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mlines Member Since: 10 Dec 2006 Location: UK Posts: 480 |
The trouble with the D3 is that it is ugly. When I came to upgrade from my Disco II I was told in no uncertain terms by SWMBO "There is no way I am travelling in a hearse" - and the number of people I have spoken to who think the same must have affected the sales to some extent. 2016 RRS 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography Dynamic in Montalcino Red and Stealth Kit |
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Tue May 29 2007 7:31am |
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ENVOY Member Since: 09 Nov 2006 Location: In the shit as usual Posts: 5823 |
mlines are we married to the same person because those are the exact same words my missus used The D3 is not the most attractive looking 4x4 but it is probably the best for off roading some of my Previous cars -------------------------------- P38 Range Rover Autobiography RRS 2.7 HSE Silver RRS TDV8 HSE silver FFRR Vogue black Disco3 HSE silver RRS 2.7 HSE silver RRS 3.0 HSE BALTI BLUE ______________________________ current vehicles RRS 3.0 L494 Autobiography Audi R8 V10 Spyder AC Cobra Landrover Defender 90 Landrover Defender 110 Suzuki Jimney |
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Tue May 29 2007 7:56am |
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Tim in Scotland Member Since: 30 May 2005 Location: Driving along in my automobile Posts: 17476 |
My humble opinion is that D3 is very colour sensitive - yes it looks like a hearse in any of the darker colours and even Stornoway/Bonatti but it looks good in Zermatt and lighter colours - also privacy glass makes it look worse when combined with the darker colours.
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Tue May 29 2007 8:51am |
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shmoogle Member Since: 07 Sep 2005 Location: ... and for every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you! Posts: 24350 |
The D3 is clearly more utilitarian than the RRS and really has a different target market I feel... both are excellent cars in their own right, but obviously LR have both products on their portfolio for a reason
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Tue May 29 2007 9:06am |
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Tim in Scotland Member Since: 30 May 2005 Location: Driving along in my automobile Posts: 17476 |
I don't think use by undertakers was one of the reasons for D3 being the shape it is .................... I did consider buying an old Volvo hearse with a high roof line as a brilliant wagon for carting my windsurfing gear around in - add some privacy glass and nobody can see into it but there is more room in a hearse than most light vans! A trailer turned out to be the cheaper and more practical/useful option though! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it 2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced 2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW |
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Tue May 29 2007 10:22am |
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ENVOY Member Since: 09 Nov 2006 Location: In the shit as usual Posts: 5823 |
Tim you really considered buying a hearse some of my Previous cars
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Tue May 29 2007 10:48am |
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Very Annoyed Site Moderator Member Since: 23 Aug 2005 Location: bat-wielding monkey-spanking tough-love zero-tolerance Euro-sceptic moderator - So just watch it! Posts: 19459 |
Trying it out for size Tim? 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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Tue May 29 2007 11:02am |
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Tim in Scotland Member Since: 30 May 2005 Location: Driving along in my automobile Posts: 17476 |
I occassionally see an old White Ford Zodiac/Zephyr Hearse with surf gear in it around here - they didn't bother to put the privacy glass in! Aparrently it is a classic car now and has featured in several surfing and classic car mags!
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Tue May 29 2007 11:21am |
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shmoogle Member Since: 07 Sep 2005 Location: ... and for every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you! Posts: 24350 |
It's a brave man who surfs off the Scottish coast... the owner's obviously not your average joe
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Tue May 29 2007 11:23am |
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Tim in Scotland Member Since: 30 May 2005 Location: Driving along in my automobile Posts: 17476 |
Macrihanish on the Mull of Kintyre and Thurso are now on the Surfing World Cup Circuit - more reliable waves than Cornwall and Devon apparently! I'm into blasting on flat water rather than wave sailing - I'm not mad/brave enough to be smashing myself or my windsurfing gear like the wave sailors frequently do, I would defo need the hearse for it's original use if I played that game! Unfortunately when the SWC squads come to Scotland they need to bring their fullon winter wetsuits and the Hawiian Tropic girls tend to be rather overdressed compared to when they are in more sunny climes 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Tue May 29 2007 11:27am |
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shmoogle Member Since: 07 Sep 2005 Location: ... and for every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you! Posts: 24350 |
Every cloud has a brown lining...
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Tue May 29 2007 11:31am |
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Tim in Scotland Member Since: 30 May 2005 Location: Driving along in my automobile Posts: 17476 |
I always thought that New Zealanders were a bit odd, but on the Hawiian Tropic website are galleries of their international pagents and here is Miss Hawiian Tropic, New Zealand, 2005................................. very odd
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Tue May 29 2007 11:41am |
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shmoogle Member Since: 07 Sep 2005 Location: ... and for every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you! Posts: 24350 |
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Tue May 29 2007 11:43am |
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CY Member Since: 18 Aug 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 132 |
I've heard it been called a lot of things before, but hearse is a new one on me Only to the untrained eye, I say.
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Tue May 29 2007 6:18pm |
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