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Gareth
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Is think that the D5 with the new I6 engine will be a step change. Especially if they put the higher output version in it.
  
Post #220062210th Jan 2021 7:37 am
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DG wrote:
DSL wrote:
I like to look back at my car and inwardly smile, not sure that option is available. Laughing Laughing


Del, you drive a Skoda Whistle


And I smile every time I look back at her. Thumbs Up Ner Ner Ner Ner

pjm-84 wrote:
Crumbs the Kodiaq is cost effective. Looks good Thumbs Up but could I live with a 1.5 TSI.


I went for the 2.0 Tdi with the DSG box and it’s a fab combo. Gear changes are sooooooper smooth and it’s plenty punchy enough for my needs, plus I get high 50s mpg where I’d be lucky to get low 30s in my D3 or D4. Thumbs Up
   
Post #220062410th Jan 2021 8:21 am
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Dusty
 


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What I find with odd with the D5 is how the basic model looks so ‘Basic’
Whilst the models with a bit of bling look quite 8)

I’ve not investigated enough to see what exactly the differences are, but they do certainly make a difference.

It’s almost like looking at the differences between a D3 and D4. It’s amazing what can be achieved with a few tweaks.
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Post #220062910th Jan 2021 8:52 am
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Farmer Chalk
 


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I agree...I think the biggest difference is the choice of wheels... the basic models have the smaller 18? Inch wheels which always make the car look ‘undertyred’......the small wheels make the car look wrong...yet those fitted with the 20+ sized wheels look great apart from the Censored .... 8)

I think it’s the visual size of the body....I think that with a few vehicles...the Maserati 3200 and even the quattroporte is the same... it looks wrong
  
Post #220063410th Jan 2021 9:21 am
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Agreed re it looking wrong. It’s not just the Censored , it’s the whole package. I think the front is worse than the back.

At least I’m being polite, SWMBO describes it as “gopping”, a word she’s never uttered before. Whistle

PS Begs the question, how can LR get some models so right (last 2 FFRRs, RRS2 & New Deafner) and another so wrong? Question
   
Post #220063510th Jan 2021 9:35 am
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RRSTDV8 wrote:
Red Merle wrote:


Give the Defender the option of bigger boot and a proper tailgate and it’d be quite something 👍

The Defender has never had a split tailgate, why would they give it one now?

You Disco boys and your split tailgate. It's an obsession. Rolling with laughter









Not so much an “obsession”, as one of those high standards that some of us refuse to compromise on 👍
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Post #220063710th Jan 2021 9:44 am
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DSL wrote:
DG wrote:
DSL wrote:
I like to look back at my car and inwardly smile, not sure that option is available. Laughing Laughing


Del, you drive a Skoda Whistle


And I smile every time I look back at her. Thumbs Up Ner Ner Ner Ner

pjm-84 wrote:
Crumbs the Kodiaq is cost effective. Looks good Thumbs Up but could I live with a 1.5 TSI.


I went for the 2.0 Tdi with the DSG box and it’s a fab combo. Gear changes are sooooooper smooth and it’s plenty punchy enough for my needs, plus I get high 50s mpg where I’d be lucky to get low 30s in my D3 or D4. Thumbs Up


We have the combination in our VW T5 Cali. It suffers a little bit from eating its own EGR cooler but the problem is less the higher the cooler designation. Engine is certainly punchy making the old D240 in the Defender feel flat.

Well I showed the Wife the Kodiak this morning and she hated the looks. Was 50 / 50 on the Enyaq but quite rightly pointed out that the boot wasn't as big as the Discovery. Banging Head
  
Post #220063810th Jan 2021 9:44 am
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RRSTDV8 wrote:
Series, yes. Defender? Maybe the 130. 90 and 110 were all side hung weren't they? A drop down pickup tail isn't the same as a Disco split Censored .


What difference does it make if it was fitted to a Series, or Defender? For some of us, a side mounted tailgate is an utterly hopeless anachronism.
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Post #220064010th Jan 2021 9:48 am
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DSL wrote:
DG wrote:

Del, you drive a Skoda Whistle


And I smile every time I look back at her. Thumbs Up Ner Ner Ner Ner


Why does a Skoda have a heated rear window? Whistle Rolling with laughter
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I looked at so many cars when deciding to replace my D4. Not one member of my family liked the D5. Its a lovely drive but compromised in too many areas and the family hated how it wallowed. The closest replacement for me was the Defender, although I was unsure about the side opening rear door, but I would have bought one if the dealer order software hadn't failed Laughing

Anyway, I reevaluated what I needed and decided a LR with all its capability was OTT and I was trying to be a bit more environmentally friendly. I still need a big car for the family and our lifestyle but not one that can climb mountains and wade rivers. So I bought an XC90. Its close to the D4 in practicality, is really well packaged, beautifully built and super comfortable. For the few times I go off road it will be enough.

Interestingly I've not missed my D4 at all, lovely car that it was. Very few on here need or will ever use the capabilities of a LR. I used to when I had the construction business but I haven't for many years. How many on here regularly use the terrain response, low ratio or tow 3.5t? Very few I suspect and that was my thinking why I wanted a change.
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Post #220065710th Jan 2021 10:46 am
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RRSTDV8 wrote:
Series, yes. Defender? Maybe the 130. 90 and 110 were all side hung weren't they? A drop down pickup tail isn't the same as a Disco split Censored .


I’ve sat on numerous Series/Defender drop down tailgates. They’d have been fixed cab or open roof versions i suppose.

The ones with a hard top not canvas) canopy were effectively a split tailgate. Not exactly the same as a D3/4 but serve the same purpose. The too section providing shelter from the rain or sun.
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“Not so much an “obsession”, as one of those high standards that some of us refuse to compromise on 👍”



 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car

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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Post #220067410th Jan 2021 11:10 am
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LT
 


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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 
 
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Thumbs Up
 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car

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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Farmer Chalk wrote:
I agree...I think the biggest difference is the choice of wheels... the basic models have the smaller 18? Inch wheels which always make the car look ‘undertyred’......the small wheels make the car look wrong...yet those fitted with the 20+ sized wheels look great apart from the Censored .... 8)

I think it’s the visual size of the body....I think that with a few vehicles...the Maserati 3200 and even the quattroporte is the same... it looks wrong


19s



Though I eventually fitted FFRR 21s


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