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Newbie thicko here. First winter with disco. Used to have a shogun.Nice lever said 2 wheel or 4 wheel (I think my Freelander was same) Sheet ice here this morning & some steepish hills. Read manual but it does not seem to mention specifically 4 wheel drive. I suppose I switch to "grass gravel snow" is that right? Any ideas how much more fuel gets used in this position? Thanks
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jeffersj
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It is in permanent 4 wheel drive. Moving to mud and snow etc will set everything up for you. The high and low button selects the drive, for normal road use you will always be in high but moving off-raod you could select low without using the mud and snow setting. Hope this makes sense.  Jeff
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| 12th Dec 2012 12:24 pm |
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ronp
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chevron wrote:Newbie thicko here.
Well my friend, you did say it 
The Discovery is ALWAYS in 4 wheel drive.
The controls you have are for different terrains and usage.
And you will use more fuel on some [ie Sand] than on others.
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| 12th Dec 2012 12:26 pm |
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BLFarrar
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.......have full time 4WD...on almostall of the vehicles they have built....
the systems do varyabit between FFRR/ RRS /Disco........& Freelander/ Evoke which use different technology...HALDEX
Some years back they did a pamphlet that explained the variances & the advantages etc.....LR are the best by far
.....but on a D3 / D4 its there all the time...there is no apportioning between front / rear it is all done by centre diff
LRE tell you that for most conditions you dont have to do anything but drive...i.e. point it in the right direction
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| 12th Dec 2012 12:28 pm |
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DG
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jeffersj wrote: mud and snow setting.
or rather the "Grass-Gravel-Snow" setting  21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 12th Dec 2012 12:28 pm |
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2DISCO3ORNOT
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Welcome Chevron, beauty of a first post, the forum is a fountain of knowledge once you get to know the car a bit better..........seriously, when you do get it to run in 2WD let us know what the consumption is like 
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| 12th Dec 2012 12:33 pm |
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NJSS
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chevron
Welcome.
Without appearing to be patronising may I suggest you read the manual from cover to cover.
You will discover a lot of useful information. If you didn't know that the Disco3 is permanent 4 wheel drive I fear you may struggle a little until you are more familiar with it.
Free advice - fit a spare wheel protector ASAP unless you want your spare wheel stealing. They are available from RLD:-
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/member-rld.html
You probably need a new jack too - the LR one is IMHO dangerous =- again search the forum.
Ask questions here - but search first.
Good luck.
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| 12th Dec 2012 12:42 pm |
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We were all newbies once - lets go easy on this guy
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| 12th Dec 2012 12:54 pm |
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chevron
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Thanks boys. As my old dad used to say when all else fails read the instructions. Remember I only bought the disco because it looks nice from the front. I don't know how to work it!
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| 12th Dec 2012 1:12 pm |
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| 12th Dec 2012 1:19 pm |
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Grunders
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chevron wrote:Thanks boys. As my old dad used to say when all else fails read the instructions. Remember I only bought the disco because it looks nice from the front. I don't know how to work it!
With a statement like that just one question.... Are you a female? If it ain't broke... Take it apart anyway, how else you gonna find out how it works
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| 12th Dec 2012 1:19 pm |
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| 12th Dec 2012 1:23 pm |
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rockcrawler
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Grunders wrote:chevron wrote:Thanks boys. As my old dad used to say when all else fails read the instructions. Remember I only bought the disco because it looks nice from the front. I don't know how to work it!
With a statement like that just one question.... Are you a female?
Thats what my wife said when we bought our Audi D3 Metropolis Bonatti Grey-Alpaca Leather-adaptive headlights-fridge-EGR blanking kit-Harmen Karden-Cruise-4x4 info enabled-Tinted Windows-Heated F&R Seats-Rosen rear Entertainment-LED'S everywhere -Smoked Side Repeaters-Rear Aircon-Vredestein Wintrac 4 Extreme-Puddle and Footwell Lamps-Stainless Steel Side Protection Tubes- NEW ASHTRAY ( thanks to dsd1036 )
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| 12th Dec 2012 1:25 pm |
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DSL
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I was going to ask "and blonde?"
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| 12th Dec 2012 1:25 pm |
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rockcrawler
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Unlock the car, get in, check yourself in the mirror, seat belt on, check yourself in the mirror again, check seat belt again, check yourself in the mirror again, find the keys in the holdall ( i mean handbag ), check once again in the mirror, start the car, one more check at yourself in the mirror and pull away D3 Metropolis Bonatti Grey-Alpaca Leather-adaptive headlights-fridge-EGR blanking kit-Harmen Karden-Cruise-4x4 info enabled-Tinted Windows-Heated F&R Seats-Rosen rear Entertainment-LED'S everywhere -Smoked Side Repeaters-Rear Aircon-Vredestein Wintrac 4 Extreme-Puddle and Footwell Lamps-Stainless Steel Side Protection Tubes- NEW ASHTRAY ( thanks to dsd1036 )
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