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Bibendum



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Mountain Rescue England & Wales Discovery 5

Land Rover have loaned a D5 to Mountain Rescue England & Wales to try out for a year. It is making it's way around the various teams and has just arrived with Coniston MRT.

The video below is from the Bowland Pennine MRT Facebook page - looks like they weren't holding back with it!

https://www.facebook.com/BowlandPennineMRT...962193389/
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Best place for it up a mountain in fog where nobody can see it (what a bloody ugly car) Whistle Whistle Whistle
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I'd have thought they would have given one to our mountain rescue in Merthyr/Brecon after all ours were wiped out with all the equipment the fire. If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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I am surprised they have not been loaned/donated a Defender by one of the LR specialists. More rugged than a D5 too.

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Aye Bob meant anything really but if one of these were going spare Laughing If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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As it's "on loan for a year" and it's "O" plated, that will be appearing as an a Land Rover "Ex Management Car" on a dealer's forecourt in a year then! Rolling Eyes
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I had an email recently about LR experience in Namibia using Discovery 5s, they quote about £6k/person and not obvious if that includes flights. Any takers? (Don't worry, being Africa they will certainly have some old Toyota pickup trucks available if you get stuck Very Happy .)

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Have the Police or Highway Agency taken any up ??

D5 in Batternberg .....

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Bibendum



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Stole that pic from the Coniston MRT facebook page.

They seem pretty pleased with it, a couple of comments suggest that it's generally much better than a defender off road, the only downside is it's width.

Ref Brecon MRT - apparently it was offered to them but they had already borrowed some fully equipped vehicles - the D5 is a bare vehicle.
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Largered wrote:
Have the Police or Highway Agency taken any up ??

D5 in Batternberg .....

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Highways agency are taking them. They have an 2.0 240 SD4 at the moment.

The D5 is a phenomenal car in the rough, not that the D4 wasn’t but the 5 moves up a level IMO. As with all modern LRs size is an issue. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200
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KSAR have had theirs for several months now and the feedback is good,
although it tends to be used as a command vehicle while SE4X4 Response deploy their troops Whistle





Dave DAVE.
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Re: Mountain Rescue England & Wales Discovery 5

Bibendum wrote:
Land Rover have loaned a D5 to Mountain Rescue England & Wales to try out for a year. It is making it's way around the various teams and has just arrived with Coniston MRT.

The video below is from the Bowland Pennine MRT Facebook page - looks like they weren't holding back with it!

https://www.facebook.com/BowlandPennineMRT...962193389/


I presume it didnt make it up the hill (@01.59) as the video cut to the next scene. Very Happy Jules
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Yes agree with that, the moment I saw his approach I knew he wouldn't make it.

Seems he put into practise the first part of responsible 4x4 driving .... 'as slow as possible'
.... but forgot the second part ..... 'as fast as necessary'

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The text on facebook says it was a "practice failed hill climb"...... Laughing
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Cave Rescue in Yorkshire (CRO) have just had the pass around D5 for the last 2 weeks. I think I am safe in saying it never got underground. Laughing FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
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