Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13927
I like the front and the black pack helps set it off. Still hate the back though. Proportionally and aesthetically I think the XC90 works better, but its all subjective.New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
17th Mar 2017 1:11 am
crews control
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Dorset
Posts: 5011
DSL wrote:
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Is it that angle or are they selling them with 13" wheels? 2005 D3 HSE 2011 D4 Landmark 2016 D4 HSE Lux
2017 Ford Tourneo VR46
Club Waitomo
17th Mar 2017 2:11 am
fisherman
Member Since: 16 Jan 2007
Location: Hornchurch Essex
Posts: 1789
I have been looking at the D5 for a while and whilst not in the market for two or even three years was happy to give the D5 a chance. Having seen the car at the launch at the local dealers where 500 people were climbing all over it, I thought it looked ok. Nothing about it really screamed "buy me" though. I just thought it was ok. Last Saturday I visited the LR dealer in Woodford and looked at the model again. I really just don't love it. It's ok but I love my D3 and now my D4 and just don't feel bitten by the same bug with the 5. The rear is the problem and at certain angles looks more like a people carrier from Korea that a Disco. As much as I wanted to love it, I just couldn't. I'm sure those that have one are really happy but emotionally it just doesn't hit the spot. BUT I did find something else to love. A RRS Autobiography Dynamic with the silly seats in the back. I don't use the 7 seat option as often as I did but couldn't be without them. So a great compromise is to have some that are ok for a short trip to the pub/restaurant and are so much better than nothing. I saw a white RRS with the Pimento interior and the boy racer in me just went gooey at the knees. Looks like LR have kept a buyer. FFRR 2017 4.4SDV8 Autobiography. Cost so much I must be mad!
D4 HSE 2012 Like a second wife, more expensive but goes better! I almost cried this time!
D3 HSE 2006 (Almost 8 years together, true love)
Land Cruiser VX 1994 11 years together, wife cried when I p/ex'd for my D3
17th Mar 2017 9:36 am
mark the spark
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: southampton
Posts: 2477
i thought the rear was the bad bit but now looking at it again i think the front suffering from boaty mc boatface syndrome as well hopefully a facelift model will sort it all out
the first sierra was ugly but eventually improved so theres hope yet , i think they will sort it in time
and as for rear passenger temp control hasnt everyone got rear AC then lol MY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
MY10 HSE D4 auto
MY14 XXV more buttons than the spaceshuttle
17th Mar 2017 10:59 am
dantheman
Member Since: 12 Mar 2010
Location: Essex
Posts: 1723
fisherman wrote:
I saw a white RRS with the Pimento interior and the boy racer in me just went gooey at the knees. Looks like LR have kept a buyer.
You can take the boy out of Essex but you can't take Essex out the boy!! Today is the oldest you've been and the youngest you'll ever be again.
17th Mar 2017 11:06 am
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6261
mark the spark wrote:
as for rear passenger temp control hasnt everyone got rear AC then lol
Nope, can't get rear AC on a 16MY D4 due to the weight or space, can't remember the reason, by adding AdBlue 23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
17th Mar 2017 11:16 am
mark the spark
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: southampton
Posts: 2477
as if i didnt know !!
you need an ultimate disco 8)MY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
MY10 HSE D4 auto
MY14 XXV more buttons than the spaceshuttle
17th Mar 2017 6:01 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6261
Yeah you know it makes sense, D5 23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
17th Mar 2017 6:10 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
mark the spark wrote:
the first sierra was ugly but eventually improved so theres hope yet , i think they will sort it in time
I hadn't thought of the poor old '83 Sierra...
There are some surprising similarities here.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!)
17th Mar 2017 6:57 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13927
Wow! That's transformational.
From this:
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to this:
Love the improvements. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
17th Mar 2017 7:04 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72796
17th Mar 2017 7:05 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
Moo wrote:
Wow! That's transformational.
From this:
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to this:
Love the improvements.
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!)
17th Mar 2017 7:07 pm
Appledown
Member Since: 09 Mar 2017
Location: South East
Posts: 26
Saw a D5 on the outside lane of the M25 this week. It's the first time I've seen one in the wild as I missed the launch at the dealers. I want to love it but that rear end just didn't look right. Hoping I'll get used to it over time.
17th Mar 2017 7:11 pm
Fitzy73
Member Since: 09 Feb 2014
Location: Truro
Posts: 2407
My first car was a 1982 Sierra, so I have form for owning odd looking cars Andy
17th Mar 2017 8:13 pm
simonej
Member Since: 24 Aug 2014
Location: Wakefield
Posts: 103
fisherman wrote:
Nothing about it really screamed "buy me" though. I just thought it was ok. Last Saturday I visited the LR dealer in Woodford and looked at the model again. I really just don't love it. It's ok but I love my D3 and now my D4 and just don't feel bitten by the same bug with the 5. The rear is the problem and at certain angles looks more like a people carrier from Korea that a Disco. As much as I wanted to love it, I just couldn't. I'm sure those that have one are really happy but emotionally it just doesn't hit the spot. BUT I did find something else to love. A RRS Autobiography Dynamic with the silly seats in the back.
This is exactly me! I had a second look and a drive of one the other day. The drive is excellent, I can't deny that, but the whole thing just left me cold. Ignoring all the flaws of the back seats and the silly tailgate I just couldnt get excited over it, in much the same way as I can't get excited by run-of-the-mill German cars or the Discovery Sport. It just didn't feel special and is 'just a car' now so I may as well save the money and buy something cheap! I'm out!
But then I took a look at the RRS parked next to it. Wow! It was in a different league and even just sitting in it it felt special, yet it was exactly the same price as the Disco. So whilst the new discovery is a MASSIVE miss for me personally, the RRS might be an option if it's big enough.
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