With wipers on auto and raining, putting the car into reverse will switch the rear wiper on.

I'm lucky to have discovered this as our drought finally looks like breaking in this part of Australia. I've seen more rain this year than the last 5 put together!

A quick press of the start/stop button (without depressing the brake/clutch) will turn the satnav on without turning on the ignition/headlights.
Useful when you want to enter your destination on the satnav without switching on the engine or rest of the electrics.

RW wrote:

A quick press of the start/stop button (without depressing the brake/clutch) will turn the satnav on without turning on the ignition/headlights.
Useful when you want to enter your destination on the satnav without switching on the engine or rest of the electrics.

The electric seats can be operated all of the time, even without the keyfob in, so you can use the 3rd memory as a fully lowered and all the way back setting to help getting in and out of the car...its what I do.....so its especially for short people.

Gambba wrote:

RW wrote:

A quick press of the start/stop button (without depressing the brake/clutch) will turn the satnav on without turning on the ignition/headlights.
Useful when you want to enter your destination on the satnav without switching on the engine or rest of the electrics.

Also useful if you forget to shut the suroof before stopping the engine and ejecting the key.

Oh! what a relief to read that I really didnt know that and it has been a pain each time I stop and forgot to close the roof  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

RW wrote:

A quick press of the start/stop button (without depressing the brake/clutch) will turn the satnav on without turning on the ignition/headlights.
Useful when you want to enter your destination on the satnav without switching on the engine or rest of the electrics.

Great to read that as well - where is that I have read not this earlier - is it not in the Users Handbook

Life will be easier in future  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

Gambba wrote:

The electric seats can be operated all of the time, even without the keyfob in, so you can use the 3rd memory as a fully lowered and all the way back setting to help getting in and out of the car...its what I do.....so its especially for short people.

npinks wrote:

upnaway wrote:

Nicam, fascinating! The things you did not know! I been playing locking the doors all day.
Mr Pinks, pls remind me how to turn the s/belt bongs off. Its been doing my head in between gates!

With the key in the holder and start button pressed (no clutch) so the dash lights up.

You insert the seatbelt something like 10 times in a minute, took me a couple of times to get the required result.

And the best one of all How did I miss reading that one earlier The bonging in my FL2 is now dead and gone (well almost)

Many thanks to all that have shared your knowlege and keep em coming pleez 2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

AndyC wrote:

npinks wrote:

upnaway wrote:

Nicam, fascinating! The things you did not know! I been playing locking the doors all day.
Mr Pinks, pls remind me how to turn the s/belt bongs off. Its been doing my head in between gates!

With the key in the holder and start button pressed (no clutch) so the dash lights up.

You insert the seatbelt something like 10 times in a minute, took me a couple of times to get the required result.

And the best one of all How did I miss reading that one earlier The bonging in my FL2 is now dead and gone (well almost)

Many thanks to all that have shared your knowlege and keep em coming pleez

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Many thanks to all that have shared your knowlege and keep em coming pleez[/quote]


It is useful to be able to look backward while reversing without being held back in your seat by the belt. As when you don't belt up the silly bongs make it harder to pay attention to the reversing beepers. Mrs George used this as an excuse a few years ago when she reversed into a van in her admittedly very tricky works carpark

(shame she didn't stop and report the collision as the police had to come to our farm and interview her about it, she's learnt the correct thing to do now, her opinion was that the van was illegally parked so she had the right to reverse into it, the police didn't agree)[/quote]

The worst seat-belt bonging I have experienced was in a hire car (Toyota) in Iceland. When using the passenger seat for my camera + telephoto, the car electronics considered that a very light person was sitting there and “bing-bonged” very annoyingly The only way to sneak into position to photograph birds from the driver’s window was to put the passenger’s side seat belt on the camera seat  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

I haven't got a Freely2 but on RRS if you get the yellow low fuel light come on in the RRS the satnav will show you all the local filling stations on it's screen. How can carbon have a footprint, it has no feet?
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Gone - 2010MY FFRR TDv8 Stornoway and Ivory, Privacy - the pace of a TDv8 RRS, the incomparable grace of a Range Rover
Gone but will be missed- RRS Tdv8 HSE Stornoway Grey with Ebony Leather
Gone (only a little missed) RRS Tdv6 2.7SE Giverny Green/Aspen
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Tim in Scotland wrote:

I haven't got a Freely2 but on RRS if you get the yellow low fuel light come on in the RRS the satnav will show you all the local filling stations on it's screen.

If you unlock the doors, but don't open door or boot within 1 min, the car will auto lock. Phil

New F/L2s will fold their mirrors at speeds upto 70mph not the previously discussed 12mph. Do not know if this is a back compatable modification but shows somebody listens to customer comment. still pining for my 3dr, no removeable hardtop, no drop glass tailgate, no roof rack, no pockets everywhere to stow all that man kit

Tim in Scotland wrote:

I haven't got a Freely2 but on RRS if you get the yellow low fuel light come on in the RRS the satnav will show you all the local filling stations on it's screen.