Thanks - you are right
Glad you decided on the LR4. Sounds like you ordered a nice color combination (haha, I'm biased). I must say I've never seen such a thorough investigation in buying a new car.
As for the 2015 model. I will believe it all when I see it. I still think that future generations of the Discovery will be an Evoque-looking vehicle. I think for a lot of us we want the current iconic style and capability and really have limited interest in style updates. I have no doubt that future vehicles will be brilliant (engineering wise), but they will cater to the masses. That's the future direction of Land Rover.
You will love your 2014, don't second guess wondering if future models will have this or that. Congratulations!
I went to the dealer today just to, again, measure/look/etc. And once again it is clear there is nothing like this vehicle. And it all about the "big butt". ;-). I need to remember that part of the value of this vehicle is how useful it can be once you get to where you are going. I'm getting this so I can go where my MDX won't take me. When I get there it will be incredibly hand to have the space and utility of the LR4. It gives you a little bit of living space. I intend to have one of the rear seats up much of the time and the middle row part or fully folded flat. That gives me work space inside the vehicle. So much better than any of the other options out there.
I am already laying out plans for the following:
- shaped covers for each of the seat sections. Since I will be using various configurations of the seating none of the one-piece covers will work.
- I may build a storage/cabinet/box for my camera gear that will be padded and will fit beside one of the sometimes-upright rear seats that I can access from that rear seat and also from the back when the split gate is open.
- for longer road trips I will have two lower-height woods framed drawers that when placed side by side create a flat space on which I can pile suitcases and golf clubs. I can put all sorts of smaller items like hiking sticks, golf shoes/equip/emergency stuff, etc in the drawers for easy access without needing to move or unload the stuff in top.
This sort of fitting-out would not be possible with other vehicles. And I haven't even thought about using a rack on top when needed.
What other modern, luxury vehicle allows this?