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Antjp
 


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Red Merle wrote:
I take it that means your in the petrol station most days too then?! Rolling Eyes


I hired a Ford Fiesta in Spain on holiday.
They only have the flap, no cap. I thought it was missing but it has a Bung in the flap.
Landrover are missing out on a trick there. Lol
  
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Canburne
 


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Antjp wrote:
The hill decent control,
There's much more control using gears and the pedal in the middle by far.
I've gave it a good go to try to justify the hdc and couldn't.


Obviously you have never done some proper off-roading then or gone on the LR Experience...Thumbs Up
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HonestTony
 


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Electonic Parking Brake - why drop the perfect design of a prop shaft drum brake
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Yes, i wondered what's wrong with the prop shaft type handbrake. Presumably it locks all wheels, ideal off road.

Cost I suppose.

Andi.
  
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Antjp
 


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Canburne wrote:
Antjp wrote:
The hill decent control,
There's much more control using gears and the pedal in the middle by far.
I've gave it a good go to try to justify the hdc and couldn't.


Obviously you have never done some proper off-roading then or gone on the LR Experience...Thumbs Up


I've taken the disco 3 out on some green lanes (with hills) more times than I can remember and also to a Bala Forrest event which was quite challenging in parts. I live in the hills & some winters (and now springs) can get a little snowy & no I've not been on a LR experience day. I have never been anywhere to find HDC a useful feature to me anyway.
I suppose I've never pushed this vehicle to its limits so never had the opportunity to find it useful.
  
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EY
 


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Hill Decent Control is fairly useless to me. Mainly as I live in Norfolk, where we have no hills. And I have a HDC fault Laughing
  
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mark the spark
 


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its proboably an unused feature fault Laughing
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Canburne
 


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Antjp wrote:
I've taken the disco 3 out on some green lanes (with hills) more times than I can remember and also to a Bala Forrest event which was quite challenging in parts. I live in the hills & some winters (and now springs) can get a little snowy & no I've not been on a LR experience day. I have never been anywhere to find HDC a useful feature to me anyway.
I suppose I've never pushed this vehicle to its limits so never had the opportunity to find it useful.


Ah well ignorance is bliss then Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter

Get someone to show you how it works as it really is an amazing bit of kit - on a really slippery or icy slope to have all four wheels working independently to maintain maximum grip is quite impressive and without a foot on or near a brake and it works fowards and in reverse.
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Another fan for HDC - amazing on ice hills.

Got to pay attention though. If it is too slippery and all 4 lock you need to give it a bit of throttle - brave and quick!

Worse scenario, going up the hill safely, round the corner and something/somebody stops you , in this case a pedestrian because his kid is on the road on a sledge. As soon as stationary, car starts sliding backwards. Foot brake is useless. Need to put it in reverse and get HDC on, all while steering. Now you know why I hate the rotary knob - it is not intuitive in a crisis.
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HDC and smooth in/out low box were the main things I checked when buying mine after listening that engine was smooth ... although I never knew until reading on forum about being able to change speed !
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Antjp
 


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So it's like a traction control for the the brakes on a slippy hills. I get its purpose now thanks for educating me guys. That's why I get involved in this forum. Always learning.
  
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EY
 


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Hardware17 wrote:
although I never knew until reading on forum about being able to change speed !

Change speed?
  
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Change the speed of the HDC using the cruise control buttons + / -
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Surprised nobody had mentioned it yet Surprised

Though not every model has it.

TV / DVD

No use whatsoever.

HDC very good in right circumstances.

Voice control earlier versions very good entertainment for the kids.
Later versions seem to work well for me.
Statnav not the best but gets me there
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I've got a TV! Very Happy Never, ever, watched it though Rolling Eyes

Also have the DVD player which my daughter loves, but it's so clumsy to operate that it's a pain!

If it wasn't for Rose's love of DVD's (she's on the autistic spectrum, so we need to accommodate a little Thumbs Up ), I'd say you'd have had a point.
  
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