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Does anyone ever actually read it?
29th Apr 2015 12:55 am
Moo D3 Decade
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or care?New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
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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
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29th Apr 2015 7:32 am
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
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That'll be a "Yes" and a "Yes".
To illustrate the point, in 2012 I visited the North East of England to check out a holiday cottage on the moors. I'd found a green lane to access it by and on the OS map and Google Earth it didn't looked too bad. When I got there, I got half way along it and found that one of the stretches was covered in very large stones, was steep and pretty narrow. I parked to the side of the lane and walked it, before driving it.
When I got back to the car, there was a local standing by it, so I said "hello". She asked me if I was having a problem with my satnav and treated me like an idiot tourist! I tried to explain what I was doing, but she didn't really take it in. But, when she walked to the front of the car, she saw the leading edge of the bonnet and said "Oh, it's a Land Rover!!". After that, her attitude changed completely; she was really helpful and I got a lot of udeful local information from her.
"Discovery" may mean a lot to us, but "Land Rover" means around 10 times more to the general public!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!)
29th Apr 2015 8:07 am
DG Site Moderator
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First world problem ...can't you moan about something more serious like the outside getting wet when it rains and then leaving watermarks on the paintwork 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
29th Apr 2015 8:14 am
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
Dirt on my paintwork is the last thing I'm going to be complaining about
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(Mine's NOT the black one )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!)
29th Apr 2015 8:42 am
Pedros
Member Since: 25 Jun 2011
Location: Cumbria
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Ha. I remember trading in my Disco 2 at the dealers. I had gone in "just for a look" as you do and didn't envisage anything more than that. The car wasn't clean, having been used for carting feed across mucky fields. "Ah don't worry" said the sales person "we've part exchanged Land Rovers with sheep in the back before now".
29th Apr 2015 10:24 am
Robbie
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Was DG finished with the sheep?
Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
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Well my 2010 D4 HSE had LR on the bonnet and on several occasions people referred to it as a Range Rover. I'm not actually aware of anyone ever thinking my Discovery wasn't an LR though and even if they did I wouldn't care. I know it's hard to comprehend, but there's plenty of people out there who have no interest whatsoever in cars
The new lettering really isn't a problem to me whatsoever. Despite my initial negative reaction, I've never once considered changing it.2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography
29th Apr 2015 11:06 am
Red Merle
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Pedros wrote:
Ha. I remember trading in my Disco 2 at the dealers. I had gone in "just for a look" as you do and didn't envisage anything more than that. The car wasn't clean, having been used for carting feed across mucky fields. "Ah don't worry" said the sales person "we've part exchanged Land Rovers with sheep in the back before now".
Robbie wrote:
Was DG finished with the sheep?
DG wrote:
Did someone say "Sheep"
Red Merle wrote:
Dirt on my paintwork is the last thing I'm going to be complaining about
You appear to have some normal roadfilm on your FL2
Here is my first D3 ....it is Silver
Now that's funny!
DG? That's proper!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!)
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29th Apr 2015 11:14 am
Red Merle
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LT wrote:
Well my 2010 D4 HSE had LR on the bonnet and on several occasions people referred to it as a Range Rover. I'm not actually aware of anyone ever thinking my Discovery wasn't an LR though and even if they did I wouldn't care. I know it's hard to comprehend, but there's plenty of people out there who have no interest whatsoever in cars
The new lettering really isn't a problem to me whatsoever. Despite my initial negative reaction, I've never once considered changing it.
I'm proud to own a Land Rover
I get a lot of stick from the BMW and Mercedes driving plebs in the company and however much stick I get, it just gets me more determined to put them in their place!
That Land Rover badge is a statement of defiance in a car park full of Bavarian clones! 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!)
29th Apr 2015 11:18 am
LT
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But that was my point, I'm not actually aware of anyone not thinking that my Disco wasn't a Land Rover. Even those who thought is was a FFRR knew that it was a Land Rover.
The Discovery name has been around for many years now and is associated with Land Rover almost as strongly as the Defender is.
I can see that the Discovery Sport might be mistaken for another marque, but IMO the D4/5 is very distinctively a Land Rover, even if it had no badges whatsoever. Those who know anything about cars will know it's a Land Rover and those who don't, well so what!2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography
29th Apr 2015 11:37 am
adam
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When I thumped my D4 on the M5 last year it needed a new bonnet - came back from the repairers with LANDROVER on the bonnet (no space between the D & R)
I'll get round to changing it one day
When I can be arsed
29th Apr 2015 11:52 am
Red Merle
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Location: Liskeard
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DG wrote:
Did someone say "Sheep"
Red Merle wrote:
Dirt on my paintwork is the last thing I'm going to be complaining about
You appear to have some normal roadfilm on your FL2
Here is my first D3 ....it is Silver
DG: That's suspiciously brown and wet looking. It hasn't been "passed" by a cow, has it?! 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!)
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29th Apr 2015 7:47 pm
Dave
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You wouldn't catch him doing that now, or many others in fact Captain Nick Medhurst would ask:
"What is the first rule when overlanding?"
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I tried to explain what I was doing, but she didn't really take it in. But, when she walked to the front of the car, she saw the leading edge of the bonnet and said "
...can't you moan about something more serious like the outside getting wet when it rains and then leaving watermarks on the paintwork 
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