Having to drive to Sheffield City Centre (Very hilly with stop/start traffic) and back every day, it would drive me even madder if I had a manual. Had an auto ever since I lived there.Back in the game!
3rd Jan 2007 11:42 am
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I did my half day at Rockingham (Ross ) just before Xmas and was told when i got there that all manuals had been withdrawn. It was disappointing because i have a manual and wanted to experience the manual offroad performance, but TBH the half day was just so enterntaining and so eye opening that i didn't really care.
However if i had my choice again (what is the cost of a divorce nowadays?) i would go for an auto - but SWMBO wouldn't allow that, due to the "lack of control" and the need to exercise the left leg....
3rd Jan 2007 1:19 pm
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I think you need to cause a fault with the D3 that will need to be in repair for a good few days (use a loan Auto) and get SWMBO to really USE an auto for a while. Get her to do some motorway traffic jams and stop start town driving and she'll soon appreciate the benefits of not having to use the left leg.
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3rd Jan 2007 1:34 pm
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you are thinking the same way as me there, auto's are fab in nose to tail traffic jams etc, also great to hold on a hill/hillstarts, which I have tried to hammer home to Mrs C, in vain!
But I do now remember her other problem with the auto whilst I was driving, she is a very poor traveller and gets car sick quite easily, she says the auto gearbox due to its smooth changes makes her feel sick!! ,
Devorce is looking like a good option at the moment.............although as we have child number 3 on the way maybe not!!
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3rd Jan 2007 1:55 pm
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Sorry Chocolate, looks like you're stuffed!
My plan is to keep mine for 5 years, pass it onto SWMBO to use and buy another. Provided it's reliable after that time (and I know there are many threads about not keeping them past three years without some form of warranty cover) then I'll buy the new 2010 version which will have had most of it's first bugs ironed out by then. Assuming (as expected) that I enjoy the Disco so much I'll want another one. SWMBO doesn't mind auto's anyway, so that's not a problem.
On top of that of course, If I don't want to get my 2010 D4 scratched, then I can always use (what will be her D3) which I envisage will become adorned with Raised air intake, MTR's, perhaps a winch and of course the obligatory DISCO3.CO.UK sticker by then. Bodsys Brake Bible
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3rd Jan 2007 2:15 pm
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My wife didn't want an auto because of the car sick issue, this is the only car she hasn't felt sick in! She is a convert and bought an auto FL!DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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3rd Jan 2007 2:21 pm
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Good call, my eldest daughter gets car sick in the merc after a couple of miles, but not in SWMBO's MPV which is higher up. I'm hoping that she won't get altitude sickness in the D3 being so much above everyone else Bodsys Brake Bible
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3rd Jan 2007 2:34 pm
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mid March, BRING IT ON!!!! I'll be moving to Permagrin city, an exclusive area of the country that seems to follow arond the lucky and pours Permasad on the afflicted masses....... Bodsys Brake Bible
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) just before Xmas and was told when i got there that all manuals had been withdrawn. It was disappointing because i have a manual and wanted to experience the manual offroad performance, but TBH the half day was just so enterntaining and so eye opening that i didn't really care.
