No not normal. Definitely a fault if all you are doing is sitting on the foot brake left in drive. Mine shuts down sometimes if I shift to park and leave it.

Put the canoe on sideways.

Sorry couldn't resist.
No sensible suggestions I'm afraid. It's construction doesn't lend itself to easy fix short of having roof bars that stand a foot off the roof.

The overall size will be the same unless talking about width.

Certainly looks like one of the few that's being used for what it's designed for. I myself have occasionally had to negotiate the odd tricky supermarket car park.

Yes I believe that's correct. I once got the alarm for low pressure of the spare.

The answer to above is No. Not the 2litre configuration fitted in the Discovery 5. However the 2l disco sport is another issue.

With regard to the rear lights what you have is possibly correct. Their have been a lot of comments about the light cluster depending on the trim level. With regard to everything else sorry unable to help.

Hope they get you sorted.

Can't say I have experienced any excessive wind noise from the rear windows. Other than that I can't help you sorry. Have you contacted LR Customer care with relation to the app?

Just make sure all the infotainment system works ok. There are plenty of posts on here and the other D5 website to indicate where the problem areas are. It's still a great car had mine over a year now and still enjoying it.