Not sure if this has been covered or if its in the manual (which i havent bothered reading as im a bloke) but i went on my freebie Land Rover Experience 1/2 day today and 1 of the many tips n tricks i picked up was the disabling of the double press to unlock the doors.

Simply hold the unlock and lock buttons down for about 3 seconds and the indicators will flash twice.

now unlock the car with 1 press and all doors are unlocked. Just repeat above to set it back to only opening the drivers door if your'e a "billy no mates" or prefer the family to wait outside the car until your ready for them to enter


By the way the half day freebie experience was fantastic. We went to the coniston cold site nr skipton and got a good 3 hours in the car. quite impressive what these auto boxes can do - he also showed us "launch control" in sport mode. i cant believe how quick an auto pulled away doing that.

its got me looking for an auto hse on ma next upgrade.

regards

Youngie

Youngie,

So spill the beans, how does launch control work?

Paul

How did you get the Half Day experience?

if its the same thing as they showed me at coniston

Left foot braking, set rev's to 2000-2500, release brake, this way it engages the torque converter Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

That sounds more like standard automatic quick getaway technique rather than launch control

WGG1848 - just saw a link on landrovers site for 500 free places filled in my contact details and they rang to say i'd got 1. Apparently they are always doing it, you just need to keep checking the site.

R32Paul - just as npinks said m8 - sport mode,left foot braking n revs - really quite effective

MVS

i think the instructor i got was on commision with landrover to get people to change to an auto - its all he went on about all morning - how clever the gearbox was,why did u buy a manual? what possible benefits are there of having a manual? couldnt u get an automatic? look its even got "launch control"
not knowing much about em i took his word 4 it but thinking about it now why would they fit launch control to a big 4x4

Why does "anybody" need "launch control" on a Freelander2
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This is in the handbook, first thing I had to change before I drove the car away from the dealer. Freelander 2.2e HSE , Privacy, Fully debadged, 19" Chrome SHadow alloys

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npinks wrote:

if its the same thing as they showed me at coniston

Left foot braking, set rev's to 2000-2500, release brake, this way it engages the torque converter

Apparently sand mode makes it more exciting too, so I've read on here!

I have a manual (and am not likely to switch to an auto before I'm ready for my pipe and slippers ) so haven't been able to try that out.

- Dick

youngie wrote:

Not sure if this has been covered or if its in the manual (which i havent bothered reading as im a bloke) but i went on my freebie Land Rover Experience 1/2 day today and 1 of the many tips n tricks i picked up was the disabling of the double press to unlock the doors.

Simply hold the unlock and lock buttons down for about 3 seconds and the indicators will flash twice.

now unlock the car with 1 press and all doors are unlocked. Just repeat above to set it back to only opening the drivers door if your'e a "billy no mates" or prefer the family to wait outside the car until your ready for them to enter

This is covered on page 41 of the Handbook, however youngie's information is not quite correct, so here is the correct procedure:

1). FIRST unlock the vehicle in the normal way.
2). Simultaneously hold the unlock and lock buttons down for about 3 seconds and the indicators will flash twice.
3). Repeating the procedure will re-enable Single Point Entry.

Thanks youngie for reminding me to dis-enable this annoying feature  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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AndyC wrote:

Why does "anybody" need "launch control" on a Freelander2

If you have an i6 and slippery roads

AndyC wrote:

Get a sprots car if you want to have fun at the lights

OK....done....but you forgot to mention to watch out for the police  Once you've tasted GREY you'll never go back!

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chicken george wrote:

sprots car brussel sprots?

no, Brussel Sports silly  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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