Discovery 2017

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  • Whippetman
    Member Since: 16 Feb 2019
    Location: North Somerset
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    30th Oct 2019 8:50 am
  • RDR
    Member Since: 23 Jun 2016
    Location: Derbyshire
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    United Kingdom 

    I’m going to extend my tailgate anyone done it?

    On holiday for first time with the d5 and the boot design proving an absolute pain compared to the d4.

    Plan is to weld up some mesh doors for each side of the cargo divider that follow the contour of the inner tailgate and then extend the lower tailgate to something like the d4’s length.

    Overall the whole d5 package is proving very impractical and not at all what you expect from a discovery. We will be getting rid very soon.
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    30th Oct 2019 9:28 am
  • Whippetman
    Member Since: 16 Feb 2019
    Location: North Somerset
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    Maybe invest in a Transit Thumbs Up
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    30th Oct 2019 1:24 pm
  • BruceT
    Member Since: 17 Sep 2019
    Location: South Africa
    Posts: 71
    South Africa 
    2017 Discovery TDV6 HSE Fuji White

    ive seen a few complaints about the new style boot being a pain and coming from a D4 to a D5 I dont understand why. Please elaborate.

    Thank you
    30th Oct 2019 1:27 pm
  • Whippetman
    Member Since: 16 Feb 2019
    Location: North Somerset
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    I stand to be corrected but I read that D5 boot is larger than D4.
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    30th Oct 2019 1:29 pm
  • BruceT
    Member Since: 17 Sep 2019
    Location: South Africa
    Posts: 71
    South Africa 
    2017 Discovery TDV6 HSE Fuji White

    I dont know about that but can tell you my fridge and all the other bits and pieces fit in my D5 as they did in my D4.
    I will be towing the race car in a few weeks and will carry a spare set of wheels as well as other stuff, so that will really tell me if there is any difference.
    30th Oct 2019 2:19 pm
  • Labbix
    Member Since: 05 Mar 2018
    Location: Tanzania
    Posts: 955
     

    The boot from the D5 is less practical than the D4 for some reasons if I understood other people’s comments well, and out of own experience:
    - if you would like to use the retractable cover in the boot, than there is definitely less space in the D5, mostly because of the reduced height: our fridge/freezer did fit perfectly in the D4 and was hold firmly in place by the retractable cover, but can not fit in the D5 together with this cover.
    - Besides this there is less space to put tools. In the D4 there was a lot more space in the side cubbies and under the seats, these are almost totally gone in the D5 (at least with the rear aircon and 7 seats configuration)
    - not to mention that you can not stand anymore on the split tailgate to reach the roof Wink
    30th Oct 2019 2:31 pm
  • harrythespider
    Member Since: 19 Jul 2018
    Location: cumbria
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    2017 Discovery TDV6 HSE Aintree Green

    RDR.. I am not sure that extending the board would be a good idea. The existing board depth has obviously been tested to carry a certain weight and the pivot pins engineered accordingly. Extending the board would put significantly more strain on the operating components and they would possibly fail and not be covered under warranty.
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    30th Oct 2019 7:22 pm
  • RDR
    Member Since: 23 Jun 2016
    Location: Derbyshire
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    The d5 boot space is not as good as the D4, technically the floor area is the same depth and 4cm wider but it tapers off as you go up which makes it a much less usable space. Same goes for storage inside it’s nowhere near as good as the d4 for places to stash things away.

    Two of (our 3) dogs in the d4




    One of them in the d5 and that’s without the cargo divider we need as they fall out with each other on long journeys.





    I hear what people are saying about the load on the plinth thing, I’ll do some man maths on it but don’t mind invalidating the warranty on it.
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    30th Oct 2019 7:57 pm
  • RDR
    Member Since: 23 Jun 2016
    Location: Derbyshire
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    United Kingdom 

    BruceT wrote:
    ive seen a few complaints about the new style boot being a pain and coming from a D4 to a D5 I dont understand why. Please elaborate.

    Thank you



    Aside from the shape of the load area being less practical for us I don’t like the automatic tailgate and plinth. I would prefer manual so we can control the dog’s better, as well trained as they are it can be like releasing the traps at the dog races. I’m going to have to weld up some inner doors for safety.

    The whole inside plinth I don’t get, should have gone for a split tailgate, the tailgate is huge meaning you can’t stand at a close distance to check the dogs as it opens you have to stand to the side and stick your arm in as it opens. Then if the dogs touch the door as it opens it stops and when you blip it’ again it closes. Way to complicated for our discovery use case.
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    30th Oct 2019 8:05 pm
  • Whippetman
    Member Since: 16 Feb 2019
    Location: North Somerset
    Posts: 386
    England 

    Defo need a transit with them Very Happy
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    30th Oct 2019 10:20 pm
  • RDR
    Member Since: 23 Jun 2016
    Location: Derbyshire
    Posts: 204
    United Kingdom 

    Replaced the d4 with a D5 and a T6!

    Really hoping they get the defender 130 right else that’s it for me and landrovers for the practical side of things.
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    30th Oct 2019 10:26 pm
  • BruceT
    Member Since: 17 Sep 2019
    Location: South Africa
    Posts: 71
    South Africa 
    2017 Discovery TDV6 HSE Fuji White

    ok. I would agree if you carrying dogs it is less practical and the side pockets are really small, compared to the D4/D3.

    I dont carry dogs, so I guess this is why I didnt notice any negatives. I do have a fridge (National Luna 52l), and camping stuff I carry, which seem to fit the same as they did in the D4. A lot easier than great-danes. Laughing
    31st Oct 2019 5:04 am
  • Road Runner 2017
    Member Since: 14 Jan 2017
    Location: Scotland
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    2018 Discovery Si6 HSE Lux Santorini Black

    RDR, you could always downgrade to 3 Chihuahuas Laughing

    The rear of the car tapers in, the further back you get, so this probably doesn't help with the side pockets being shallower than the D4, which was boxier all round. I agree, the D4 seemed to have more boot space, even though on paper, the boot is bigger in the D5 Rolling Eyes
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    31st Oct 2019 9:46 pm
  • Labbix
    Member Since: 05 Mar 2018
    Location: Tanzania
    Posts: 955
     

    @Brucet: I do have a fridge (National Luna 52l) => this one doesn’t fit under the cover, I mean under the metal beam of the retractable cover. In the D5 there is only about 35 cm of space till the floor from this beam, where in the D4 this was 44cm...
    Even a normal trolley in sideways position doesn’t fit. So where in the D4 I used this beam to keep me fridge firmly in place, now I can’t, and have taken the cover away, but this means as well that the wheels from the trolley now touch the back headrests and can/will damage these, where in the D4 this was not the case. That’s one of the reasons I find the D5’s boot less practical, even when in absolute liters it is said to be slightly bigger.
    1st Nov 2019 11:29 am
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