 are very distinctive, they stand apart from the crowd in traffic and in car parks. The 5 is far more anonymous, resembling many other modern SUVs.
Woooh ! finally broke my duck. Saw one on A580 near Swinton Golf Course on way home this evening.
I raised the D4 to offroad height so I'd look bigger driving past ... but his lane suddenly sped up and I didn't catch up again.
20th Sep 2017 5:32 pm
DigitalJunior
Member Since: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 4397
20th Sep 2017 10:19 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
How does he explain that it’s just as ugly before a number plate is even fitted to it?2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
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20th Sep 2017 10:23 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23319
Here's one reason why I bought a used D4 Landmark not a new D5 earlier this year:
A big rectangular box inside another big rectangular box. 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography
20th Sep 2017 10:33 pm
comedyharvey
Member Since: 04 Jul 2010
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1727
Hardware17 wrote:
comedyharvey wrote:
Are you sure Dean?
Discos 1 to 4 are very distinctive, they stand apart from the crowd in traffic and in car parks. The 5 is far more anonymous, resembling many other modern SUVs.
Woooh ! finally broke my duck. Saw one on A580 near Swinton Golf Course on way home this evening.
I raised the D4 to offroad height so I'd look bigger driving past ... but his lane suddenly sped up and I didn't catch up again.
Pity he sped off, you had the horror of seeing his fat, lop sided ass and he missed your perfectly formed, well balanced rear. Arthur.
Comedy was a horse, Harvey a dog, both sadly gone. Thought I was choosing a password!
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)..... I've seen a few on the road and still don't like its appearance - I don't think it will grow on me!
