Member Since: 24 May 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 1247
I Hate My Local Dealership
My D4 is in the dealers having a cracked inlet manifold replaced since Saturday.
LR assist provided a RR Sport for a couple of days which I really didn't like. Very cramped, not enough load space, uncomfortable, I was really looking forward to getting my D4 back.
Then yesterday, the dealer phoned to say the manifold is going to be fixed under the TSB by LR so I had to go and give the RR Sport back and swap to one of their courtesy cars.
They've only gone and given me a brand new D5 HSE LUX. The b****rds! It's lovely (as long as you don't look at it's a**e end). How am I going to be able to resist buying one now!
This free repair is going to cost me a fortune. MY2022 D5 HSE D300 - with extra nice bits added
MY2019 D5 HSE 3.0 SDV6 - sold to a dealer for a crazy price! - So good I bought another!
MY2012 D4 HSE 3.0 SDV6 - retired to a new home
28th Nov 2017 7:55 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73080
Cunning, the way of the dealer is.
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28th Nov 2017 7:58 pm
G7jtk
Member Since: 03 Jun 2014
Location: Prudhoe
Posts: 861
My hart bleeds.
How bad would it be if the loaned you something from the SV Range?
28th Nov 2017 8:10 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73080
How come it's being done for free?
28th Nov 2017 8:17 pm
JonM
Member Since: 24 May 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 1247
Combination of LR extended warranty and covered by the TSB for badly manufactured inlet manifolds.MY2022 D5 HSE D300 - with extra nice bits added
MY2019 D5 HSE 3.0 SDV6 - sold to a dealer for a crazy price! - So good I bought another!
MY2012 D4 HSE 3.0 SDV6 - retired to a new home
28th Nov 2017 8:24 pm
carroll493d
Member Since: 27 Jun 2017
Location: Alderton
Posts: 235
Every time mine goes in (owned for 3 months, in 3 times, and going again) they give me a Disco Sport.
Surely they should be giving you cars that are at the very least perceived to be better than your own, not a bottom of the range, re-branded freelander.
I wish I could have a D5 when it goes in again
28th Nov 2017 8:27 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73080
JonM wrote:
Combination of LR extended warranty and covered by the TSB for badly manufactured inlet manifolds.
28th Nov 2017 8:27 pm
OJ
Member Since: 01 Oct 2017
Location: Loch Leven
Posts: 725
Re: I Hate My Local Dealership
JonM wrote:
My D4 is in the dealers having a cracked inlet manifold replaced since Saturday.
LR assist provided a RR Sport for a couple of days which I really didn't like. Very cramped, not enough load space, uncomfortable, I was really looking forward to getting my D4 back.
Then yesterday, the dealer phoned to say the manifold is going to be fixed under the TSB by LR so I had to go and give the RR Sport back and swap to one of their courtesy cars.
They've only gone and given me a brand new D5 HSE LUX. The b****rds! It's lovely (as long as you don't look at it's a**e end). How am I going to be able to resist buying one now!
Member Since: 24 May 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 1247
Cheaper to just poke my eyes out with a pointy stick. MY2022 D5 HSE D300 - with extra nice bits added
MY2019 D5 HSE 3.0 SDV6 - sold to a dealer for a crazy price! - So good I bought another!
MY2012 D4 HSE 3.0 SDV6 - retired to a new home
28th Nov 2017 8:51 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
Well, I don’t think I’d notice the difference if the sun shines as brightly as last time. Just drive it in the dark
28th Nov 2017 9:00 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Re: I Hate My Local Dealership
JonM wrote:
They've only gone and given me a brand new D5 HSE LUX. The b****rds! It's lovely...
Gosh, just how much repair work does the D4 need to get it working right again?!! 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!)
28th Nov 2017 9:29 pm
JonM
Member Since: 24 May 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 1247
Well, I got my D4 back today after 3.5 days of driving the D5. The good news is that I still like it.
The D5 is lovely and different to the D4 but the D4 certainly has some features that are still better than the D5.
The driver's seat is more comfortable in the D4, perhaps because it's been moulded to my backside over the last 85000 miles or perhaps I just hadn't fine tuned the D5 seat position enough.
The D5 on road tyres had significantly more road noise than the D4 on BFGoodrich AT KO2 tyres.
The steering wheel is thinner and a strange triangular profile on the D5 I prefer the thicker rounder D4 wheel. The D5 wheel also gets too hot, the D4 is just right.
All round visibility is better on the D4 and the driving position feels higher. The D5 feels bigger (even though it isn't based on measurements) and feels less solid / stable on uneven surfaces.
The D5 benefits from its lighter construction by being quicker but the onboard computer indicated similar MPG to the D4. The D5 turns in to a corner more positively but then rolls mid corner. The D4 turns in and rolls at the same time but I don't think it rolls any more even with the 18" AT tyres compared with 21" road tyres on the D5.
On the D5, simple things like the heated seats have become complicated. The D4 has a button for the seat heaters, on the D5 you have to press the cabin temperature control knob to select seat temperature then turn it to adjust or use the touch screen. Just a trivial thing but annoying.
My D4 has timed climate as standard. The D5 didn't even though it was HSE spec with extras. I missed that these cold mornings.
I liked the D5 and I still expect it will be my next car but having got the D4 back I'm still happy to keep it for a bit longer before changing and in the snowy icy weather today the D4 gave me more confidence than the D5 even though the D5 has at least equal if not better capabilities than the D5.MY2022 D5 HSE D300 - with extra nice bits added
MY2019 D5 HSE 3.0 SDV6 - sold to a dealer for a crazy price! - So good I bought another!
MY2012 D4 HSE 3.0 SDV6 - retired to a new home
30th Nov 2017 8:23 pm
Pedros
Member Since: 25 Jun 2011
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 454
You do feel, sometimes, they change things for changes sake.
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