Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
It's just a cruel tease by LR!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!)
22nd Nov 2015 8:00 am
azurar01
Member Since: 24 Feb 2011
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 509
Finally decided with my D4 just at 5 years old it might be time to update, only to find no HSE.
Worse still, the new Landmark version does not appear to be configurable on the website with locking rear diff.
I've rasied a question direct with LR about whether it can be added.
Does anyone on here know if it can still be ordered ?D4 SDV6 HSE 11MY - Gone
D3 TDV6 HSE 08MY - Gone
9th Jan 2016 11:17 am
RDR
Member Since: 24 Mar 2013
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 2260
Unless you can find the spec you want as dealer stock I think you will be stuck. Was in the dealers yesterday and they said they were losing quite a few sales.MY06 S - Gone but not forgotten
MY12 HSE - Gone
MY16 HSE Luxury - Sold
MY20 D5 HSE - Sold
Current RR L460 PHEV
9th Jan 2016 11:38 am
azurar01
Member Since: 24 Feb 2011
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 509
Agreed, and strangely enough LR have now removed the ability to filter the rear locking diff off the used vehicle section too.D4 SDV6 HSE 11MY - Gone
D3 TDV6 HSE 08MY - Gone
9th Jan 2016 11:44 am
kentishdisco
Member Since: 28 Oct 2009
Location: Kent
Posts: 38
Member Since: 24 Feb 2011
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 509
Thanks good spot.
Looks like its only available on the lower spec Graphite. But at least its still there.D4 SDV6 HSE 11MY - Gone
D3 TDV6 HSE 08MY - Gone
9th Jan 2016 12:40 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
RDR wrote:
Was in the dealers yesterday and they said they were losing quite a few sales.
Interesting...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!)
10th Jan 2016 7:26 am
Someone-Gone
Member Since: 21 Dec 2015
Location: Gone
Posts: 5117
Time to make a choice I think. I believe the new D5 will be pushed beyond most but the deepest pockets. I had a DS out last week, a HSE Lux and was impressed. I could live with it without compromising too much on size and the prices were okay.
10th Jan 2016 8:16 am
Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Posts: 17932
It's quite hard to live with the next generation of Freelander when you have paid D4 money.Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
The Dundonian wrote:
Time to make a choice I think. I believe the new D5 will be pushed beyond most but the deepest pockets. I had a DS out last week, a HSE Lux and was impressed. I could live with it without compromising too much on size and the prices were okay.
What are your choices between?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!)
10th Jan 2016 11:54 am
Someone-Gone
Member Since: 21 Dec 2015
Location: Gone
Posts: 5117
Hadn't thought of anything else other than a Land Rover. I'd limit myself to not spending more than the early £40's. I like the D4, but now it's out of warranty, it's maybe time to change, plus I hate forking out £500 for the excise licence. I was quite surprised I got on so well with the Sport. You still have the option of the 7 seats if needed and I've only used them half a dozen times in three years, plus the new Infotainment is just about instant.
10th Jan 2016 12:22 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6261
Disco Sport
*Rattling parcel shelf, mines lived in the shed
*B pillar rattle
*2nd row seating rattle
*Lack of height adjust for front seatbelts
*Clumsy infotainment, what happened to just pressing a button to change the blowers instead of 3
*Poor ambient lighting not as shown in the brochure
*3rd row seat belts don't stay in the little clips when not used, more rattles
*Rear seats don't fold flat.
*Advertised with command driving position. No it doesn't
*Reverse lights poor, even with LED upgrade
I do like the look of it.
Those that love it, love it and those that hate it, hate it.
23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
10th Jan 2016 1:51 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
The Dundonian wrote:
Hadn't thought of anything else other than a Land Rover. I'd limit myself to not spending more than the early £40's. I like the D4, but now it's out of warranty, it's maybe time to change, plus I hate forking out £500 for the excise licence. I was quite surprised I got on so well with the Sport. You still have the option of the 7 seats if needed and I've only used them half a dozen times in three years, plus the new Infotainment is just about instant.
If you go for the DS, I hope it works out well for you.
But, when I looked at the DS when still had the FL2, there were too many things that were a step backwards from the FL2, let alone the D4: The barely "command" driving position, the poor view out of the front, the way I had to duck down low to get into the back seat and the non fold down flat back seat. If circumstances meant that I had to go back to an FL2, I could deal with it. I wouldn't be happy with a Disco Sport.
Looking on Autotrader, with a budget somewhere between "early 40's" and the price of a new DS HSE Lux could get you a near new D4 HSE, complete with low RFL. That'd be a nice easy choice 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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10th Jan 2016 4:45 pm
lespes
Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Sitting Down
Posts: 2232
Prices of Freelander have been holding up extremely well, has even been a slight increase last couple of months.
There is always the F Pace, the other Freelander replacement D4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
D4 HSE MY12 Marmais Teal: Gone. Missed a lot!
Freelander 2 SD HSE MY11 Silver:Thankfully gone.
D4 HSE MY11 Silver: Gone missed !
Range Rover Sport MY06 HSE Buck Blue: Gone missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Facelift MY Red Gone Missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Cobalt Blue: Gone Missed!
Discovery D1 Auto Oxford Blue Not missed at all!
Discovery D1 Avalon Blue First LR! missed!
Now demoted to a VW
10th Jan 2016 4:51 pm
dubbs
Member Since: 18 Apr 2012
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 3626
The DS I found a step down in terms of trim and general feel about the cabin - it's very car-like to me and nowhere near as nice as my D4.
The driving position in relation to the bonnet line, and in fact the whole front style/design is not conducive to knowing where you are placing your car unlike the D4 - whilst I'm sure it is something you get used to it, to me, is the reason they then need to worry about things like transparent bonnet tech.
The infotainment system in the DS's I have had from the LR dealer have been shocking - poor satnav performance (in terms of just hanging on the screen for ages, sometimes as long as the journey!!), the whole system isn't intuitive at all for the common everyday stuff I use. The D4 system isn't perfect but it is far far better than the DS.
I'd go as far as to say if they used the same plastics, some level of build QA and same infotainment system as the DS on the D5 it would be enough for me to steer well clear of the replacement.MY15 DIY Black Pack (Better than factory and half the price!)
Prospeed rock/tree sliders w/steps
HSE Winter wheels
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Travall Cargo Guard
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