Disappointed in the D5 / waiting for the Defender

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Originally Posted by Zeros

...interestingly this is the biggest thread by far in the D5 section.

Who likes the D5? and is buying one instead of waiting for new Defender?

Who has already purchased one for off road or remote area use?

I'd love to hear some rave reviews of the D5.

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The Peoples D5


Zeros, Lee had his D5 at Winter wombat when it was only a week old.... Fair enough he didn't dive into the bog holes with it.....but he wasn't scared to get it dirty, so there is at least one D5 owner that loves it and intends to use it for more than urban duties....... and it's not a poverty pack either... nice vehicle!

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Did you buy your D2a new?

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No Mate, I've never had the quids to buy a new car.
I paid 10k for my 2004 D2a just under 3years ago and since then have spent probably another 10k on her fixing and repairing various things and adding some mods.
Even if I spend another 10k on her it will be less that I would loose in depreciation over a couple of years ownership of a brand new D5 and there is nowhere a D5 can go that the D2a can't and I own every single nut and bolt of her as well [biggrin]

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Originally Posted by Bytemrk

The Peoples D5


Zeros, Lee had his D5 at Winter wombat when it was only a week old.... Fair enough he didn't dive into the bog holes with it.....but he wasn't scared to get it dirty, so there is at least one D5 owner that loves it and intends to use it for more than urban duties....... and it's not a poverty pack either... nice vehicle!

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Great to hear bytemark. 👍

Look I get the proud feelings of doing some great tracks with a completely stock vehicle. But the truth is when those tracks lose their appeal or you start having to get winched out etc then you go up in tyre size and do a lift. It's simple stuff.

Cheers

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Originally Posted by trout1105

No Mate, I've never had the quids to buy a new car.
I paid 10k for my 2004 D2a just under 3years ago and since then have spent probably another 10k on her fixing and repairing various things and adding some mods.
Even if I spend another 10k on her it will be less that I would loose in depreciation over a couple of years ownership of a brand new D5 and there is nowhere a D5 can go that the D2a can't and I own every single nut and bolt of her as well [biggrin]

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Cool... but in a similar vein.... when a D5 is 10 years old it by comparison will be affordable as well [emoji6]

I remember how much the LRs cost me new, and all were majorly off road within 1,000km of ownership...

I own every single but and bolt on my D4... it’s been everywhere without issue... and having taken the very Modified D2 our against it.. I’d say it holds it own far better than most expect...

I’m still a strong supporter of the D2s. I really like them (there’s one in my driveway)

Nice one Tombie.

Cheers

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Originally Posted by Zeros

...interestingly this is the biggest thread by far in the D5 section.

Who likes the D5? and is buying one instead of waiting for new Defender?

Who has already purchased one for off road or remote area use?

I'd love to hear some rave reviews of the D5.

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I’m a fan - IF they can have Barwork up front...
So when A company releases a Winch Bar.. the order will be placed...

And offroad shots posted 48 hours after taking delivery... just like the D4 and D90 had [emoji6]

And when the new Defender comes out, same deal... and the 90 will go in the workshop [emoji48]

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Originally Posted by Tombie

I’m a fan - IF they can have Barwork up front...
So when A company releases a Winch Bar.. the order will be placed...

And offroad shots posted 48 hours after taking delivery... just like the D4 and D90 had [emoji6]

And when the new Defender comes out, same deal... and the 90 will go in the workshop [emoji48]

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Will you buy a D5 Tombie?

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Originally Posted by Zeros

Will you buy a D5 Tombie?

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See post above....

If someone develops frontal protection - yes...

Where I live and work I wouldn’t own anything without Bar work!

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Originally Posted by rammypluge

I am not at all claiming to be expert in code reading or plugging in etc. However, one thing i have heard, is what if you have a fuel problem, and then need to reprime the system? You can do that with the right cable and a laptop, in my case anyway, but i expect not with a simple code reader/clearer. You would have to power the pump directly, which could be a pita. Modern diesels to my knowledge dont tend to have the manual priming pumps that older diesels had.

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The 2.2l defenders have an electric fuel pump in the tank. The ECU has code in labelled “run dry prevention strategy” which pulls a series of stunts to ensure that pump never runs dry and needs priming (first the low fuel sound/lamp operates, then as fuel level reaches another lower preset volume the ECU fakes an engine “miss fire”, and if fuel goes much lower it tosses a “reduced output” phase and eventually will shut the engine down)

no laptop or scantool needed

Having a pump in-tank at all, and the smarts it’s wrapped in, is of course just another electrickery gizmo thing to go wrong and completely not user serviceable. Oh progress! Why do you hate humanity so and inflict these things upon us!?