Member Since: 10 Mar 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1072
Stick for me for 2 reasons!
1. I like to rest my hand on it and
2. It means its a 6 speed auto, which is much nicer than the "change every half a second" 8 speed
13th Sep 2017 7:00 am
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7438
Has no one else rested their hand on the stick and then accidentally performed an up, or down, shift when braking or accelerating? Usually (and unhelpfully) doing an up shift under braking and a down shift when accelerating? I know I have!2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: FL2 as a second car
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13th Sep 2017 7:07 am
Philip1972
Member Since: 10 Mar 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1072
2. It means its a 6 speed auto, which is much nicer than the "change every half a second" 8 speed
No, almost seamless changes, mostly you only know it's changing is by the gentle dipping of the Rev Counter
13th Sep 2017 6:00 pm
Philip1972
Member Since: 10 Mar 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1072
I know its smooth and very very good. But I just like the fact the 6 speed doesn't change down every single time you ask for a teeny bit more speed!
Its not just the Disco, all of the 8/9 speeds are the same!
13th Sep 2017 6:07 pm
MarkOne
Member Since: 23 Jul 2011
Location: County Antrim
Posts: 3345
Philip1972 wrote:
Stick for me for 2 reasons!
1. I like to rest my hand on it and
2. It means its a 6 speed auto, which is much nicer than the "change every half a second" 8 speed
It can change all it wants you can't feel it
13th Sep 2017 7:07 pm
Philip1972
Member Since: 10 Mar 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1072
13th Sep 2017 7:15 pm
disco68
Member Since: 09 Jun 2006
Location: Naples
Posts: 400
I hate the rotary knob !! It is so little intuitive that it can really become dangerous when using the command without attention.
Also, as it can't be used for the manual manual / sequential, it imposes the paddle on the steering wheel, also designed by LR at dick the dog ... the paddle of the D4 are in fact too small, too close to the steering wheel but especially for fixing it to the dushboard (like Alfa on Giulia or Stelvio for example) to have a minimum chance to use them easily in corners or in off-road, in all situations where the steering wheel is largely rotated.
Then consider on the "beautiful" chromed molding that reflects the sun into the driver's eyes and passengers, so the technical madness is complete!
What to say, the presence of the rotary knob made me hesitate for long time when I bought my THREE Discovery, then I said "well, I'll get used to it" ... instead after three year it is still the most annoyng thing of my D4.
Now, when LR at the recent Frankfurt motor show presents the Discovery SVX and returns to the classic shift lever, justifying the thing with the best practicality of the levere compared to the rotary knob, well. in my country this is called "guilty admission", and coherently LR should also give to other Disvovery owners the opportunity to do the same modification by providing an after-market kit to go back to shift lever.
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24th Sep 2017 6:53 am
Davethegeo
Member Since: 01 Oct 2015
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 876
I love the Rotary Knob. Very fast and intuitive. Also love the 8 speed box. I haven't driven the 6 speed box but I hardly feel any of the gear changes made by the 8 speed.D1 300Tdi - gone
D2 Td5 ES (Alive remapped...mmm) - sadly gone
D4 2012 SDV6 XS - Stolen
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24th Sep 2017 7:50 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72742
Got just the solution for those that hate the rotory knob, be the first to go old-school with this genuine LR stick!!
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24th Sep 2017 10:11 am
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20713
Red Merle wrote:
When I first drove the RRS, I thought that the gear selector would be better than the rotary one with familiarity. It feels very ergonomic, with hidden buttons that must become second nature to use practice. So what if it makes the inside look like a BMW?
But, in practice, it was clumsy, complicated and annoying, while the safety lockouts were completely counterintuitive and meant that I had to take my eyes off the road to try and work it out!
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