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tomflanagan
Member Since: 21 Aug 2007
Location: Ashby De La Zouch
Posts: 4
 
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| Manual Gearbox much slower than Auto |
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Hi Dear D3 Owners.
I am looking for advice on my D3. It is a TDV6 Manual, lovely car and very pleased, except for the fact it is back at the dealer with a starting problem which we think is the starter motor. Anyway this leads me to my question. The Landrover support folk have supplied a D3 TDV6 Auto and all I can say is fast. Why is this so much faster at acceleration than my manual. It almost seems as though I only have a 2ltr and not 2.7ltr engine. My car has done 38k and the loan one 15k so should be nothing mileage related.
Has anyone else experienced the same thing?
Thanks in advance
Tom
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 21st Aug 2007 9:32 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
  
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Don't think my manual is any slower than an auto I borrowed from the dealer once... could be they have had it re-mapped on the QT 
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| 21st Aug 2007 9:45 pm |
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Wex
Member Since: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Knackeragua
Posts: 5173
 
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Much prefer the manual ( always have) although it must be said the autobox is the best that I have driven so far.
Have had mine remapped, cant remember what mileage I got it at though but I definitely had at least 25 k miles clocked before doing so , regs , DW
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| 21st Aug 2007 9:48 pm |
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bobbycrispbox
Member Since: 15 May 2006
Location: Where women glow and men plunder
Posts: 2580
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The last manual D3 I drove was terribly slow. Something to do with me forgetting how to drive properly in the last 18 months of having only two pedals 
More seriously, the 07 loaner I had recently was very nearly as responsive as my JE chipped 06. The newer engines certainly seem to me to give far more 'out of the box'.
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| 21st Aug 2007 9:49 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
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Pick up / throttle response does seem to be far better than with the olduns of MY05. Maybe thats what your noticing too ?
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| 21st Aug 2007 9:50 pm |
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tomflanagan
Member Since: 21 Aug 2007
Location: Ashby De La Zouch
Posts: 4
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Thanks for the feedback, maybe need to go and buy a new one.....LOL
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| 21st Aug 2007 9:58 pm |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534
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A remap will help....
i'm not too far away 
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| 21st Aug 2007 10:26 pm |
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Philipot
Member Since: 29 Jan 2006
Location: Swansea
Posts: 8
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I have to say I have had two D3 both Autos - I had the last one Turbo chipped http://www.turbochip.ltd.uk and it not only improved the performance I got at least another 8mpg. A colleague drives a same age manual and cant believe how much better mine was. I am going back again to Turbo Chip again
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| 28th Aug 2007 12:50 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
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So you can get up to 40MPG out of your D3 
AND its an Auto ???
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| 28th Aug 2007 1:19 pm |
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D'arkuk
Member Since: 15 Aug 2006
Location: M/C
Posts: 464
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My 07 (not re-mapped, yet) has just been in to the stealers for a few days and I got a 07 auto as a loner, even with the auto in sport mode my manual (although there’s not much in it) is faster.  The best I’ve got her (my manual) to show on the dash on a long motorway drive has been 44.4 MPG.  Brute force and ignorance, the D3 does the rest.
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| 28th Aug 2007 3:35 pm |
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