Pretty pleased There's a few bit's that I'm not to sure about though

Keyless go. Wife has keys in handbag to enter car. Works perfect.
So you get used to not needing a key in your hand to get in, obviously you
don't need it to get out either. You do need it to lock the car though... Why does it not
"perimiter lock" when the key goes out of range?
Auto-Dip headlights. Maybe it's because I've never had them, think
trusting them to dip will take time! (been flashed twice tonight)
Phone voice control. Why can you not just have a "Base command" "Dial"?
Also you can't assign voice tags to phonebook numbers. i.e. you have to enter
the number to assign the tag. (strange thing is, the system then recognises the
entered number in the phonebook...)
Why doesn't cruise work in dynamic mode?

Sound like I'm moaning but I'm not

Well chuffed with the ride, comfort, performance, appearance and V8 sound

Andy M

Well I'm very pleased with my TDV8. The Blackberry phonebook doesn't sync with it, so, I'll try an iphone! Any one know if the latest 3 GS on Orange syncs OK? Lovely drive, has so much presence on the road what a great car. I am loving it!

John

Cruise doesn't work in Dymanic mode because you ain't supposed to be cruising in Dynamic mode, you are supposed to be driving in a "spirited style" in Dynamic mode, not a relaxed "I'm cruising up the motorway in a relaxed enjoying the passing scenery or posing on the Malaga Corniche or Brighton sea front trying to impress the bimbos from Ilford" style!! Dynamic is for rapid blasts up/down the Stelvio Pass or along the A889/A86 Dalwhinnie to Spean Bridge road in the Scottish Highlands, or even better the unclassified road from Loch Carron to Applecross! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
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60RK wrote:

Well I'm very pleased with my TDV8. The Blackberry phonebook doesn't sync with it, so, I'll try an iphone! Any one know if the latest 3 GS on Orange syncs OK? Lovely drive, has so much presence on the road what a great car. I am loving it!

John

iphone works perfect in mine, full menu on sat nav screen purple people eater

There are no good days, just some days that are not as bad as others!


Gone RR 4.0 P38 Autobiography MY99 Red ( money pit)
Gone RRS MY06 2.7TDV6 HSE Rimini Red
Gone RRS MY10 3.0TDV6 HSE Bali Blue with lots of bits (never grew to love it)
Here Now - 3.6 TDV8 FFRR OVERFINCH Stornoway Grey - loving it x
My work car Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDci Zetec auto Estate in Silver

My first day of 2010MY observations:
Plus points:
1) Great drive. Only the TDV6 but plenty enough for the combination motorway and country road driving done today (300 miles). Better than the 2.7 by quite a margin.
Minus points
1) SatNav is a little weird in places (strange routes selected and hopeless arrival estimation times).. Also some of the detailed guidance is poor.
2) Bluetooth integration to iphone occasionally fails (phone rings on car but occasionaly when answered on car only works for talking through the handset).
3) Phonebook downloading from iPhone is missing large numbers of contacts.
4) Heated windscreeen can be very mildly off-putting at times.
5) The lack of an auto -lock of the vehicle when key goes out of range will take me some time to get used to (my previous car with wireless key had timed auto-lock and I have developed bad habits).
6) The control screen seems a little cumbersome at times. The need to manually retune all the time is somthing that cheaper car manufacturers have resolved.
7) small stone-chip already (guess I will need to read up on what to do about this).
Drivers door seems to need a firmer close than I keep on giving it (it may just be me or perhaps the catch needs adjusting?
9) No apparent integration between steering wheeel telephone controls and screen (but I have yet to RTFM).

mrloudly wrote:

Keyless go. Wife has keys in handbag to enter car. Works perfect.
So you get used to not needing a key in your hand to get in, obviously you
don't need it to get out either. You do need it to lock the car though... Why does it not
"perimiter lock" when the key goes out of range?

You don't need to use the key any differently to lock the car than you would to start or enter the car.
Leave Key in Pocket/handbag etc. You just press the little soft touch button on the outside door handle
and the car locks Pressing a wee button on the door is no different to pressing the start button
IMHO.
Perimeter locking would actually be a right royal Pain In the Ass! Imagine loading the car and every time you walked away to get the next case, or whatever you're loading, the damn car kept trying to lock.. nightmare!  2013 Discovery HSE Luxury - 3.0 SDV6 - Santorini Black
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GONE - RRS - 3.0 TDV6 HSE - Santorini (2010)
GONE - RRS - 2.7 TDV6 HSE - Java Black (2007)
GONE - Porsche Boxster S - 3.2 - Black

I agree with mr Loudly. Other maufacturers have sussed Perimiter locking (a combination of going out of range and a time delay - and it works a treat). Because I am used to perimiter locking on my old car, I have developed some bad habits. I left the car unlocked in Central Milton Keynes for an hour today...... I suppose I will have to adapt.

Oh, and my headlights have fogged up.....

Bigby wrote:

3) Phonebook downloading from iPhone is missing large numbers of contacts.
4) Heated windscreeen can be very mildly off-putting at times.
5) The lack of an auto -lock of the vehicle when key goes out of range will take me some time to get used to (my previous car with wireless key had timed auto-lock and I have developed bad habits).

"I left the car unlocked in Central Milton Keynes for an hour today"

Snap! Went shopping at Costco MK and left it open whilst in there

Thanks for the tip on door locking with touch pad, hadn't sussed that yet

Re iPhone phone book downloading...

On the iPhone, go into settings / general / bluetooth / click on the little blue arrow on the right of the Land Rover text.

There you can select what will sync with the car.... You can select wich group of contacts, only favorites..... Range Rover Vogue ‘17 TDV6

Gone: Range Rover Vogue '11 4.4TDV8, Range Rover Sport ‘59, Range Rover Sport ‘56

Mine won't just sync fave's.
I have to have "sync contacts" on, which then allows "phone favourites" to sync as well.
I can't just turn on "sync faourites"

Have you try

Sync contact on
Favorties on
History as you wich

Other Groups: none ??? Range Rover Vogue ‘17 TDV6

Gone: Range Rover Vogue '11 4.4TDV8, Range Rover Sport ‘59, Range Rover Sport ‘56

Ahh thanks Jimmy will try later

Andy