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Auto access height makes it lower when parkedPeter
22nd Feb 2017 2:15 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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Just like leaky D3 suspension.
22nd Feb 2017 2:34 pm
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
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artschool how tall are you
I am considering switching in a while but being 6' 4" might prove it to be difficulty to replace roomy D4 and FFRR is out of price range
G
22nd Feb 2017 2:50 pm
FISHBOY
Member Since: 06 Sep 2010
Location: Kent
Posts: 754
Re: finally one in the flesh
artschool wrote:
so i finally got to sit in a D5.
very much like a car on the inside. rear seats do feel lower down. head height does feel low.
however i was impressed with all the gadgets and the clamshell boot is fine.
would i be tempted to switch? no, because its far too curvy. give me a box any day.
Wow - looks very BMW X1ish in that photo Last of the D4 HSE...
22nd Feb 2017 2:52 pm
Fitzy73
Member Since: 09 Feb 2014
Location: Truro
Posts: 2407
grzesiul wrote:
artschool how tall are you
I am considering switching in a while but being 6' 4" might prove it to be difficulty to replace roomy D4 and FFRR is out of price range
G
I'm 6' 5" and sat in First Edition D5 last Friday and spent quite a while adjusting the seat and steering wheel, whilst I fitted it didn't feel as comfortable as I would have thought and i also found I had to have the seat as far back as possible, something I don't currently need to do.Andy
22nd Feb 2017 3:30 pm
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6266
got to wait to have a chance to check it for myself then
looks as if D4 will be kept longer unless new Defender will be roomy if not time for G wagon ro Toyota
22nd Feb 2017 3:45 pm
geoff.
Member Since: 24 Jan 2010
Location: West kent
Posts: 8531
drove the demonstrator today at my local dealers and absolutely loved it from me
22nd Feb 2017 3:59 pm
icestationzebra
Member Since: 05 Nov 2008
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 586
Quote:
give me a box any day.
Don't worry you will get a box on your last day!!
22nd Feb 2017 4:37 pm
artschool
Member Since: 21 Aug 2016
Location: chester
Posts: 230
beanie wrote:
"Give me a box any day "
Very architectural
Guy wrote:
Or gynecological...
22nd Feb 2017 5:28 pm
artschool
Member Since: 21 Aug 2016
Location: chester
Posts: 230
grzesiul wrote:
artschool how tall are you
I am considering switching in a while but being 6' 4" might prove it to be difficulty to replace roomy D4 and FFRR is out of price range
G
6ft so there was plenty of room. whilst i was there a huge guy was checking out the 3rd row of seats. he must have been 6'4" and seemed comfy.
22nd Feb 2017 5:29 pm
artschool
Member Since: 21 Aug 2016
Location: chester
Posts: 230
i liked the car. it was a bit FFRR for my liking, but that could have been the spec on the inside.
my biggest gripe would be the offset number plate. it just looks wrong, but perhaps over time it will look a bit more normal.
22nd Feb 2017 5:31 pm
Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
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I really like the interior, it was reasonably comfortable and there are a good range of storage areas, I just couldn't get away with the exterior view. I'm sure the looks will grow on me but it just doesn't feel like a car I would want to own Not to mention it's fecking expensive Cheers Ian
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Not to mention it's fecking expensive 
