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pab



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I see brand loyalty has died

If it has it's died on both sides!

I still love my FL2 - in fact I'll be keeping it for a few more years yet as there's nothing else out there which really takes my fancy. But when it comes to choosing a new car I'm not going to buy whatever LR are offering me, at whatever price they may put on it. I will evaluate all the options available, and then choose the one which suits me best, whatever its make. And if for the same money I get the choice of a 4-cyl, 2-litre, Haldex car, or a 3-litre, V6, 'proper' 4WD system with low range, etc, well, the choice is easy! (Yep - keep the FL Laughing )

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I too am not planning to change. My present FL2 is with me for the long term. Nothing to do with the DS. Just pure economics. 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

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Well if you do go down the 3.0 V6 and want the Low Range, look to get an older one or one that had the option ticked when it went down the line. Wink

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ccsnet



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I think an older FFRS is next for me... if any thing more a change....

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pab



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In this case the 3.0 V6 would be more likely to have a VW badge on the back! Touareg Escape, £44K. OK, I think it's an electrically-engaged low gear rather than a proper low range, but it's still more than the DS gets!

But, as I say, for the foreseeable future I'm sticking with the FL2.

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Notice you've dodged the bad language detector, V Censored W Thud

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Are the first couple of gears on the 9 speed box not equivalent to low range?

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Are the first couple of gears on the 9 speed box not equivalent to low range?

They may be, and since neither the Discovery nor the Touareg are available as manuals I guess there's little point in bemoaning the lack of a low-range manual DS (although the existence of such a thing would make me much better disposed towards it)!

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bad language detector, V Censored W

I never thought I'd seriously contemplate a VW either, but the Touareg actually seems to be a very nice car, and is genuinely capable off-road. It perhaps lacks the ultimate capability of the Discovery, but it also lacks the delivery van looks and fashion-conscious buyers.

Still sticking with the FL though - no way I'm actually spending £45K on a car!

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taztastic wrote:
Are the first couple of gears on the 9 speed box not equivalent to low range?


I've low range on mine as you know, you need to be in about 6th low before you get near 1st high. Also unlike I found with the Freelander, it always starts off in 1st, whatever, where as the Freelander would start off in second, only starting off in first in Command Shift, but also having to pull the stick back to physically select it.
It may have been a one off, I did mention it at service time and was told it was normal.

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