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The Dundonian wrote:
Looks like a Disco Sport!
How
18th Jan 2019 2:59 pm
Someone-Gone
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It’s the same basic shape and with the number plate in the middle, it’s obvious. I might not like my D5 offset number plate much, but it doesn’t bother me too much either. I certainly don’t want it to look like a Disco Sport! I might as well attach a pipe to the exhaust and be done with life.
18th Jan 2019 4:44 pm
Ken
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Lights are totally different call yourself an enthusiast
18th Jan 2019 4:48 pm
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Do you naturally insult people with a different view to yours. “Call yourself an enthusiast” err no, I never made mention of that, you did.
Anyway, you’re being a bit pedantic. Surely I don’t have to explain to you it’s the same basic shape minus one or two details, one of which was the number plate, sorry, obviously I do. Maybe you’re being a bit stroppy because you’ve got one of the centre number plates on your Disco Sport, sorry D5 is it?
18th Jan 2019 7:34 pm
OvalAutos
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My biggest gripe about the D5 is the tiny little brake lights in the cluster. There are like the size of a rizzla paper and not very effective at night. Sure it has a nice big high level brake light, but if you're riding at the same height and forgot to put your sun visor up, not easy to see.
On the same note, it really annoys me when front indicators are located right next to the bright headlamps or the DRLs and you can't see them flashing.
Come on designers, I know you think your lights look cool, but brake and indicator lights are pretty important things for safety. Joe
19th Jan 2019 8:35 am
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Pelyma wrote:
You've pulled Rich
He doesn’t get that lucky.
19th Jan 2019 8:43 am
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19th Jan 2019 9:21 am
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Quote:
]My biggest gripe about the D5 is the tiny little brake lights in the cluster. There are like the size of a rizzla paper and not very effective at night. Sure it has a nice big high level brake light, but if you're riding at the same height and forgot to put your sun visor up, not easy to see."
Completely agree. There seem to be a fair few of the beasties here in Sevenoaks now and the brake light IS basically the size of a Rizla packet!!
If I was going to go down the route of a D5 and be paying £65k+++ for the 'privilege', I would absolutely pay the extra £££ to have the numberplate in the middle. Don't care whether it looks like the Sport or not, the back end of the Sport looks better. Feels like we are going round and round in circles here but still ... Square end, square numberplate for the D4 ... it can go anywhere because it is 'balanced' and matches. long numberplate on a curved backend to the side isn't balanced. If it was in a non-verbal reasoning test it would be the wrong answer My16 HSE Landmark - 2016 - Current. Indus Silver
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19th Jan 2019 9:52 am
kajtzu
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I have a square EU plate oh my D3 which I think fits nicely but on the other hand I had a long/wide/regular EU plate on my D4. I thought it looked ok, too.
19th Jan 2019 9:57 am
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Oh, the D5 isn’t without fault design wise, but then name me a car that is.
The number plate used to bother me, I don’t even give it a second thought now. It actually makes it different and a bit easier to find in a car park. Essentially, like it or not, it’s part of a D5 cosmetics and even if they were giving away the number plate conversions, I wouldn’t want one.
I agree with the comments about the small rear lights, but if the intensity is there ...
Overall, I am happy with the car. It goes when you switch it on and internally there’s better use made of the passenger space. The LED headlights are really bright, you don’t need any enhancement. There little to get annoyed with tbh.
The price is a bit questionable, but then what’s not? If you want to keep with LR after your D3/4 then you either fork out the extra or start looking at the DS or Evoque.
19th Jan 2019 10:23 am
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Love mine 8) ...had it nearly a year ...it's not even worth me debating anymore
19th Jan 2019 11:22 am
OvalAutos
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I hate to on anybodies parade, but the 3ltr engine is the same TDV6. So you know where to come when the engine goes pop after the warranty has run out
But I do like the car very much
.Joe
19th Jan 2019 11:41 am
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Not if like me you have the 2.0 240
19th Jan 2019 11:44 am
EMcC
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I consider the 'Discovery's' with the number plate in the middle of the back of the vehicle are not Real Discovery's but tarted up Evoques and the same as some of the 'Range Rovers' seen on the roads today. No longer proper Range Rovers but a variation of the Evoque.
Landrover has lost it's identifying marques.
Gone are the days of 90, 110, Freelander/Evoque, Discovery then top of the range the Range Rover.
19th Jan 2019 11:54 am
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Having had both the D3 and D4, the D5 is an improvement on them tbh.
I also have the 2lt engine. Doesn’t suffer from the same problems the 3lt does and it’s only fractionally slower.
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on anybodies parade, but the 3ltr engine is the same TDV6. So you know where to come when the engine goes pop after the warranty has run out 
