Member Since: 10 Jun 2010
Location: Towcester
Posts: 997
So... what is in the back of a Commercial?
Way back in the mists of time, I wondered what the back of a commercial looked like...
I asked the dealer but they just looked blank...
I peered in the back of one of our suppliers but that just looked full...
Here for your viewing pleasure (and to stop me e-mailing large files to perfect strangers on a regular basis...) is a quick peek in the back of a Discovery 4 Commercial!
Had to take the photos with the door open as the black plastic and rubber matting is some sort of anti-matter that seems to absorb every spec of light - previous photos have ended up really dark.
What this doesn't show is that the front area (where the seats would normally go) has a false floor installed and there is a fairly cavernous space under the ply but still within the metalwork that forms the frame for the load guard. During the snow I used this space for wellies, somewhere to shove the snow shovel (didn't expect to get stuck myself but you never know who else needs your help!) and the strops and shackles went in the lockers to either side of the missing '3rd row' seats.
Hope this is of interest!D4 Commercial - 65 Plate, 2016MY
D5 Commercial - Handed back when I left that job…
D4 Commercial (2014MY) - gone
D4 Commercial SDV6 - Baltic Blue (also gone)
D1 300TDi... 2" lift, HD bumpers (both), detachable tow hitch, 9,500lb winch, 235/85/16 muds and plenty of other toys (gone to make way for the next toy...)
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24th Feb 2011 7:13 pm
sbrown
Member Since: 30 Apr 2010
Location: S. Yorkshire
Posts: 86
Thanks for the pics - pick mine up next Friday so these will help me start planning what I'm doing with the back a little!!
Cheers
Steve
24th Feb 2011 7:34 pm
srsmithy
Member Since: 30 Dec 2010
Location: Dudley
Posts: 48
Plenty of room for dogs!!
Simon,
D4 Commercial SDV6, Lux pack ++ .....
24th Feb 2011 11:08 pm
dick dastardly
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: wiggleigh bottom
Posts: 1112
srsmithy wrote:
Plenty of room for dogs!!
or dead bodies, shovels etc. There's one wheel on my wagon, but i'm still rollin' along, it's the cherokee, they're after me, but I'm singing a happy song
26th Feb 2011 9:22 am
NickJ
Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
Location: there's no f in point
Posts: 2137
Thanks for the pics, I was wondering too what a commercial was all about. Howecer I'm surprised that all the plastic side panels are still there in the rear area, they're not flat sections, or a harder material, or ply etc.
If the vehicle is used commercially doesn't the back get hammered?
Must be difficult to get all that blood washed off
26th Feb 2011 9:30 am
srsmithy
Member Since: 30 Dec 2010
Location: Dudley
Posts: 48
Could moonlight as an undertaker, bet there's a few on here who'd give you business!Simon,
D4 Commercial SDV6, Lux pack ++ .....
26th Feb 2011 9:40 am
NickJ
Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
Location: there's no f in point
Posts: 2137
Being taxed and death, the two things in life that you can be certain of.
Unfortunately.
26th Feb 2011 9:58 am
Willy Eckerslike
Member Since: 12 Jan 2009
Location: N Yorks
Posts: 1612
You can get a set of rear seats that fold up and come with a certificate of conformity to van rules.
Member Since: 22 Jun 2008
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 762
Just ordered mine, due in early June.
I hope I have made the right decision, its replacing a full fat TD V8, but its all about vat and tax which seems a sad way to choose a car.If you are not part of the solution,you are part of the problem!
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