John Fair
Member Since: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Horning Norfolk UK
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I have taken del. of my 08.5 D3 and am dissapointed to find that i have to unlock the whole car to fill up at petrol stations. I even tried locking it again as i filled up only to find you then cannot shut the flap unless you unlock the whole car again. This leaves myself open to abuse from the low life that i know from experience hang around forecourts looking for easy pickings. Is there a trick to this as the book says not. The volvos i know have a time delay on the flap so when you lock the car you can still fill it up for 10 mins. or so. Any tricks?
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 7th Jan 2008 2:07 pm |
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Slimer
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You don't have to unlock the whole car, just the drivers door
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| 7th Jan 2008 2:17 pm |
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AVE
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That's what I do 
Then lock car when paying. As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way
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| 7th Jan 2008 2:37 pm |
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lafona00
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I agree just unlock the driver door and you can open and close the fuel tank. Arno
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| 7th Jan 2008 3:39 pm |
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John Fair
Member Since: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Horning Norfolk UK
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Oh ok thanks i shall check it out later. I have to say that i hadn't tried the doors i just looked in the book after filling up and i thought i recalled it saying you had to unlock all doors. I still think its poor though having to leave any door unlocked just to fill up.
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| 7th Jan 2008 4:13 pm |
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al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
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John
it might be that youve got your unlocking set to open all doors with one touch, as opposed to just the drivers door on the first touch, with all doors on the second touch.
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| 7th Jan 2008 4:16 pm |
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NHR
Member Since: 13 Dec 2007
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John Fair wrote: I still think its poor though having to leave any door unlocked just to fill up.
The folks at Land Rover clearly think we live in a more civilised age!
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| 7th Jan 2008 4:18 pm |
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wolster
Member Since: 07 Dec 2007
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If you fill up somewhere so rough that a thief may try getting in your car when you are 5 ft away on the same side. I'd have thought you would also want the door unlocked to get yourself in quickly if they decide to have a go at you (more likely to happen IMHO). What if the "Hokey Cokey" really is what it's all about?
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| 7th Jan 2008 4:28 pm |
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DG
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| 7th Jan 2008 5:20 pm |
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TazDaz
Member Since: 07 May 2007
Location: South East Essex
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When you get out of the car to fill up, lock the car by pressing the remote key lock twice within 5 seconds.
This double locks the car doors but enables the filler cap to remain unlocked !
Job done
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| 7th Jan 2008 8:58 pm |
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mzaver
Member Since: 18 Apr 2007
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Is the Fuel filler flap lock new for MY08? I have a MY07 HSE and don't have a lock  2007 LR3 HSE - Zermatt Silver 
2007 LR3 HSE - Stornoway Gray (Mrs.) 
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| 7th Jan 2008 9:22 pm |
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Jimbob Squarepants
Member Since: 27 Oct 2007
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Fuel Filler flap locks on my MY07 XS. Although it did some spooky thing when I first had it....doors locked flap open and vice versa. It seemed to sort itself out. Too much intellectual firepower can damage your common sense.
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| 7th Jan 2008 9:27 pm |
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Slimer
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mzaver wrote:Is the Fuel filler flap lock new for MY08? I have a MY07 HSE and don't have a lock
US doesn't get a locking one, presumably as your fuel is so cheap LR think no-one would bother nicking it!
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| 7th Jan 2008 9:30 pm |
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TazDaz
Member Since: 07 May 2007
Location: South East Essex
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further to my above post, double locking also disables the interior perimeter alarm ---
which means that it's perfectly safe to use when you are transporting your whippets, ferrets, large birds of prey or the wife and kids 
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| 7th Jan 2008 9:31 pm |
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mzaver
Member Since: 18 Apr 2007
Location: Northern Virginia - USA
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Slimer wrote:mzaver wrote:Is the Fuel filler flap lock new for MY08? I have a MY07 HSE and don't have a lock
US doesn't get a locking one, presumably as your fuel is so cheap LR think no-one would bother nicking it!
Cheap - probably so compared to what you guys are paying - unfortunately it's on the rise for us...Maybe will will get the locking one soon... 2007 LR3 HSE - Zermatt Silver
2007 LR3 HSE - Stornoway Gray (Mrs.)
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| 7th Jan 2008 9:40 pm |
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