snappa wrote:

"A dry bush"

Your local community pharmacist can help you with that

My DS is due to be collected today 3pm.
It will be an interesting experience as I haven't actually seen the car, I purchased it based on colour / price and spec. 

My friend picked up his new DS yesterday. I was surprised at how 'cheap' it was. He got a HSE Auto, privacy glass, Corris grey metallic paint, 5 year service plan, space saver spare wheel plus his on the road charges including a years tax and it came to just under £40,500. That's only £6,650 dearer than I've just paid for my 3 year old Evoque! Maybe I paid too much for mine? Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

You drive a Range Rover, unlike us mere Land Rover mortals.

Bare in mind the HSE is more mid spec, with the Lux and Dynamic above it. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

pcheaven wrote:

Keep an eye out. U may. See it In Cumbria /lake district.

Kendal Asda Frii evening ? Saw one there, certainly stands out !  FL2 Ex D2, D3, RRS, etc. now all gone.

Did it arrive?

Steve D wrote:

My friend picked up his new DS yesterday. I was surprised at how 'cheap' it was. He got a HSE Auto, privacy glass, Corris grey metallic paint, 5 year service plan, space saver spare wheel plus his on the road charges including a years tax and it came to just under £40,500. That's only £6,650 dearer than I've just paid for my 3 year old Evoque! Maybe I paid too much for mine?

Maybe it was Ms Beckham,s Evoke ...  Wales
Were the mud is thicker, and the ruts are deeper.
(And we have the water to wash it off, and more on the way..! )
Sd4 and chrome Ar*e piece, Auto box for best fun
09 Xs Gone
12 xs Gone
HSE with Leather seats and 4 years warrenty.. staying for now !

and a few actual pictures

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Gee's those issues with the DS are terrible, I really think LR rushed the DS out too soon, I have never liked the look of the rear end and the dashboard design looks really cheap - and not offering a 5 seat from launch was also a bad move. Let's hope the new Discovery looks nothing like the renderings currently being offered by the motoring press (basically sticking a foot on the back of the DS and a raised roof towards the rear), as much as I hate to say it but LR should have kept the FL2 going for another year or so, perhaps just offering one or two trim levels - it would have sold... Now - 2017 BMW X3 M Sport Carbon Black
Gone - 2014 BMW X3 M Sport Space Grey, faultless!
Gone - 2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Bali Blue with xenons
Gone - 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Rimini Red with bodykit

Nice, love the colour.

PCH

I hope that you enjoy your new car, I haven't seen an orange one on the road, but thought it looked good when I saw one in the showroom.

Mine has now arrived! Happy as a pig in poo, just a shame I got home late as you can tell by the first photograph...

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Well, its been a couple of months, but I still love my DS

Fuel economy (2.2 engine) is always 20% better that any of my auto FLS'2 ever did
Ride is much better, especially when cornering
MUCH more space inside
9 Speed auto box is amazing when compared to the FL2 6 speed bag of marbles - press pedal, car moves!!!
Rear seats are genuinely useful for the smaller kids
Heated seats work, just much slower than FL2, and not as hot - I feel a CCF edit coming here
DAB radio is a different beast to that in my FL2's - it has a signal almost always, which is a new experience for me
Panoramic roof is waste of money would much rather have towbar/roof rails
Climate control is clunky to use, needs too many button/screen presses for my liking
media playback via USB is still cr@p, very limited codec support for videos.
InControl is a waste of time, the dedicated usb port does not provide enough power to keep phone charged
no Off road Nav in My meridian system ( early MOST system ) later models with Meridian dont have this issue
Build quality is generally pretty good, though some cheap plastics if u look hard enough

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Glad your enjoying it

Can't see me going back to one though. The Disco 5 hasn't captured my imagination either, I'm pining my hopes on the next Defender. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Pining or pinning!