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  • danr123
    Member Since: 01 Feb 2019
    Location: london
    Posts: 5
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Lux Firenze Red

    width restrictions

    Hello everyone

    Picking up a d5 tomorrow woohoo.

    Whilst reading some articles I came across an article about newer cars becoming larger and too big for parking spaces. Then another article with a list of cars too wide to pass through a 6'6" width restriction (a well known consumer site) The d5 wasn't mentioned but the dsport was one of the cars mentioned that is allegedly too big.

    I never have had problem getting the d4 through most 6'6" width restrictions. Having looked on the LR website it the d5 appears to 6'8" wide. May be my conversion is off but side by side the d5 doesn't look any wider than a d4. Can anyone confirm if the d5 will go through a regular 6'6" restriction. I'm not referring to those ones that were put in place by council contractors who are too tight to buy a tape measure and we all know of at least one or two of those ones in various places around the country Smile
    23rd Feb 2019 11:05 pm
  • JonM
    Member Since: 30 Jun 2016
    Location: North Yorkshire
    Posts: 574
    United Kingdom 
    2022 Discovery SDV6 HSE Carpathian Grey

    The D5 is 7'4" (6'9" with mirrors folded). Shocked

    You risk getting nicked if you ignore 6'6" width restrictions. Annoyingly, this also includes the outside lane in a lot of motorway road works
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    23rd Feb 2019 11:11 pm
  • danr123
    Member Since: 01 Feb 2019
    Location: london
    Posts: 5
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Lux Firenze Red

    Hi many thanks for the info.

    I managed to get the d5 through a 6'6" restriction round the corner from me. It was much tighter than going through it than it was in the d4 and I ended have to use the drive assist cameras otherwise the front passenger side alloy would have been modified by the kerb. Lucky it was quiet so i lined it up and then got out and had a look before going through mirrors folded.

    I won't be attempting some of the smaller ones Shocked
    24th Feb 2019 8:41 pm
  • 747_JK
    Member Since: 26 Jun 2018
    Location: England
    Posts: 371
    United Kingdom 
    2022 Discovery SDV6 HSE Lux Santorini Black

    So how much wider is the D5 than the D4?

    I find some narrow width restrictions VERY tight in the D5 and only do-able with the cameras monitoring front wheel position relative the the kerb, and with millimetres either side!
    MY23.5 D5 3.0 MHEV Metropolitan Edition – Santorini Black – Ebony Windsor Leather – 21” Style 5025 gloss black wheels – 21” full size spare tyre – Black roof rails – Black side mouldings - Williams Ceramic Coat. [Gone: D5 HSE @ 50,795miles: (now LH68 BYW)]
    25th Feb 2019 8:43 am
  • IndusD4
    Member Since: 28 Jan 2018
    Location: Sydney
    Posts: 698
    Australia 






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    25th Feb 2019 10:05 am
  • danr123
    Member Since: 01 Feb 2019
    Location: london
    Posts: 5
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Lux Firenze Red

    It wont be long before central govt and local councils wake up to the cash cow potential of anpr camera enforcement for width restrictions, while we can drive through some of the 6'6" ones now once they are on anpr enforcement they will be removing the physical barriers and fining people instead all in the interests of road safety and reducing pollution of course!
    25th Feb 2019 11:07 am
  • cedzz
    Member Since: 31 Jul 2018
    Location: sussex
    Posts: 2
    United Kingdom 

    Why has the D4 got two different measurements, or am I missing something?
    25th Feb 2019 12:33 pm
  • UrbanSplash
    Member Since: 13 Sep 2018
    Location: North East
    Posts: 59
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Silicon Silver

    You can get a D5 without air suspension?!
    25th Feb 2019 6:52 pm
  • RDR
    Member Since: 23 Jun 2016
    Location: Derbyshire
    Posts: 204
    United Kingdom 

    cedzz wrote:
    Why has the D4 got two different measurements, or am I missing something?


    two different wing mirror variants
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    25th Feb 2019 7:15 pm
  • RDR
    Member Since: 23 Jun 2016
    Location: Derbyshire
    Posts: 204
    United Kingdom 

    I followed a D4 into a carpark in Iceland and realised the D5 was somewhat wider. D4 squeezed through the curbs and got a ticket I thought nothing of it and followed through and had a real hard time squeezing past the ticket machine I had to mount the curb on the other side to get round it which then gave me a heart attack about hitting the roof!
    MY06 S - Gone but not forgotten, MY12 HSE - Gone, MY16 HSE Luxury - Gone, D5 MY20 D5 HSE - Gone
    MY23 Range Rover PHEV
    25th Feb 2019 7:19 pm
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