Member Since: 11 May 2008
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please be gentle with my question
I am thinking of changing into newer Discovery or TDV8 next year but having never driven aytomatic I wonder how difficult / confusing or evendangerous trasition might be
Any advice please?
G
16th May 2014 7:07 pm
geoff.
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20 mins and your be fine now man up and get a auto
16th May 2014 7:09 pm
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It's easy. Put foot on peddle & press. Seeeeeeemples.
Unless the TDV8 is a RRS thn it's get gear in to sell to those that want a fix.
16th May 2014 7:10 pm
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16th May 2014 7:11 pm
Bill Wright
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Set your mind at rest.
After 45 years of driving only with manual gear boxes Including my first D3, I switched to the auto box version two models ago and quite frankly, I would never switch back.
The ease and simplicity of the auto box and its range of abilities over the manual version is a joy to experience.
I'm sure that you won't regret it if you change.
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16th May 2014 7:11 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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grzesiul, it catches up with all of us. Welcome to old(ish) age.
16th May 2014 7:13 pm
Robbie
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Would I ever miss a 6-speed box that requires your leg and arm to operate - er no, not ever.
8-speed auto is the way ahead.
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DONT DO IT! You will have to grow a third leg and do a degree in Astro Physics for starters
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16th May 2014 7:40 pm
Carabraxis
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Press to go / press to stop.
What can possibly go wrong
Oh it's a Land Rover - lots then!!!
16th May 2014 8:14 pm
Grunders
Member Since: 30 Apr 2011
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What can go wrong....
Forgetting its an auto and slamming into park when your'e coming to a junction and nearly going through the windscreen... If it ain't broke... Take it apart anyway, how else you gonna find out how it works
16th May 2014 8:30 pm
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
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Grunders - that kind of transition issues i am talking about as worst battle is always with ones habbits
I know autos are boring easy to drive but i was not asking about driving technique but approach to transition into auto and daily life with it
G
16th May 2014 8:38 pm
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
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Ent wrote:
DONT DO IT! You will have to grow a third leg and do a degree in Astro Physics for starters
Seriously is this a real question?
I already have a third leg mate but not for walking and not long enough to reach brake pedal, will work on it promise...
G
16th May 2014 8:45 pm
Dan_NL
Member Since: 19 Sep 2010
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All joking, but you all obviously forgot about the first time in an automatic and you tried to de-clutch.. Yes.. sqeeling tyres all-round...
..hmm shows my age a bit, pre-ABS era...
This happens to almost everyone new to an automatic gearbox.. ..
I actually prefer a manual. With the disco & smart , I love to change down and break on the engine [although both are automatic] , and accelerate out of corners.
It feels like the car is more stable and corners better.... ...but I just like the sqeeling of the revs as well..
16th May 2014 8:50 pm
galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
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been driving since I was 17 years,always a manual.
so at 60 plus years was very apprehensive about conversion to auto .
what if I spent all that money and didn't like it.
LOVE IT,
go get yourself a test drive or off road day
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Yes.. sqeeling tyres all-round...
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