[quote="iain cooper"][quote="philsh"]

chicken george wrote:

quite a few fl2 drivers have mentioned the same thing on here, just check when you are motorway driving in auto that the car has notched up to 6th its often quite happy staying in 5th at legal motorway speed

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Depends how lead footed you are or whether you're on a climb. My car always selects 6th at a touch over 60. So do all the auto FL2's I've driven. I've never known it to sit in 5th at 70. Command shift will allow you to change up at 55, but then there's next to no acceleration, as the revs are well in the turbo lag. The art of driving an auto is to dictate when you want the box to change for you, as it's all based on throttle response. I very rarely use either command shift (other than in snow) or sports mode, as there's no need to.

an art to driving an auto ?? what a load of b******

an auto is for people who either can't be bothered, or simply cannot drive a car properly for various reasons.

Iain

ps point and steer is the phrase, just like a dodgem car at the fair.....................

I say bring back starting handles that's for people who really know how to start a car..you know the proper way....in a thumb breaking type of way. Nothing beats it...not like these namby pamby starter motors used by the riff raff

richardk wrote:

I say bring back starting handles that's for people who really know how to start a car..you know the proper way....in a thumb breaking type of way. Nothing beats it...not like these namby pamby starter motors used by the riff raff

I'm sure a video of you starting your Freelander with a handle, as you seem to purport, will be appreciated by everyone on here.

Maybe a video of you and your bucket getting water from the well too

6th gear 70 mph 2000 rpm, change from 5th to 6th appears to be around 75 mph. not done extensive testing on this as the Mrs was asking to many questions about why I kept messing with the revs and gear change. At work
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chicken george wrote:

6th gear 70 mph 2000 rpm, change from 5th to 6th appears to be around 75 mph. not done extensive testing on this as the Mrs was asking to many questions about why I kept messing with the revs and gear change.

Goodness - sounds like she thinks you have a mistress!  Freelander 1 TD4 HSE - gone, 2 weeks after the Cat.Converter!
Freelander 2 TD4 SE Auto MY08 - Santorini black

FL2 SD4 = 6th gear equates to 78mph @ 2000rpm. Looks like a completely different gearbox map.

And I thought it was me when I first read this at 4am this morning, I put it down to CG coming back from the Pub or I was still asleep, or even both.

Not tried it myself but I am sure it has been said that if your in Sports Mode it won't change in to 6th

taztastic wrote:

richardk wrote:

I say bring back starting handles that's for people who really know how to start a car..you know the proper way....in a thumb breaking type of way. Nothing beats it...not like these namby pamby starter motors used by the riff raff

I'm sure a video of you starting your Freelander with a handle, as you seem to purport, will be appreciated by everyone on here.

Maybe a video of you and your bucket getting water from the well too

Don't worry Taztastic - the emoticon gave a clue that I was joking

I know, no offence meant it would be funny though