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Which would tow best up and down mountains in France as that’s what it’s mainly forDisco 3 gone but not forGotten
Welcome disco 4
Flappy paddles working from gap
Heated steering wheel done
Bluetooth iPod connection done
Xeon lights (facelift) done
Afs retrofit done
Logic 7 retrofit done
Armrest fridge
Facelift rear lights
Retrofit High beam assist done
Genuine 22” Range Rover sport alloys
Retrofit acc (gave up not possible)
retrofit tpms done
Retrofit Range Rover lcd digital dash. Done
Retrofit blind spot assist done
15th Jul 2018 6:24 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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James1974 wrote:
Only 120 miles
Parents’ 16MY from Cardiff to Ludlow for some warranty work, unfortunately very difficult times as my twin brother had just been hospitalised two weeks before he died. Gave me a bit of head space and a distraction from what was happening back in Newport General.
Though just looked at GoogMaps and it was nearer 190 miles with the return via an old friend. Makes me fully qualified.
15th Jul 2018 6:30 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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JLR product management will call you tomorrow, your expertise is dearly needed there
15th Jul 2018 6:39 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
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James1974 wrote:
Which would tow best up and down mountains in France as that’s what it’s mainly for
An XC90
15th Jul 2018 6:40 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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kajtzu wrote:
JLR product management will call you tomorrow, your expertise is dearly needed there
I might be washing my hair.
15th Jul 2018 6:42 pm
stephenw46
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: West Midlands
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8speed is great as for the it’s you can had some like I did with my D3 , I have a xs D4 I’ve already put electric seats in as for the Sat Nav it u/s I use a Tom Tom good look
15th Jul 2018 6:46 pm
James1974
Member Since: 23 Nov 2017
Location: Stevenage
Posts: 990
DSL wrote:
James1974 wrote:
Only 120 miles
Parents’ 16MY from Cardiff to Ludlow for some warranty work, unfortunately very difficult times as my twin brother had just been hospitalised two weeks before he died. Gave me a bit of head space and a distraction from what was happening back in Newport General.
Though just looked at GoogMaps and it was nearer 190 miles with the return via an old friend. Makes me fully qualified.
So is there much difference betwwwen 6 and 8 speed mateDisco 3 gone but not forGotten
Welcome disco 4
Flappy paddles working from gap
Heated steering wheel done
Bluetooth iPod connection done
Xeon lights (facelift) done
Afs retrofit done
Logic 7 retrofit done
Armrest fridge
Facelift rear lights
Retrofit High beam assist done
Genuine 22” Range Rover sport alloys
Retrofit acc (gave up not possible)
retrofit tpms done
Retrofit Range Rover lcd digital dash. Done
Retrofit blind spot assist done
15th Jul 2018 6:46 pm
James1974
Member Since: 23 Nov 2017
Location: Stevenage
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tayaste wrote:
James1974 wrote:
Which would tow best up and down mountains in France as that’s what it’s mainly for
An XC90
I would rather pull it by hand was thinking of a Q7 but don’t think there anywhere near a disco 4Disco 3 gone but not forGotten
Welcome disco 4
Flappy paddles working from gap
Heated steering wheel done
Bluetooth iPod connection done
Xeon lights (facelift) done
Afs retrofit done
Logic 7 retrofit done
Armrest fridge
Facelift rear lights
Retrofit High beam assist done
Genuine 22” Range Rover sport alloys
Retrofit acc (gave up not possible)
retrofit tpms done
Retrofit Range Rover lcd digital dash. Done
Retrofit blind spot assist done
15th Jul 2018 6:49 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Re 8 vs 6: Difficult one. The D4 I have I bought from my folks has a 6 speed box so it was comfortable and familiar, just 28k miles not 150k cf my D3 so virtually new. I did think the 8 speed was nice and slick, with no hanging on to gears or hunting for gears, on my limited drive. It’s obviously a very nice marriage, the same box as in my now/then gone BMW 520d. I did think at the time this would be a nice car to have when my folks replace it. Is the 6 speed box so bad? No, not in my experience and certainly not to the point of going down to pauper level spec.
