DG
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Maybe not record selling ...but Discovery 5 sales are 8% up on January 2017 ...and more notably it's current volumes are on par with or above D4 Fiscal YTD sales in Jan 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16. 
The bogan sissy wagon doing good
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 8th Feb 2018 11:34 am |
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J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
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Tripe wrote:J77
Aren't you the guy who spent all last year using all our time trying to talk up the D5? And then you are so happy with it, you dumped it for a Velar?
Most of us, were smart enough to let the market evaluate the D5 first and the feedback is in, its a Turkey.
The D5 needs some balls, it's just a sissy wagon for inner city Climate change believers.
I can't find any articles about how the D5 is smashing sales records?
Yes traded it in for a Velar because I spend 90% of the time in it on my own. And if you read my thread you’ll see I had issues with car which I shared on here. I don’t need a car with balls to be a man 
But it seems you can’t take light hearted banter. 23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
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| 8th Feb 2018 12:19 pm |
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Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
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DG wrote: ...but Discovery 5 sales are 8% up on January 2017
January 2017? Wasn’t that half way through the period where the production line was down and series production of the 5 hadn’t yet begun? 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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| 8th Feb 2018 1:54 pm |
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Canburne
Member Since: 15 Jan 2013
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Well the truth is always a bit incovenient.....  .
"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
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| 8th Feb 2018 1:57 pm |
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DG
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Maybe ...but if you want to nit pick, forget January 17 ...January 18 is still up on all the D4 years
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| 8th Feb 2018 2:10 pm |
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Bello35
Member Since: 14 Mar 2017
Location: Bretagne.
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J77 wrote:Tripe wrote:J77
Aren't you the guy who spent all last year using all our time trying to talk up the D5? And then you are so happy with it, you dumped it for a Velar?
Most of us, were smart enough to let the market evaluate the D5 first and the feedback is in, its a Turkey.
The D5 needs some balls, it's just a sissy wagon for inner city Climate change believers.
I can't find any articles about how the D5 is smashing sales records?
Yes traded it in for a Velar because I spend 90% of the time in it on my own. And if you read my thread you’ll see I had issues with car which I shared on here. I don’t need a car with balls to be a man
But it seems you can’t take light hearted banter.
J77, you are the one who "can't take light hearted banter"! Always calling obsessed (your favourite word) whoever dares to criticize the D5 in anyway.
If you "spend 90% of your time on your own", you should buy a motorbike and not a Velar!
You told Tripe to "go out more", with contempt...well, you got the answer you deserved mate!
Besides, he lives in the most notorious country in the world for outdoor living...
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| 8th Feb 2018 2:26 pm |
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DG
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Genitalmen please keep it civil 
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| 8th Feb 2018 2:29 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
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 DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 8th Feb 2018 2:31 pm |
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jimbg
Member Since: 19 Apr 2013
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not heard that one before
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| 8th Feb 2018 2:32 pm |
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Philip1972
Member Since: 10 Mar 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
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DG wrote:Maybe not record selling ...but Discovery 5 sales are 8% up on January 2017 ...and more notably it's current volumes are on par with or above D4 Fiscal YTD sales in Jan 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16.
The bogan sissy wagon doing good
Its like any new model really, no one likes it, but over time it grows on people.
I hated it initially, but the more I see (especially in some trim levels and colours) the more I thinks its actually OK.
I am just £70k short 
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| 8th Feb 2018 2:49 pm |
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Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
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Red Merle wrote:Here, when styling is a complete dud, we'd say that “it divides opinion” or, worst of all, “it’ll grow on you/us/me” (like it’s somehow us that are falling short!  ). Honestly? It all sounds like something from Colin Firth’s character in Kingsman!
Philip1972 wrote:Its like any new model really, no one likes it, but over time it grows on people.
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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| 8th Feb 2018 2:57 pm |
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Philip1972
Member Since: 10 Mar 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
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I know I know, I am a sheep!
Jusy feelings on the matter.
Just to clear though, I would MUCH rather have a D4.
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| 8th Feb 2018 3:02 pm |
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Dusty
Member Since: 23 Sep 2013
Location: London
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DG wrote:Maybe not record selling ...but Discovery 5 sales are 8% up on January 2017 ...and more notably it's current volumes are on par with or above D4 Fiscal YTD sales in Jan 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16.
The bogan sissy wagon doing good
How many are 'real sales' though and not figures manipulated by pre-registered examples.
LR Approved currently showing 456 D5's for sale, that's a lot of 2nd hand cars for a model not quite a year old
I'm not a serial D5 basher by the way, apart from the over fussy rear end I think it's a nice looking vehicle. I'm just struggling with the cost to change being in excess of £35k to 'upgrade' from my 2015 D4 Discovery 4 HSE
SDV6
2015
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| 8th Feb 2018 3:34 pm |
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defector
Member Since: 23 Feb 2009
Location: Greater Manchester
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Ramraiders favourite that rear end of a D5.
After each ram raid you could park it up and no-one would be the wiser.
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| 8th Feb 2018 3:46 pm |
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J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
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Dusty wrote:DG wrote:Maybe not record selling ...but Discovery 5 sales are 8% up on January 2017 ...and more notably it's current volumes are on par with or above D4 Fiscal YTD sales in Jan 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16.
The bogan sissy wagon doing good
How many are 'real sales' though and not figures manipulated by pre-registered examples.
LR Approved currently showing 456 D5's for sale, that's a lot of 2nd hand cars for a model not quite a year old
I'm not a serial D5 basher by the way, apart from the over fussy rear end I think it's a nice looking vehicle. I'm just struggling with the cost to change being in excess of £35k to 'upgrade' from my 2015 D4
One of the 456 will be mine.
Robbing gits offered £40k and it’s selling for £48k. 23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
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| 8th Feb 2018 6:58 pm |
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