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• It's totally weird... my insurance dropped by a 3rd moving from a D5 to a Defender...
John C Replies: 13 Views: 3567 Forum:General Posted: 6th Feb 2024 10:56 pm Subject: Insurance

• Moving on

• Well... after 20 years of Discoverys, I was sold on the Defender 130 Outbound which is just the perfect fit for us right now.
  
  Absolutely loved my D5, the only real niggle being my kids are getting ...
John C Replies: 2 Views: 1319 Forum:My Discovery 5 Posted: 26th Jan 2024 11:04 pm Subject: Moving on

• Snow Tyres But!!!

• Love it!
  
  We drive to the Alps each year and have run AT3s (And AT2s before them) for years on various Discos - never been stuck! Fantastic tyre!
John C Replies: 2 Views: 1146 Forum:General Posted: 4th Dec 2023 3:16 pm Subject: Snow Tyres But!!!

• Damp Footwell and Aircon drain

• Hi,
  
  I am pretty sure I have nailed a recent damp rear carpet to the Aircon condenser drains being blocked somewhere. (Dry day, hasn't rained in ages, park the car on a hill with ns/r at the lowes ...
John C Replies: 0 Views: 808 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 9th Oct 2023 8:11 pm Subject: Damp Footwell and Aircon drain

• Locking Wheel nut missing

• Not sure I'd bother replacing when you get it sorted... locking wheel nut are a pain (corrode and fail), are easy enough to get off with the right tool... and it's not the easiest car to jack up anywa ...
John C Replies: 6 Views: 2638 Forum:General Posted: 17th Jul 2023 9:32 pm Subject: Locking Wheel nut missing

• Model year 23.5 Orders

• Really tough one. I'm torn between whether to keep it or order the new X5 hybrid which I'm due to be borrowing for 24 hrs as soon as my dealer get their new demo in a few weeks. Until 10 years ago, I ...
John C Replies: 177 Views: 80733 Forum:Orders - 2023MY Posted: 27th Mar 2023 2:26 pm Subject: Model year 23.5 Orders

• Pivi Pro with Connected Navigation

• Interesting... we spend a lot of time in rural France, and when we're over there I don't use CarPlay (which I love) because the inbuilt sat-nav on mine (pre-privi) works when there's no internet conne ...
John C Replies: 3 Views: 3106 Forum:In Car Technology Posted: 21st Dec 2022 1:56 pm Subject: Pivi Pro with Connected Navigation

• Questioning whether I should be buying 'only' a mild hybrid

• Can you stick it through a company?
  
  Big thing with the range on the PHEVs is once you hit a decent range (like the X5 you mention) and the Sport Hybrid (think it’s 70 miles) you get down to 5%BIK ...
John C Replies: 6 Views: 4965 Forum:General Posted: 9th Nov 2022 5:25 pm Subject: Questioning whether I should be buying 'only' a mild hybrid

• SD4 Engine failure

• Great result. Really good to hear!
  
  Out of interest, what does the Red Pennant cover that LRA doesn't cover?
John C Replies: 23 Views: 12862 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 5th Jul 2022 8:00 pm Subject: SD4 Engine failure

• LR or Thule roof bars?

• We have a very large Thule box and Thule bars. We found that it makes a considerable difference to the noise levels depending upon where the box is placed (how far forward or how far back).
John C Replies: 11 Views: 10363 Forum:General Posted: 17th May 2022 8:59 am Subject: LR or Thule roof bars?

• Failed window motor

• Thanks very much.
  
  Half term, will, I think, be mental!! Normally is where we go, but our older one started secondary school this year, and the days of taking them out of primary school are nearly ...
John C Replies: 11 Views: 5955 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 8th Feb 2022 6:35 pm Subject: Failed window motor

• Failed window motor

• Sorry about your window motor…
  
  “…driving back from the Alps on Sunday…”
  
  How’d it go? Doing the same for half term assuming we don’t get Covid…
John C Replies: 11 Views: 5955 Forum:Faults and Fixes Posted: 8th Feb 2022 3:22 pm Subject: Failed window motor

• Get a D5 or fix my D4?

• Fantastic - you will love it!
John C Replies: 8 Views: 5299 Forum:General Posted: 19th Jan 2022 7:33 pm Subject: Get a D5 or fix my D4?

• New to the forum

• . I have been on the Disco 3 site for over 10 years (same user name).
  
  Same
John C Replies: 21 Views: 11177 Forum:Orders - 2021MY Posted: 17th Jan 2022 10:33 pm Subject: New to the forum

• New to the forum

• Congratulations! Nice spec! Love mine!
John C Replies: 21 Views: 11177 Forum:Orders - 2021MY Posted: 17th Jan 2022 9:59 am Subject: New to the forum