15th Jul 2018 6:54 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
James1974 wrote:
tayaste wrote:
James1974 wrote:
Which would tow best up and down mountains in France as that’s what it’s mainly for
An XC90
I would rather pull it by hand was thinking of a Q7 but don’t think there anywhere near a disco 4
Not a Volvo fan then.
15th Jul 2018 6:55 pm
James1974
Member Since: 23 Nov 2017
Location: Stevenage
Posts: 990
Are they a better box than the d3 one as was reading there
A zf28 box d3 is zf26 box and shift speeds are faster etc cheers mateDisco 3 gone but not forGotten
Welcome disco 4
Flappy paddles working from gap
Heated steering wheel done
Bluetooth iPod connection done
Xeon lights (facelift) done
Afs retrofit done
Logic 7 retrofit done
Armrest fridge
Facelift rear lights
Retrofit High beam assist done
Genuine 22” Range Rover sport alloys
Retrofit acc (gave up not possible)
retrofit tpms done
Retrofit Range Rover lcd digital dash. Done
Retrofit blind spot assist done
15th Jul 2018 6:56 pm
James1974
Member Since: 23 Nov 2017
Location: Stevenage
Posts: 990
Or I could retrofit all the bits overt the next months like leathers and that cruise control should be easy from what I read satnav well never use the
One in my d3 as is I always use Waze on me phoneDisco 3 gone but not forGotten
Welcome disco 4
Flappy paddles working from gap
Heated steering wheel done
Bluetooth iPod connection done
Xeon lights (facelift) done
Afs retrofit done
Logic 7 retrofit done
Armrest fridge
Facelift rear lights
Retrofit High beam assist done
Genuine 22” Range Rover sport alloys
Retrofit acc (gave up not possible)
retrofit tpms done
Retrofit Range Rover lcd digital dash. Done
Retrofit blind spot assist done
15th Jul 2018 6:59 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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My D3 box was well shagged up until 162k when it was rebuilt. It’s a gradual thing so you don’t notice it, but compared with my D4 box and after reconditioning it was truely awful. The D4 box was as I remember the D3 box was when she was new, smooth slick and really responsive. Certainly there wasn’t much between the D3 reconditioned box and the D4’s box, well for the few weeks before the D3’s engine died 3 weeks and 4,000 miles later.
15th Jul 2018 7:01 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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James1974 wrote:
One in my d3 as is I always use Waze on me phone
Tried Waze in Sweden and Finland a few weeks ago, didn’t get on with it so switched back to GoogMaps.
15th Jul 2018 7:05 pm
James1974
Member Since: 23 Nov 2017
Location: Stevenage
Posts: 990
DSL wrote:
My D3 box was well shagged up until 162k when it was rebuilt. It’s a gradual thing so you don’t notice it, but compared with my D4 box and after reconditioning it was truely awful. The D4 box was as I remember the D3 box was when she was new, smooth slick and really responsive. Certainly there wasn’t much between the D3 reconditioned box and the D4’s box, well for the few weeks before the D3’s engine died 3 weeks and 4,000 miles later.
Well had new recon put in my d3 and is back there now as still not happy with it as when booting it is fine smooth but driving normally around town and it still harsh changing down sometimes with a jult garage is getting zf out to test it now as they say nothing wrong and been going on for months one of the reasons I’m getting rid of the car had enough of itDisco 3 gone but not forGotten
Welcome disco 4
Flappy paddles working from gap
Heated steering wheel done
Bluetooth iPod connection done
Xeon lights (facelift) done
Afs retrofit done
Logic 7 retrofit done
Armrest fridge
Facelift rear lights
Retrofit High beam assist done
Genuine 22” Range Rover sport alloys
Retrofit acc (gave up not possible)
retrofit tpms done
Retrofit Range Rover lcd digital dash. Done
Retrofit blind spot assist done
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