Thread: Disappointed in the D5 / waiting for the Defender

Lets face it I doubt that there are any new 4WD's on the market that are 100% equipped for hard core touring or extreme off road work available and All of them would require some modifications to make them suitable for that sort of role.
Even though the new D5 looks far too "Pretty" to go bush bashing in and any panel damage would become quite an expensive issue the truck itself is more advanced than any of the previous Discoveries and the basic upgrades like Bullbar, winch, rear draws etc. etc. will eventually become available So like it's predecessors the D3 and D4 that were also considered to be too "Pretty" I am quietly confident that we will eventually see these kitted out as hard core offroaders.
The cost of these are way above my pay grade But IF I did have the spare quids I would be seriously be looking at these after the dust settles and all the different models have been released.

Found a resource (non-LR so perhaps not authoritative) for available tyre sizes on D5:
255/60R19
235/65R19
255/55R20
275/45ZR21

They are all around 31" OD. Not bad! Sidewalls are all somewhere between 4" and 6"

Originally Posted by trout1105

Lets face it I doubt that there are any new 4WD's on the market that are 100% equipped for hard core touring or extreme off road work available and All of them would require some modifications to make them suitable for that sort of role.

....G Professional Wagon is the only one.

Originally Posted by trout1105

Even though the new D5 looks far too "Pretty" to go bush bashing in and any panel damage would become quite an expensive issue the truck itself is more advanced than any of the previous Discoveries and the basic upgrades like Bullbar, winch, rear draws etc. etc. will eventually become available So like it's predecessors the D3 and D4 that were also considered to be too "Pretty" I am quietly confident that we will eventually see these kitted out as hard core offroaders.
The cost of these are way above my pay grade But IF I did have the spare quids I would be seriously be looking at these after the dust settles and all the different models have been released.

...Yeah true, in 3 or 4 years perhaps, but next Defender will be here by then.

I doubt the D5 even has a warning seeing as most think its only a school bus. Cheers Ean

Not many have a gearbox temp gauge. ...Amarok doesn't even have an engine temp gauge! 😳

Originally Posted by Zeros

Not many have a gearbox temp gauge. ...Amarok doesn't even have an engine temp gauge!

A lot don't have an engine temp guage. Who looks at guages anyway

Originally Posted by Zeros

Not many have a gearbox temp gauge. ...Amarok doesn't even have an engine temp gauge!

Hardly need a temp gauge on a trans - the sensor should warn before damage point...

And Yes it (the Rok) does...

Originally Posted by Zeros

Not many have a gearbox temp gauge. ...Amarok doesn't even have an engine temp gauge! 😳

Some Colorado models have a temp gauge for the auto.

Many engine coolant temp gauges are basically useless as they are electronically controlled,D2 being a good example.Once the gauge is in or close to the red,the engine is shagged.

Originally Posted by Tombie

And Yes it (the Rok) does...

Must have changed...the first Roks didn't.