| Auto or Manual |
| Auto |
67%
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67% |
[31] |
| Manual |
32%
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32% |
[15] |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
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Manual, in a ' I-drive-the-car, not-the-car-driving-me' testosterone fuelled way... there's something about a perfect gear change when there's a repmobile or a wermacht staff car up your @rse that's ooooohhh so more satisfying than hitting the kickdown - and of course, YOU get to choose the fuel consumption, not the gearbox 
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 22nd Sep 2005 9:45 pm |
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blue meanie
D3 Decade
Member Since: 04 Aug 2005
Location: Newbury
Posts: 6861
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not tempted by the auto when ordering then TFC? ( they tried to convince me as well ) and theeeeennn......???
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| 22nd Sep 2005 9:48 pm |
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Slimer
Site Moderator
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Last Exit to Nowhere
Posts: 16295
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Must admit it's the best auto box I've ever tried, but it costs more to buy, more to run and like all autos more to fix when it goes wrong! The End
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| 22nd Sep 2005 9:50 pm |
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adam
Member Since: 20 Sep 2005
Location: Home and Happy
Posts: 6917
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That's me told off then!!
Maybe I'm just lazy - but when I went on the LR experience - it was an Auto
Anyway - still great motors - manual or auto Now Golf GTI PP, 7 speed DSG.
Ex D3 and D4
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| 22nd Sep 2005 9:51 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534
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blue meanie wrote:not tempted by the auto when ordering then TFC? ( they tried to convince me as well )
It's a NCO on the HSE... I can't be in control in the house so controlling the disco 3 is my only option 
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| 22nd Sep 2005 9:52 pm |
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ACHMELVICH
Member Since: 23 Aug 2005
Location: newtongrange EDINBURGH
Posts: 28
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Auto for me, 32mpg on trip back from north A9 TDV6 AUTO S JULY 2005
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| 22nd Sep 2005 9:54 pm |
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blue meanie
D3 Decade
Member Since: 04 Aug 2005
Location: Newbury
Posts: 6861
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10forcash wrote:blue meanie wrote:not tempted by the auto when ordering then TFC? ( they tried to convince me as well )
It's a NCO on the HSE... I can't be in control in the house so controlling the disco 3 is my only option
I know that scenario TFC! and Adam, nothing wrong with the Auto.... it's very nice but what about about left leg DVT on a long journey?! and theeeeennn......???
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| 22nd Sep 2005 9:57 pm |
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Smarticus
Member Since: 01 Jan 2005
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 655
 
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We have an auto and love it to bits. Had a manual as a loaner for a day when ours was in for service and found it a real pig to drive by comparison with the auto. Disco 4 TDV6HSE
Defender 200TDi CSW
RR Evoque
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| 22nd Sep 2005 9:58 pm |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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ACHMELVICH wrote:Auto for me, 32mpg on trip back from north A9
I wish I could get that. I just pootled around Norfolk for two days, 800 miles this week, and 25.7 mpg is the average.
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| 22nd Sep 2005 10:00 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534
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blue meanie wrote:10forcash wrote:blue meanie wrote:not tempted by the auto when ordering then TFC? ( they tried to convince me as well )
It's a NCO on the HSE... I can't be in control in the house so controlling the disco 3 is my only option
I know that scenario TFC! and Adam, nothing wrong with the Auto.... it's very nice but what about about left leg DVT on a long journey?!
'cattle class syndrome' ? isn't that what the footrest to the left of the clutch pedal's for? anyway, DVT is only onset by the lack of movement.... think you mean RSI 
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| 22nd Sep 2005 10:00 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534
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BTW,
drove a mate's fiasco earlier... after a week or more of the Disco 3, got in and set off... thought the clutch was knackered  soooo heavy comared to the Disco 3
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| 22nd Sep 2005 10:02 pm |
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BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
Location: Here
Posts: 6463
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I must say the margin is closer than I thought between auto and manual and you so and so's are voting. Why did I have so much trouble to get you to vote before 
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| 22nd Sep 2005 10:05 pm |
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blue meanie
D3 Decade
Member Since: 04 Aug 2005
Location: Newbury
Posts: 6861
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I thought the footrest next to the clutch pedal was a manual tyre inflator?
I've heard of RSI, isn't that something made up by secretaries to get time off to do their hair and nails? and theeeeennn......???
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| 22nd Sep 2005 10:05 pm |
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adam
Member Since: 20 Sep 2005
Location: Home and Happy
Posts: 6917
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Blue Meanie
No DVT for me - toes can tune radio / adjust settings / use fag lighter / play with Sat nav........
Gareth
You get a round a bit?
Caterick / Dishforth / Norfolk??
Bet Sainsburys / Tescos roll out red carpet when you arrive to fill up Now Golf GTI PP, 7 speed DSG.
Ex D3 and D4
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| 22nd Sep 2005 10:09 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534
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blue meanie wrote:I thought the footrest next to the clutch pedal was a manual tyre inflator?
I've heard of RSI, isn't that something made up by secretaries to get time off to do their hair and nails?
why do they need time off? from experience, most of them do it at work anyway 
The far - left 'pedal' is for extra braking force when the yanks see a corner approaching.... from 50 miles (in the motherland, it's blanked off )
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| 22nd Sep 2005 10:10 pm |
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