Member Since: 02 Sep 2014
Location: Perthshire
Posts: 136
lespes wrote:
With Landrovers pricing now got to be on parr with a Merc G wagon, no towing probs with that
G wagon looks worse than a Disco5.....be better off with a defender....but that's too agricultural
20th Jun 2017 3:00 am
XXV
Member Since: 02 Sep 2014
Location: Perthshire
Posts: 136
SafariDave wrote:
Get a FFRR.
Dave
I think it's between keeping the XXV and a FFRR ...but the infotainment is just as bad as the disco 4 and looks so dated now.
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...why did Landrover have to make a pigs ear of the new disco
20th Jun 2017 3:03 am
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
That last question of yours is something that's very difficult to come up with a rational answer to...
Don't new FFRR's have a more modern centre screen?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!)
20th Jun 2017 5:46 am
Froogle-Yorkshireman
Member Since: 28 Oct 2010
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 297
Definitely keep the XXV for a couple more years and back it up with an extended warranty.
20th Jun 2017 6:13 am
mark the spark
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: southampton
Posts: 2477
XXV wrote:
Velar is no good as it's towing capacity is
Although on another note. When I took the Disco 5 back to the dealership and gave my"constructive feedback". The sale guy advised one of his customers is getting the back door modified at a body shop "so it looks better". For £70K i'd want landrover to have got it right rather than let a pished Gerry McGovern anywhere near a design pad..
Mark the spark...where did you get the idea for the avtar?
had the avatar up since i bought it last year i hadnt seen anyone use it before so you must keep a low profile on here . i thought wed outed all the XXV owners on my "the ultimate disco "thread
think we might be up to 7 of us now then MY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
MY10 HSE D4 auto
MY14 XXV more buttons than the spaceshuttle
20th Jun 2017 8:43 am
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
I've had an enforced D4 absence for 19 days now while I've been in an RRS loaner. I've started feeling very sorry for myself every time I see a D4 go by. They really are magnificent and distinctive looking cars. I can only imagine how I'd feel I'd made this change permanently
There's only one current LR that can hold a candle to the D4 and anything else would be such a downgrade from an XXV!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!)
20th Jun 2017 11:15 am
XXV
Member Since: 02 Sep 2014
Location: Perthshire
Posts: 136
Had a FFRR 4.4D Autobiography on test for 2 days....but didn't see an extra £30K worth of motor. Ok the seats were super comfy ( Yes.... loved the massage function) and the way it drove ( adaptive dampers and all that stuff) was noticeably different from the disco.
Then used up my voucher at LRE in a FFRR Vogue 3ltr Diesel......not a great deal of difference between the 3 + 4.4ltr which was a surprise.... ok the 4.4 was a bit swifter and quicker off the mark as you'd expect.
So......both left me with the feeling of not really missing anything and no desire to spend the cash on a new set of wheels.
Keeping the XXV meantime to something better catches my eye and probably use the money on an extension...lol
6th Jan 2018 2:43 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
Glad you’ve still got the XXV and it makes a lot of sense to keep it.
Changed my D4 to a FFRR SDV8 AB since I last posted. It’s very different to the D4, more of a properly off road capable luxury car, than the ultra practical proper Land Rover that the D4 is. Bet you’d notice the difference between the V6 and the V8 on the road and away from the LRE centre - there’s a lot less roll with the V8.
It is crazy though - upgrading to a D5 should have been the obvious move; all it had to try and do was be better than the 12 year old design that it was intended to replace.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!)
6th Jan 2018 3:39 pm
D&G
Member Since: 29 Jun 2017
Location: Charente 16480
Posts: 3483
Don't understand what XXV stands for An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.” ― Millard Fillmore
2006 Disco 3
Gas Gas 300ec / Gas Gas tx249 / Bandit 1250
XR 650r / Pajero 2.8 Lifted and Safari Snorkel-gone.
6th Jan 2018 4:04 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
25 yr
6th Jan 2018 4:06 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
Anniversary
6th Jan 2018 4:06 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72786
D&G wrote:
Don't understand what XXV stands for
Roman numerals for the mpg. On a good day.
6th Jan 2018 4:10 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
That too
6th Jan 2018 4:13 pm
D&G
Member Since: 29 Jun 2017
Location: Charente 16480
Posts: 3483
An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.” ― Millard Fillmore
2006 Disco 3
Gas Gas 300ec / Gas Gas tx249 / Bandit 1250
XR 650r / Pajero 2.8 Lifted and Safari Snorkel-gone.
6th Jan 2018 4:14 pm
Russell
Member Since: 24 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
Posts: 10564
XXV wrote:
Had a FFRR 4.4D Autobiography on test for 2 days....but didn't see an extra £30K worth of motor. Ok the seats were super comfy ( Yes.... loved the massage function) and the way it drove ( adaptive dampers and all that stuff) was noticeably different from the disco.
Then used up my voucher at LRE in a FFRR Vogue 3ltr Diesel......not a great deal of difference between the 3 + 4.4ltr which was a surprise.... ok the 4.4 was a bit swifter and quicker off the mark as you'd expect.
So......both left me with the feeling of not really missing anything and no desire to spend the cash on a new set of wheels.
Keeping the XXV meantime to something better catches my eye and probably use the money on an extension...lol
D5 is way to go and the way I have gone with no regretsMY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
MY15 D4 HSE Kaikoura Stone
MY12 D4 HSE Nara Bronze Sold and gone
MY11 D4 HSE Stornaway Grey Sold and gone
D3 S spec Silver Sold and gone
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