Very Annoyed wrote:

That's a different matter. You can always argue that you were unaware of any modifications - you're not being dishonest.

Now where's my shotgun I'm off to rob a sub post office!

In the eyes of the law ignorance isn't a form of defence, or am i wrong, as usual

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No you're right but at least you're honest with yourself.


1st or 2nd class? 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
2009 Alaska TDV8 - Gone and much missed.



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Runner Up - 2009 �Just Doing What It�s Designed To Do� Award


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Michaels RRS wrote:

Hi there, does anyone know if driving my sport in 'sand mode' on road, would cause any damage or ploblems, if I used this terrain response setting all the time, my dealer says not.

Very Annoyed wrote:

No you're right but at least you're honest with yourself.


1st or 2nd class?

No! Do as I say not as I do! 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
2009 Alaska TDV8 - Gone and much missed.



WINNER - 2009 �Idler Of The Year� Award
Runner Up - 2009 �Just Doing What It�s Designed To Do� Award


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will do  some of my Previous cars
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RRS TDV8 HSE silver
FFRR Vogue black
Disco3 HSE silver
RRS 2.7 HSE silver
RRS 3.0 HSE BALTI BLUE
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Audi R8 V10 Spyder
AC Cobra
Landrover Defender 90
Landrover Defender 110
Suzuki Jimney

ENVOY wrote:

Its simple just get it chipped, NO MORE DELAY

Why bother telling the insurance company, even the dealers cant tell if the ECU has been remapped

tim mention that sand mode disables the DSC ....does the yelow light shut turn on? coz I could not see it on..can some one confurem.i\I used to swith DSC it of manual when I use sand mode 2007 Range Rover Sport Supercharged, Buckingham Blue, