bobgolden
Member Since: 16 Oct 2010
Location: South Yorkshire
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I had a trip to the dealer today to check out the new RRS as my D4 is coming up to 3 years old and I was thinking about a change. The RRS is about 5" longer than the D4 but where has all the space gone ? I can touch the back seats from the boot whereas I can only just see it from the D4. Back seats, and I'm only 5'6" leave about 8-10" from the back of the drivers seat and the back of them is hard plasticky cardboard with a tacky net rather than the soft leather and proper pocket on the Disco. And then I had to move the seat back when I got in the drivers seat and I drive like Mr McGoo !
I really wanted to like the RRS and had an HSE specified with low ratio and everything in the website but in the metal it disappointed. Lovely to look at outside but this was a tricked uo Autobigraphy at a fiver short of £80k. My MY11 D4 HSE really did put it to shame so it's off for 2 new tyres, an MOT and a LR warranty.
Who said Disco was dead  2010 MX-5 2.0 Sport Tech PRHT
2019 Suzuki Vitara AllGrip
Gone BMW X5 xDrive 30d M Sport (F15)
Gone Disco 4 HSE SD V6
Gone 2008 Jaguar XF 2.7TD Premium Luxury
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pmajor
Member Since: 21 Jul 2013
Location: Bristol
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bobgolden wrote:My MY11 D4 HSE really did put it to shame so it's off for 2 new tyres, an MOT and a LR warranty.
I didn't know that LR do an extended warranty until I saw your post. I went off to the website and typed in my reg (i've got a 61 reg so it's still in warranty ATM) and it costs £910 per year - yikes!
Is that about what yours would cost? Do you think it's worth it?
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| 2nd Aug 2013 8:05 pm |
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LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
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£910 doesn't get you very much labour time at a LR main dealer. Is it worth it? Well you've got to ask yourself do I feel lucky? Well do you pmajor?
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| 2nd Aug 2013 9:14 pm |
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pmajor
Member Since: 21 Jul 2013
Location: Bristol
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LT wrote:£910 doesn't get you very much labour time at a LR main dealer. Is it worth it? Well you've got to ask yourself do I feel lucky? Well do you pmajor?
I've only had my disco for 2 weeks, so I guess I haven't experienced the pain of a servicing yet 
So you would buy it?
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| 2nd Aug 2013 9:56 pm |
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dangerdave
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| 2nd Aug 2013 10:15 pm |
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bobgolden
Member Since: 16 Oct 2010
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 907
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I'm going to buy it but the additional LR Assistance is just AA and there are better offers on that 2010 MX-5 2.0 Sport Tech PRHT
2019 Suzuki Vitara AllGrip
Gone BMW X5 xDrive 30d M Sport (F15)
Gone Disco 4 HSE SD V6
Gone 2008 Jaguar XF 2.7TD Premium Luxury
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| 3rd Aug 2013 1:50 am |
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bobgolden
Member Since: 16 Oct 2010
Location: South Yorkshire
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No views on the cars then ? 2010 MX-5 2.0 Sport Tech PRHT
2019 Suzuki Vitara AllGrip
Gone BMW X5 xDrive 30d M Sport (F15)
Gone Disco 4 HSE SD V6
Gone 2008 Jaguar XF 2.7TD Premium Luxury
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| 3rd Aug 2013 1:54 am |
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Gareth
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Location: Bramhall
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Saw the new RRS at Carfest yesterday. Nice in the front, but I found the back seats claustrophopic with the high window line. The boot was small, the loading cill very high. I like the look of the car, especially the black grills, but it was parked next to an Evoque, and it is very similar, just bigger. I really hope they keep some separate identities between models, I really don't like all this expansion of a similar design to make a range of models.
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| 3rd Aug 2013 7:30 am |
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euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
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I've been invited twice to view it. By my dealer,and been busy both times.
I understood they had addressed the main issue of the previous one, the appalling packaging.....it was large on the outside and tiny on the inside.reading the above posts it would seem not.
What we all have to remember is that nothing compares to a Discovery in its packaging,not the new FFRR and not the new RRS.
The Discovery is literally the Swiss Army knife for the road,and everything else is a poor second.Where the RRS will have a slight advantage is that its been on a diet of aluminium,and no doubt will react quicker to steering inputs.......
I'd hold out for the D5 personally Bob......a lighter Discovery based on the FFRR platform,with the same space and packaging as the current D4 ?....now that sounds tempting "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
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| 3rd Aug 2013 7:43 am |
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Stingray
Member Since: 03 Apr 2005
Location: North Wales
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My D4 is three years old in September, but my current thinking is to wait for the announcement of the new model, and at that stage, based upon what I think of the new one, decide between that and one of the last of the D4s, (which will probably be going at a decent discount by then). The D5 (or whatever it will be called) will have a lot to live up to as I see it, but I look forward to the unveiling.
RRs don't appeal for several reasons.
That's my two-penneth anyway,
Ray
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| 3rd Aug 2013 11:50 am |
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bobgolden
Member Since: 16 Oct 2010
Location: South Yorkshire
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The sales guy didn't seem too surprised when I decided that the new RRS wasn't for me. His parting shot was to say that a Disco replacement was on the cards for 2015 (as widely suggested here and elsewhere)9 but that they couldn't add anything else at that stage.
It'll be interesting to see how the RRS fares on Top Gear tonight. 2010 MX-5 2.0 Sport Tech PRHT
2019 Suzuki Vitara AllGrip
Gone BMW X5 xDrive 30d M Sport (F15)
Gone Disco 4 HSE SD V6
Gone 2008 Jaguar XF 2.7TD Premium Luxury
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| 4th Aug 2013 3:58 pm |
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dubbs
Member Since: 18 Apr 2012
Location: Gloucestershire
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After seeing the RRS in the flesh, which is a very nice looking vehicle but not catering to the practicalities I need, nothing would get me out of my D3 except a D4 with significant enough changes to not make me feel it was just a facelift.
I really like the D4 but, as I did when I had the choice of D4/D3 when purchasing, it didn't feel enough of a change to make it worth the huge premium I was being expected to pay.
A merge of D4 and RRS styling to keep the practicalities, latest gizmos and gadgets, ally frame and 45 mpg+ on a run gets me out of my D3 and in to a D5.
Until they tell me it costs 80k that is  
P.S Would being lighter remove some of its towing abilities? It's current weight is an advantage at the moment, right?
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| 4th Aug 2013 5:32 pm |
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jamieg7762
Member Since: 05 Mar 2010
Location: Warwickshire
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I needed to swop my d3 for something newer, but wasn't sure wether to go for a D4, new Rorschach or a Farr.
In the end I have ordered a d4 in Orkney grey with the black pack option. d4 HSE in Corris Grey with Black options pack
D3 with the following
Alive Tuning EGR blanking kit
Alive Tuning Re-map
Alive Atrics console
Samco intercooler hoses (from Alive Tuning)
Alive Tuning De-Cat pipe, lovely tone!
Retrofit OEM Hybrid TV tuner
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| 4th Aug 2013 5:50 pm |
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bobgolden
Member Since: 16 Oct 2010
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 907
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It seems TG liked it !
As far as the specs say for the RRS HSE, the max towing weight is still 3500kg. 2010 MX-5 2.0 Sport Tech PRHT
2019 Suzuki Vitara AllGrip
Gone BMW X5 xDrive 30d M Sport (F15)
Gone Disco 4 HSE SD V6
Gone 2008 Jaguar XF 2.7TD Premium Luxury
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| 5th Aug 2013 12:57 am |
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cooperman17
Member Since: 13 Oct 2009
Location: Leedsdale-on-Tees
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euangibson wrote:I've been invited twice to view it. By my dealer,and been busy both times.
I understood they had addressed the main issue of the previous one, the appalling packaging.....it was large on the outside and tiny on the inside.reading the above posts it would seem not.
What we all have to remember is that nothing compares to a Discovery in its packaging,not the new FFRR and not the new RRS.
The Discovery is literally the Swiss Army knife for the road,and everything else is a poor second.Where the RRS will have a slight advantage is that its been on a diet of aluminium,and no doubt will react quicker to steering inputs.......
I'd hold out for the D5 personally Bob......a lighter Discovery based on the FFRR platform,with the same space and packaging as the current D4 ?....now that sounds tempting
Fully agreed.
Get a deal on a D4 now.
When the D5 arrives it will be more expensive with a full price waiting list.
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