Maverick
Member Since: 25 Jul 2007
Location: Lost on the misty mountain hop!
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To any series drivers that your car can go faster in low range than theirs can full stop! Ben
1996 Defender 90 300 TDi
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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 thats not really a reason.
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| 29th Feb 2008 8:44 pm |
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Maverick
Member Since: 25 Jul 2007
Location: Lost on the misty mountain hop!
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Because I ment to say:
to annoy any series drivers that your car can go faster in low range than theirs can full stop! Ben
1996 Defender 90 300 TDi
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| 29th Feb 2008 8:49 pm |
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dick dastardly
Member Since: 29 May 2007
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simon wrote:Why would you need to get to nearly 60MPH in low range ? 
None of course, other than its possible. Low range can be used for the self cleaning cycle of the DPF when no motorway is available. There's one wheel on my wagon, but i'm still rollin' along, it's the cherokee, they're after me, but I'm singing a happy song
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| 29th Feb 2008 11:33 pm |
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AndrewW
Member Since: 06 Aug 2007
Location: Saddleworth
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Tried it out tonight.
1,2,3,4,5,6 in low box, no problem.
I often end up in "manual" Sand mode by dint of choosing sand mode for a quick exit + sport mode for quicker.... - Ah! No you don't... Sand+sport=manual 
10 where are you? I need TORQUE 
Back to topic - deffo 6 gears auto low box, manual override.
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Footnote for Ent - 2 more bottles of "du Pap" 2003 so-o-o-o much nicer than '06 2006 D3 finally swapped for a 2016 D4 Graphite in Graphite grey. No mods
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| 1st Mar 2008 1:10 am |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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dick dastardly wrote: self cleaning cycle of the DPF when no motorway is available.
DPF ? Do you mean the EPB ?
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| 1st Mar 2008 1:13 am |
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Slimer
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Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
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Nope, he means DPF - Diesel Particulate Filter
Don't worry, you don't have one Si  The End
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| 1st Mar 2008 7:58 am |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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Ah... of course.
And why does my diesel engine no have one ? Is it a Swiss thing to make the back end cleaner ?
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| 1st Mar 2008 10:56 am |
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Bodsy
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Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: In the Clubhouse
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simon wrote:Why would you need to get to nearly 60MPH in low range ?
When you forget to take it out of low range after being off road & then trying to drive along a main road......  Bodsys Brake Bible
D4/D3 Remote FBH heat kits
BAS Remaps/ EGR Blank
Transmission Flush
Software updates/enabling
Clock/ SNOTM /3Flash / 4x4Info /BT Update /Service Reset/Error Codes / Gearbox Reset
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| 1st Mar 2008 11:06 am |
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John C
Member Since: 28 Aug 2007
Location: East Yorkshire
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Thanks for the replies
Mmmm...
Definitely goes into 6th when in auto, but when in command shift I can't manually force it into 6th. When in 5th in CS and doing high revs, and I push it across to auto, there's an obvious rev drop as it goes up to 6th. However even taking it briefly to 4K revs in 5th in CS, I still can't push it into 6th...
Wonder if this could be a re-map issue, or an MY feature (I'm 06MY) - seems like it's obviously a software issue?
I'm not sure I'd ever need to force 6th in low ratio - would I? At that sort of speed it's too high to change up to high ratio anyway - so not sure of the point. When I tow, I often pull away in low, and then by the time I'm in about 3rd, I switch to high ratio.
If it is a fault, not sure it's one of those things where I'd want to be without the car for ages whilst it was fixed, unless of course it's an indication of a bigger problem, which I guess it's not if it's software related.
Thanks,
John 2020 SDV6 D5 HSE, Carpathian Grey +
2022 Tesla Model Y LR... almost Carpathian Grey
Previously : 2005 TDV6 SE Auto, Cairns Blue (288K) - ours for 16 years
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| 2nd Mar 2008 1:22 pm |
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