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E-mail from Landrover
Just been told my new discovery4 will start being manufactured on the 8th October & will be completed on the 15th!! Top service, you now know when it starts it's long rough life!! Hope all the extras are fitted! Rear diff lock being the most important extra.
Any way looks like I will get it on the 19th, so better get all my bits off the disco 2!
C
So the big question, how many miles would you do before you would pull 2t of caravan?
21st Sep 2010 7:56 pm
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That would depend on when next holiday is booked wouldn't it??
21st Sep 2010 7:58 pm
Discobailey
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Sort of! A weekend away in north Yorkshire first then full on at 1/2 term
21st Sep 2010 8:02 pm
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recommendation is to drive the first 500 miles at speeds not exceeding 68mph and 3500 rpm. (from memory !!)
I always give my cars a couple of thousand miles before pushing them hard. but if you take it easy should be fine at 500milesDuncan
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I towed my 1850Kg tintent with ........................................ 25 miles on the clock
I have an email from the dealer stating that this would be no problem whatsoever and the verabl advice from him was drive it as normal from new! It's auto so shouldn't be laboured if left in D and yes, it towed superbly
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21st Sep 2010 9:22 pm
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Re: E-mail from Landrover
Discobailey wrote:
Rear diff lock being the most important extra.
Worth checking the spec sheet for this when it arrives at the dealer. Difficult to tell otherwise whether it's there or not. You are supposed to be able to see the actuator on one side of the rear axle, but it's hard to find if you don't know what you're looking for. The 4x4 display isn't much help. Even on vehicles without it, the lock is lit up green (open) when in special programs mode. One would think that it would be greyed out. On the LRE day I attended recently, I asked whther it was fitted to the D4 I was driving, as on a broken wooden plank bridge where one rear wheel ended up hanging in a hole it didn't make it without a brutal run up. They sent me through a diagonal ditch traverse and told the passenger to check the display. If the lock didn't turn red on the display then the car didn't have it (it didn't). Hard to test in a 'normal' environment though.....using arm rest more than rear diff
24th Sep 2010 5:45 am
Discobailey
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Need to fit tow bar when I get the new discovery! I know it's being tight, but I am a Yorkshire man! Come on copper wire was invented in Yorkshire,, two men fighting over a penny,,,,
Anyway getting the 13 pin electrics free with disco, will be tapping into it to fit a 7 pin as well, it's my old trailer it's 7 pin and who wants to use one of those adaptor things.
I fitted a 13 pin socket to the disco 2! Tapped into the 7n & 7s sockets Worked wellDisco 4 Difflock on rear, side running bars, leather upgrade! tow hitch 7 & 13 pin electrics oh and roof bars
28th Sep 2010 8:54 pm
Discobailey
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its 16-10-2010 and its all gone Wrong!
Landrover are having problems with the 3.0 Twin Turbo engine!!!! the one in my Disco and the Range Rover sport. It must be bad because the disco is not due till the 3rd November now! I bet someone is paying for this cock up! Disco 4 Difflock on rear, side running bars, leather upgrade! tow hitch 7 & 13 pin electrics oh and roof bars
16th Oct 2010 4:32 pm
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Who told you that 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
16th Oct 2010 4:42 pm
Discobailey
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Got a phone call this afternoon from the dealer! 8) Not bothered though as I will go on holiday in the D2!! Glad I did not take the tow hitch off Disco 4 Difflock on rear, side running bars, leather upgrade! tow hitch 7 & 13 pin electrics oh and roof bars
16th Oct 2010 4:46 pm
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Discobailey wrote:
Got a phone call this afternoon from the dealer! 8)
Ahhh ....explains everything Forget to put your order in perhaps 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
16th Oct 2010 4:59 pm
Discobailey
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No!!!!!! he is a friend of mine and I trust what he tells me Disco 4 Difflock on rear, side running bars, leather upgrade! tow hitch 7 & 13 pin electrics oh and roof bars
16th Oct 2010 5:01 pm
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Strange then ...Ford can't produce them fast enough at the moment 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
16th Oct 2010 5:11 pm
chris999
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The dealer that I ordered my D4 from a few weeks ago mentioned something about build delays due to engine problems when I spoke to him recently - mine isn't due to be built until mid-November - hopefully it won't spill over into the higher VAT rate ! Does anyone know any more about the problem ?
16th Oct 2010 7:58 pm
doubledoom
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chris999 wrote:
The dealer that I ordered my D4 from a few weeks ago mentioned something about build delays due to engine problems when I spoke to him recently - mine isn't due to be built until mid-November - hopefully it won't spill over into the higher VAT rate ! Does anyone know any more about the problem ?
Probably a supply problem rather than an actual problem.
When I picked up my D4 in September, the dealer said that people ordering now (as in sept) would be lucky to see their car by February unless it they used the dealer allocation (or words to that affect).
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Forget to put your order in perhaps 
...Ford can't produce them fast enough at the moment 
