Member Since: 13 Jun 2005
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Wheres the boing?
Picked up new D3 HSE on 25/2 NO boing on starting as before. Is this the case in all recent D3s or is it mine in particular? . Cheers Guy
27th Feb 2007 2:25 pm
simon
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ASAIK the 2007MY has no start up chime.
27th Feb 2007 2:30 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Another thing LR have saved money on!
27th Feb 2007 2:31 pm
simon
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Better to boing a system check error or warning than boing that all is OK.
Confusing IMHO
27th Feb 2007 2:35 pm
SN
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but thats the bong that tells me to turn the key to start the engine after putting my seat belt onSteve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
27th Feb 2007 2:57 pm
simon
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do you really need a computer to tell you when to turn the key ?
latest sw on the D3 (any MY) is fine to start once yer glow plug light is out (or is it called preheat these days). No need to wait for the bong. Although old habits die hard as I still do
27th Feb 2007 3:17 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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I still wait, well wouldn't want to tempt fate would I???
27th Feb 2007 3:20 pm
simon
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DSL wrote:
I still wait, well wouldn't want to tempt fate would I???
good point and good enough for me
27th Feb 2007 3:21 pm
randalls
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No boing on my 07 HSE either. I wait for the glow plug light to go out & the checking systems (cant remember exact wording) dash LED - to go off & start her up. Still is disconcerting though after being trained to wait for the boing to sound on previous models.
Do you get any accurate TMC info down there ? mines not working at all on this model- not that I miss it...... 2007 TDV6 HSE 'Silver Lady'. With 'free' privacy glass LOL.
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27th Feb 2007 5:16 pm
LT
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I've often found myself waiting for the "boing" in my other cars .
27th Feb 2007 5:25 pm
SPOTTER
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I didn't wait last night before starting, short stop, engine warm, so glow plug only on very briefly.......
didn't get a booiiing; radio faded in and out in a most annoying fashion and I couldn't turn it off and the Nav Screen froze on the LR logo. Car seemed to drive fine....
will wait for booiiinnng again in future before starting.......... end of an era ....... maybe a Defender when it appears.......
27th Feb 2007 6:12 pm
stapldm
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randalls wrote:
Do you get any accurate TMC info down there ? mines not working at all on this model- not that I miss it......
I do get TMC eventually (have to wait for up to 5 minutes after start-up for the icons to fill in on the map screen) and have been pleasantly suprised as to how (mostly) accurate it has been. Do you get good reception of Classic FM, the TMC carrier station? Or are you spared from that?
I was a little disconcerted last week to see that the M4 had been closed from junction 16 right through to junction 10 due to an accident (Nearly 50 miles ! ) but I assumed it was someone in TMC control centre having a laugh as it cleared 10 minutes later. I shudder to think how many TMC alert GPS unit's forced their owners onto back-roads because of that one...
I do like to see the TMC on the display, but have the automatic re-routing based on TMC turned off so that I can make my own decisions. I'm pretty sure that the TMC info sometimes gets garbled so I do manual changes of route if required (but then I have 07MY so I can do it on the move...).
I too miss the Boing on my car telling me to turn the key , and I only drove an 06MY D3 for a week before I picked my own car up...How sad is that?Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
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New car 25/2. Not worth waiting for the new reg then ???"To finish first, one first has to finish ...."
27th Feb 2007 7:44 pm
drguy
Member Since: 13 Jun 2005
Location: Torrance ,Glasgow
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90BHP wrote:
New car 25/2. Not worth waiting for the new reg then ???
No have private reg and dealer was offering a good deal. Glad its not just mine with no boing. I now just count to five and start engine .thanks for all your replies.
27th Feb 2007 9:52 pm
drguy
Member Since: 13 Jun 2005
Location: Torrance ,Glasgow
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randalls wrote:
No boing on my 07 HSE either. I wait for the glow plug light to go out & the checking systems (cant remember exact wording) dash LED - to go off & start her up. Still is disconcerting though after being trained to wait for the boing to sound on previous models.
Do you get any accurate TMC info down there ? mines not working at all on this model- not that I miss it......
Dear Randalls TMC works intermittently usually showing jam on M8 (whats new?????)However not such an issue in Scotland.Guy
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NO boing on starting as before. Is this the case in all recent D3s or is it mine in particular? . Cheers Guy
2007 TDV6 HSE 'Silver Lady'. With 'free' privacy glass LOL.
) but I assumed it was someone in TMC control centre having a laugh as it cleared 10 minutes later. I shudder to think how many TMC alert GPS unit's forced their owners onto back-roads because of that one...
