I'm not sure what the point of this was (apart from a bit of free-ish advertising) but you may find it entertaining.

Land Rover challenge: captain of the Navy's new aircraft carrier takes a voyage of Discovery http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/features/l...ier-takes/

 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Last year in the outback a road train passed us which had 3 trailers. Safety signs were all over it. It was carrying explosives for mining. It had a fire extinguisher front & back! Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

Wonder how much difference a fire extinguisher would make  MY14 Kahn Converted Dynamic - Fuji White Ebony/Pimento Interior
MY15 Xenon Headlight Conversion

MY17 RRS SVR - Estoril Blue Cirrus/Ebony 🪣💺’s

It’s must be a reassurance. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

LR NUT wrote:

Wonder how much difference a fire extinguisher would make

Probably quite a lot, the main cause of fires on road trains is tyres over heating, put that out no big bang  my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
2012 HSE SD4 In Orkney Grey now gone, best car ever.

That’s JLR officially announced the D5 commercial. MY14 Kahn Converted Dynamic - Fuji White Ebony/Pimento Interior
MY15 Xenon Headlight Conversion

MY17 RRS SVR - Estoril Blue Cirrus/Ebony 🪣💺’s

The Disco 5 has been awarded worst rear end on this weeks Grand Tour  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

I went to view an XF, with a friend that was looking to buy it, at a Jaguar dealership yesterday. A brand new D5 was parked outside and as the salesman walked buy it, he said “it’s one of the new Discoveries, have you see how ugly they are, especially from the back?�. His words, not mine!

Does the STARTECH look any better ?





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 MY15
Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)
Surround Camera System
InControl Apps soon to be replaced with CarPlay (WIP)
Meridian Premium Surround Sound
Digital Audio Broadcast
Timed Climate
Cruise ECO Data
Follow Me Home Reverse
Extra Features Menu
Picture In Motion
4x4i screen (WIP)
Digital Broadcast TV
Meridian Rear Media with WIFI
Factory Powered Tailgate
Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM)
Reverse Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)
Electrochromatic Wing Mirrors (WIP)

Ugly or not it’s a mighty fine vehicle, LR are letting it down by not getting to grips with the quality issues.

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The STARTECH is a brave attempt, but it’s still wrong. Sadly, I don’t think that the rear end is fixable by the after-market people.

Largered wrote:

Does the STARTECH look any better ?





OR....... URBAN




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j77 wrote:

Ugly or not it’s a mighty fine vehicle, LR are letting it down by not getting to grips with the quality issues.

Indeed.

Had I quick look at the "2017 What Car? Reliability Survey" . Landrover came near bottom 31 out of 32 manufacturers (for 0-3 yrs old vehicles) - which is frankly very embarrassing for an UK export car. (Maybe we export so many to china because their own cars are even worse ??)
Out of the large SUV section the Freelander was by far the most reliable Landrover, (way above the Evoque even). All the other LR models coming 5 out of the bottom 6.

Landrover would mostly likely have been bottom if it was not for their best vehicle - the Freelander 2 !  Jules