ronp
Joined: 29 Nov 2006
Location: Lost in my own space!
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Just noticed - no mudflaps??
Is that cos they'd have to be colour coded and then look really naff?
Just wondering how the G4 model is going to turn out in body coloured tangiers?
It's the current black n orange contrast that makes it what it is.
[sorry Nick, not meaning to have a go, just passing comment] Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.
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Morphy Richards 7w "Dual" Food Processor
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Pelyma
Joined: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Clymping, Sussex
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Mudflaps haven't been standard for years! DS3 TDV6 HSE
Silver with Alpacca (old one)
DS3 TDV6 HSE
Silver with Alpacca (new one)
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| Tue Jul 15 2008 5:57pm |
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ronp
Joined: 29 Nov 2006
Location: Lost in my own space!
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 Oh ..... they were on mine!!
I forgot, they keep on taking bits off through the years.
mudflaps, screen ticket holders, number plate mounts ..etc etc.
Reckon I'm one of the lucky ones then!
 Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.
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Morphy Richards 7w "Dual" Food Processor
[complete with addittional bowl and changeable blades]
Only 70p at a store near you!
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WOODY179
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Derbyshire, UK
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ronp wrote:I forgot, they keep on taking bits off through the years.
mudflaps, screen ticket holders, number plate mounts
I've got all of them on my 2006 HSE but whoever bought my old 2005 HSE hasn't  Zambezi Silver TDV6 HSE, Privacy glass, Side steps and Maxxraxx 5 Bike carrier.
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AVE
Joined: 13 Nov 2006
Location: In the land of the Superlambanana
Posts: 717
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WOODY179 wrote:
I've got all of them on my 2006 HSE but whoever bought my old 2005 HSE hasn't
I like your way of thinking!!  Disco 3 TDV6 HSE
Mini Cooper
Previous car: Disco 2 V8
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| Tue Jul 15 2008 9:08pm |
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sideview
Joined: 02 Dec 2006
Location: in the valley
Posts: 1243
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Kind of city-fies him  I'm not so good at giving advice...may I offer you a sarcastic comment instead?
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FleurT
Joined: 05 Mar 2008
Location: Warwickshire
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Just in case you want a girly point of view, I like it. However I do agree on the scratch comments, it does look a bit shiney and special and for one of those that only cleans (polishes) it when it looks really bad maybe not a good thing. Is it trying a bit too hard for a Disco?? Is it trying to be an FFRR??
Ps, just had an interesting eve at local, where I overheard a couple of blokes discussing my Disco3 (parked in carpark in full view in amongst a Jag, Aston Martin, FFRR and, X5, and well over due for a valet/makeover!), "what a great vehicle, nice lines, mmmmn might test drive one this week!" For the first time in my life felt very chuffed about my choice of vehicles and aren't I a lucky girl! If at first you don't succeed.... destroy all evidence that you tried in the first place!!
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rhffgb
Joined: 27 Sep 2007
Location: Sultanate of Oman, Middle East
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Aw c'mon. Scratcheson the bumper and the door handles! If you're gonna use the D3 for its designed purpose, you're going to have to accept a few minor battle scars over time, and most of those can be polished out in any event. Mine seems to be the only one in Muscat that's got anything other than RTA and reversing scars!! It's a LAND ROVER for goodness sakes.
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hernan1304
Joined: 28 Feb 2008
Location: Dubai
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| Re: New 09MY Disco3 HSE (PHOTOS) |
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The Large One wrote:
Of course it looks fine in stornoway and I'm sure in most dark colors it will be OK, but if you get it in a light color it will just be too much of an unbroken expanse of the same thing...
Perhaps a grille like the Range Rovers (the silver thing that looks like a cheese grater) would help?
I think for the lighter colors the A-bar with driving lamps will become a must-have accessory, just to break it up a little.
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whatthehelldoiknow
Joined: 16 Jul 2008
Location: B92
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simon wrote:Are the unpainted parts still available as an option on the SE and HSE ? I understand that un colour coded plastics are on the lower spec models?
Grained parts available on base-spec models, not optional on SE/HSE. --
What the hell do I know?
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| Wed Jul 16 2008 9:25am |
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Gazzer
Joined: 30 Nov 2006
Location: Guildford, Surrey **2008 TDV6 HSE**
Posts: 221
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I just don't think it works. If they are going to colour code the bumpers, then they needed to redesign them so that they would look 'right' once sprayed.
The wheels are the worst I've seen from LR.
No thanks.
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| Wed Jul 16 2008 11:34am |
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crews control
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 401
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I really like it...
...because it doesn't make me want a new one!!!
(big savings)
 Paul
D3 TDV6 HSE
Buckingham Black / Alpacca Leather
...This message written with recycled electrons...
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| Wed Jul 16 2008 12:36pm |
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whatthehelldoiknow
Joined: 16 Jul 2008
Location: B92
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The 09MY and pre-09MY are actually different bumpers.
Pre-09MY retains grained corners to supply spares. 09MY does not have grained corners to eliminate need for grain-filling primers. --
What the hell do I know?
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| Wed Jul 16 2008 12:48pm |
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max099
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Somewhere in the wild, wild east
Posts: 52
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Somehow the 'new' disco looks like it felt in a paint-pot
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bobbycrispbox
Joined: 15 May 2006
Location: The Peaks
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I'll be secifying my 09 HSE with grey bumpers and wheel arches. And if I can't get them to build it that way, I'll just have to buy the grey plastics and swap them over  Oh, and the HSE wheels will be on ebay pretty smartish too.
The shiny bits, particularly the kick panel at the bottom of the lower tailgate, are just not practical for me.
Of course, its horses for courses, but it's not my cup of tea. mooie koplampen
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