Hello

Im a serial Discovery owner but currently looking at options other than the D5 which I'm not so impressed with. We have dogs, one of which is a Great Dane and I wondered if anyone on here has a L405 with a Great Dane?

Height is obviously not near the D4 but after testing an XC90 T8 last week (very nice) we found once the Dane realised she couldn't stand up she seemed to get comfy quite quick. I'd be interested in any "tell it how it is" feedback from owners with large breeds.

Spec wise, I'm not sure yet but taking my D4 as a baseline and ticking the options I think the VSE is the best bet plus RSE is a must to prevent world war 3 in the back.

Ill also need to have a roofbox on most of the time, do you need to have rails for the bars?

Thanks In advance

Welcome

This thread has some measurements and shows the shape of the roof (page 2) - not much room, but probably just about enough for a Great Dane

AFAIK you can only fit roof bars if you have the permanent rail system. I haven't been able to find any. I assume it's something to do with the glass roof, but not certain.

RSE splits the crowd - in the cars I had it, it was rarely used - I'd spend the money on a couple of iPads instead.

I've just bought a Thule Easybase - my trip on New Years Day will be the first one I've not managed to get everything inside the car - it's the first one with kids and dogs and luggage.

Brilliant thanks for the link I hadn't clocked Red Merle was lurking on here too

We had RSE in a D3 then didnt and it was hell, the current one has it and it does get a lot of use but given the cost of it on the FFRR I may well offer them a new IPAD each and be better off!

You're not far from me - welcome to come and try Muttus Domesticus in the back of mine. I have 3 Border Collies and they all fit fine, but then they aren't 8 foot 37 tall

I also have a VSE with the RSE. Personally I did try a L322 AB which had not RSE, bought my lad an IPAD instead. The main difference then was it was (strangely) MY responsibility to make sure it was charged, loaded with films, repaired when he dropped it out of the car, and so on. Suffice to say I made sure the replacement had factory RSE.

Not sure about D4 and the RSE in that. I've only had it in D3 and L322 (now L405) and all previous cars had the 6 disc changer but the L405 uses the single front slot. You can upload CDs to the car's hard disk but I've not tried it with DVDs.

Anyway, Jnc 11 of the M42 if any good to you.

mzplcg Thanks for the kind offer ill let you know I'm waiting for the dealer to come back to me on an extended test drive date when hopefully I'll be able to test out the space but I think its going to be tight :

I have a Golden Retriever and he hasn't got much room when sitting. The thing is that the distance between the back of the rear head rests and the rear screen is not that large.

I have run charger cables into the rear armrest in mine so they never have an excuse. There's power in the boot area, so fairly easy to do.

Those are big dogs - it will definately be tight due to the slope of the rear tailgate - the Disco is much more square at the back

thanks guys

I think its going to be really tight looking at that pic theres a labrador lurking around to add to the mix too

The D5 has been compromised at the back due to the new sloping rear, the slab back was what made the Disco for us so I'm trying to see what the alternate options are.

Horsebox would be more appropriate for that pair

Could always do what i did and brought a ex London Cab for my dogs, i have 5 big ones and they travel in style and comfort.

SWMBO has said I can scratch my itch for a 110 for the daily poochie motor when we get rid of the D4

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I have a Bernese mountain dog and although not as large a dog as a Great Dane, she sits quite comfortably in the boot.
She had more space in my previous L322 where the back window was more upright and the boot floor lower.

....gunna need a bigger car.



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Have Great Dane and Great Dane Cross. 405 lacks behind seat headroom compared to 322 and will be even more problematic against the Discovery.

I also find the access height too high now they are older.

I have the full size guard behind the seats and this was a mistake, as it impinges too far into the available space. Better to have the top/half version. As you know, something has to be in place to protect occupants viz. emergency stop, etc..

It looks like the new discovery will also have reduced head height.

This will be more of a problem, with most manufacturers styling with sloping rooflines and rear glass.

Had a short wheelbase Defender which was an ideal mobile kennel. Should have kept it