Thread: Discovery 5

Originally Posted by scarry

Maybe it could be both,two piece and one piece,depending how it is opened.

LR are pretty good at leading the market with this type of thing.

Nar....Citreon being doing it well for years..

Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

Do you have children Mr. Landy? I do, and as much as I love heading off road and exploring this great country I take there comfort and safety into consideration. I used to look around my Defender and look at all the jagged edges, lack of bracing in the doors, airbags and creature comforts and think I can't do it to them. In a serious accident in a Defender my kids would die. I do work sometimes in aviation accident investigation and one of the things to consider is the container. That's the bit you sit in. Is it survivable? I know of many accidents in the Army Perenties where clearly it is not, especially before they fitted ROPS which I doubt your Defender has. I don't know of the capabilities of the D5 yet but I am fairly comfortable with the fact that it is a safer "Container" than your Defender. If offroad ability is your point I am happy to challenge your Defender in my D4 V8 with Ediff on 20" rims. Once I fit 18" rims you could never keep up. One thing I know for sure is that a lot of "Soccer Mums" will be ditching their D4s for a D5. There will be bargains to be had. My D4 for example, I am fairly confident, saw dirt for the first time in it's life today.

I could not agree more, as much as I love the Defender, every time I put my kids in it the thought always crossed my mind on the lack of safety, especially for whoever was unlucky enough to get the third row seat.

I feel so much more at ease having the kids in the D4..

And my money is on you if you're lining up the Discovery & Defender.

I remember we had an AULRO day back in 12 or 13, I had my new MY12 Defender Puma and we all went to Zig Zag Lithgow just out of Sydney.

I remember reaching what was called the Pipelines and thought there is no way I'm going to make it up that, it wasn't until other Defenders went first that gave me the confidence to conquer it.
I never forget implanted in my mind from that day was Terry in his silver D3, I thought this guy has got no chance getting up here and I was wondering what the hell he was doing there. I'm thinking he is going to do some serious damage.

Then all of a sudden up went the suspension and off he crawled, not only did he make it but he made it so much (I can't stress enough how much) easier than all the Defenders and there was Defenders running 35" tyres that day.

I was blown away that this luxury SUV just made us look like jokers.

I don't think MrLandy realises the capabilities of the Discovery, maybe he should watch some of the AULRO days out on YouTube.

I'm loving the comfort of my Discovery and although it probably won't get any rock action because I'm way to busy, it's nice to know it's capable of it if I need to rely on it.

Defenders are great but they are not everyday drivers, yes yes we know some people use them as everyday driving and they love them bla bla bla fact is if they had a hypothetical choice where monies etc were out of the equation then I'm sure they would choose a Discovery as an everyday driver. There is no comparison.

As far as the D5 goes, if it's as capable as the d4 then it's a winner, things can only get better.

Oh and I can't wait for the new soft road Defender to come out

All in all, Carlschmid hit the nail on the head with that reply.

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