Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6261
For me it would be the Custom Tourneo Sport 170 auto if I needed masses of space.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
16th Jun 2018 5:09 pm
Canburne
Member Since: 15 Jan 2013
Location: Devon
Posts: 2029
Dan_NL wrote:
Transit van ? Lower threshold and a lot cheaper then any JLR product..
What is it like off road then??.
"the inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings....the inherent vice of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries" Winston Churchill
2016 D4 Landmark Club Waitomo ...or is it Club Tempest????
2015 D4 HSE Aintree Green
16th Jun 2018 6:52 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6261
It rolls pretty well 23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
16th Jun 2018 6:56 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
When I need space now, I use this:
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Wish I'd done it years ago! (and wish I'd bought the size up now...)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!)
16th Jun 2018 6:57 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6261
It’s even got matching wheels 23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
16th Jun 2018 8:06 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
No half measures! 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!)
16th Jun 2018 8:36 pm
Dixie Dean
Member Since: 06 May 2006
Location: Halewood
Posts: 298
Red Merle wrote:
When I need space now, I use this:
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How does the FFRR compare space wise? Is the drive really much worse than the Disco?2008 D3 HSE Stornoway Grey with Ebony Leather, towing a Coachman VIP 575
16th Jun 2018 8:37 pm
mse
Member Since: 27 Jun 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 2702
The velar is great, but it cant tow enough and doesnt have air as standard
The evoque is surprisingly capable and drives really too, but is tiny in the bolt...but for a car is really good
The entire line up has merits, for me sport is calling me back!Mike
16th Jun 2018 8:58 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
@ Dixie Dean - In a nutshell:
Slightly more spacious in the front and back seats. The floor of the boot is virtually the same size, although the boot floor is higher off the ground in the FF.
Where the FF falls short is that the roof is lower, the sides of the boot taper in from the window line upwards and the rear seats don’t fold flat. It’s very lacking in the D4’s cubbyholes too.
However, by all conventional standards, it’s still extremely spacious.
The steering is a lot lighter than the D4 and has less feeling, but with the SDV8, its roll on corners is much more controlled. Fitted with the SDV6, unsurprisingly, it’s very like driving a D5 but with a lower c of g. With the SDV8 it’s extremely quick.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!)
16th Jun 2018 9:20 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6261
mse wrote:
The velar is great, but it cant tow enough and doesnt have air as standard
The evoque is surprisingly capable and drives really too, but is tiny in the bolt...but for a car is really good
The entire line up has merits, for me sport is calling me back!
Air was standard on the V6 cars but LR has been penny pinching on the 19MY and it’s now optional. Along with adaptive dampers 23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
16th Jun 2018 9:32 pm
mse
Member Since: 27 Jun 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 2702
TBH i thought it was optional already, but eitherway it now is. Air is so much nicerMike
17th Jun 2018 5:03 pm
Grianaig
Member Since: 08 Jul 2014
Location: Tyne and Wear
Posts: 1286
I cannot manage without air. 2014 MY Discovery XS Indus Silver. Sadly gone. Second last LR of forty eight years continuous ownership.
17th Jun 2018 5:11 pm
fishinmad
Member Since: 30 Jan 2012
Location: St Ives
Posts: 877
With air, can you raise and lower it like the D3/4?Club Narpy Torch
“No return to boom and bust†Gordon Brown when chancellor
He has been proved right, now there is only bust!
17th Jun 2018 5:18 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6261
Yes. Increases wading depth from 600mm to 650mm.
I test drove one on air yes it was nice but the coils with adaptive dampers are comfortable enough running on 20” rims, can’t say I miss the air to be honest.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
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