Member Since: 10 Jun 2014
Location: Cambridgeshire
Posts: 498
To be able to give the screen a quick squirt of washer rather than having a bucket load thrown at it Velar MY18 D180 S Narvik
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13th Mar 2015 8:30 am
crip010
Member Since: 01 Oct 2014
Location: Twickenham
Posts: 433
DG wrote:
You can turn it down you know ...just turn the volume knob while she is speaking
Yes but on a MY10 the next instruction is loud again. the volume preset needs a minus.
13th Mar 2015 8:48 am
den2013
Member Since: 03 Jan 2013
Location: Alland
Posts: 622
Somebody said electric opening tailgate, don't mind that but an electric closing tailgate would be better. How many people on here use the release button rubber bit to close it rather than the proper closing handle due to the shape of the upper tailgate.2015 D4 HSE LUX Kaikoura Stone(sold)
2010 D4 S Commercial Santorini Black(SWMBO)(sold)
2014 Evoque Dynamic Kaikoura Stone (sold)
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13th Mar 2015 11:15 am
will247
Member Since: 05 Jan 2013
Location: York
Posts: 709
Robse wrote:
To be able to give the screen a quick squirt of washer rather than having a bucket load thrown at it
Or even so when the low level light come on it goes back to the proper way.
When you're running low the last thing you want is a 10 second / 500ml squirt!!26 and on the 4th LR..
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13th Mar 2015 11:30 am
integrale
Member Since: 10 Mar 2008
Location: Aarhus
Posts: 230
will247 wrote:
A one wipe of the front windscreen without taking it out of auto... (I always forget to knock it back up one) ...[snip]
You can do that if you just adjust the "sensitivity" setting (the dial thingy on the stalk) one click up...
13th Mar 2015 11:33 am
Joyride4life
Member Since: 14 Jun 2013
Location: Cambridgeshire
Posts: 245
lespes wrote:
Stop it throwing water over front screen when it goes through not that deep standing water.
+1
I've had someone pull out of a blind side road and steered into a long puddle and lost the guy completely because the windscreen wipers were very slow to react. I think the shape of the front end precludes doing much about the actual throw of water, but perhaps the wipers could preempt the volume of water going over the screen. Not sure how this would be achieved.... but it would be my 1 thing.
- split tailgate. Means you can't reach to the furthest reaches of the boot area without climbing in. And who uses the lower tailgate to stand on and watch point-to-point anyway ?
- why on earth is there no lockable glove box ? Most upmarket cars have them and they are useful because if you put something in them and it gets stolen the insurance will usually pay out whereas if it's not lockable and locked they won't.
If you've ever had to heave open a D2 door with spare wheel on it when parked facing down-hill !!!!
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13th Mar 2015 2:33 pm
davidsidwells
Member Since: 20 May 2012
Location: Burton on trent
Posts: 174
Just enjoy the BEST 4X4 even it has its few faults
13th Mar 2015 3:57 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15264
I'd change the FL2 badge on the back of mine
13th Mar 2015 4:13 pm
Nigel McBurney
Member Since: 13 Mar 2008
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 20
Oh for a proper dipstick, plus I wish 18 inch wheels were an option.
13th Mar 2015 7:46 pm
Singh
Member Since: 15 Dec 2014
Location: Leicester
Posts: 135
Maybe I'm new to this and still a little in my honeymoon period, but the biggest gripe I have is the Nav/Touchscreen.
To give details, the touchscreen is very slow to respond, in 2012, this should be sorted and standard. The nav itself is just cumbersome to use I find, going through all the details to find it wants you to confirm the destination by showing you a map......if I new exactly where it was, I would not really need Nav. I cam from a BMW, and that was known for poor Nav, but it is still light years ahead of this.
For what is I feel a premium product (the Discovery I mean), at a premium price point, I think this lets it down from being the premium package it should be.
13th Mar 2015 9:47 pm
dlks151
Member Since: 06 Feb 2010
Location: Auchinloch
Posts: 254
It'd be that bloody Eco Stop/Start system it drives me mental.
Yes it serves a purpose (if only to bring down the cost of the RFL) but build in a timer so that it doesnt switch off the engine when im reverse parking and in the process of switching between D and R, or give me a means of permanently isolating it.There are 10 types of people in this world ~ those that understand binary and those that don't.
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13th Mar 2015 10:41 pm
lespes
Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Sitting Down
Posts: 2232
Joyride4life wrote:
lespes wrote:
Stop it throwing water over front screen when it goes through not that deep standing water.
+1
I've had someone pull out of a blind side road and steered into a long puddle and lost the guy completely because the windscreen wipers were very slow to react. I think the shape of the front end precludes doing much about the actual throw of water, but perhaps the wipers could preempt the volume of water going over the screen. Not sure how this would be achieved.... but it would be my 1 thing.
Wife's Suzuki Swift even shorter front end can go through much deeper water and still not throw it over the screen. I cannot recall it ever throwing water up over front screen.
Also reminds me that the Swift never has frozen water jets, well with the same mix as in D4, which even with its supposed heated elements still freezes at anything below 0D4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
D4 HSE MY12 Marmais Teal: Gone. Missed a lot!
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D4 HSE MY11 Silver: Gone missed !
Range Rover Sport MY06 HSE Buck Blue: Gone missed!
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Discovery D2 TD5 Cobalt Blue: Gone Missed!
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Now demoted to a VW
15th Mar 2015 8:56 pm
DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
Posts: 16390
I would change my finance payments so they were a lot less Duncan
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15th Mar 2015 8:59 pm
Matts3
Member Since: 02 Jan 2015
Location: North Norfolk
Posts: 162
The heated seats. When you switch the ignition off, they go off. Annoying.
I've only had mine 2 months, some days I really, really like the overall package, others, it annoys me a little. Having come from much faster, nimble cars, I certainly notice the weight and time to get it moving.
However, it is incredibly practical and has so far been reliable.
That's another thing that worries me, too many stories about reliability. (even though I have a LR warranty till November)
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