TheWidup
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Is a d5 a great deal right now?
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ar077
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Mine is a 5-seat HSE Td6 and, yes, I have folded down the second row and there is enough room to lay flat and sleep (I'm 5ft, 9in)
ar077
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Copy. One thing I'd like to say is that I regard all Land Rover vehicle drivers (regardless of model or year) as friends and fellow travelers whom I would be happy to invite to my house for dinner. I like being different and driving a niche vehicle, especially one made in a country I love and lived in while in the Air Force flying the jet in my avatar (uncropped picture attached).
WRT maximum tire size, My observation is that the 285/50-20s that I've installed on my D5 are the largest that will fit without Johnson Rods being installed. I considered LT285/55-20s and clearance would have been no problem in the rear, but they would've contacted the vents at the front inside surface of the front wheels well when turning.
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remember5
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Very cool pic, I can't imagine flying in something like that. And I like your positive attitude. Cheers!
avslash
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Loved the F-111 when I was kid growing up near GD. Very cool plane for its time; not to mention it could dump and ignite fuel.
Heard a 'Vark driver tell the story one time that the "countermeasure" when being bounced by F-15s during training was "increase wing sweep, advance throttle setting, and leave..."
Hope you got to drive that thing through the Mach Loop while you were there.
^ In reply to the quote above^ Not sure how this got separated into 2 posts - sorry.
I'm keeping our 2 LR4's as long as possible but needed to add something with modern safety features to the family motor pool as our twin daughters start driving next month. Alltrack drives great and was my first choice but not enough back seat leg room for our tall family. Tiguan was nice but engine is too sluggish. Subarus feel like tin cans and CVT sucks. Almost bought a CR-V then I saw the Passport and now a Passport is in our garage.
I'm keeping our 2 LR4's as long as possible but needed to add something with modern safety features to the family motor pool as our twin daughters start driving next month. Alltrack drives great and was my first choice but not enough back seat leg room for our tall family. Tiguan was nice but engine is too sluggish. Subarus feel like tin cans and CVT sucks. Almost bought a CR-V then I saw the Passport and now a Passport is in our garage.
backcountryLR4
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"Modern safety features" like what? The LR3 and LR4, an 11ish year run of a vehicle, has never suffered a fatality according to Land Rover and what research could be done against NHTSA data by members on this site. Which is one reason I believe the insurance to be so low.
So overall safety wise and injuries sustained after accidents would be much better in the LRs than all other vehicles you mentioned. Are the LRs easier to roll? Probably... So from an aspect with inexperienced drivers I can understand that particular line of thinking.
Blind spot monitoring, automatic forward braking, rear detection and automatic rear braking, lane keep assist and road departure mitigation. Technology my LR4 lacks that may help prevent a new driver from getting into an accident.
backcountryLR4
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Gotcha, Definitely some stuff on that list that no LR4 has regardless of options.
Since I don't have kids I honestly don't know which I would prefer more: pure safety after an accident, or more stuff to maybe prevent an accident with an inexperienced driver, but also a potential crutch. Prolly would depend on the kid I guess.
Stuff I don't have to bother spending my time thinking(obsessively worrying) about... Cause I know I would.
