Manual, why next you will be wanting wind up windows and no power steering In Spain - 2018 F Pace - Down and out's Velar
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14th Feb 2017 9:14 am
Someone-Gone
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Location: Gone
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14th Feb 2017 9:58 am
Geoff at Drym
Member Since: 18 May 2015
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 584
Always been a manual man, but after test driving the D3 auto, I was hooked, Now absolutely love it.
If I get manual withdrawal symptoms I take my MX5 out for a 'do'.2007 Disco3 2.7 tdv6 SE
gvif with reversing camera
V8 brakes with new EPB module and shoes
Later D4 grille
Alive tuning remap
Mazda MX5
Ferguson ted20 tractor
Hyundai Getz 1.4 (wife's )
14th Feb 2017 10:29 am
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14338
Manual. It makes it feel like a proper car. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
14th Feb 2017 10:31 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Syd wrote:
Auto...so much smoother.
Manual, why next you will be wanting wind up windows and no power steering
14th Feb 2017 10:31 am
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23786
DiscoStoo wrote:
Ours is manual, find it ok, but very agricultural... Reminds me of a Ford/Iveco Cargo I used to drive!
Exactly this
Nowt wrong with the manual, but the auto box totally transforms the D3.2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
I wonder what the ratio is of crankshaft failures Manual vs Auto In Spain - 2018 F Pace - Down and out's Velar
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Robj84
Member Since: 28 Jan 2015
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 31
Auto as well, much better in traffic and everyday life
17th Feb 2017 2:38 pm
Slobbox
Member Since: 10 Jul 2015
Location: Ribble Valley
Posts: 307
Driven both bought the Auto don't think i will get another manual in any car though to be honest Stephen
Jag XF 3.0l Premium Luxury
2006 SE, De-Tangoed, EGR Blanked
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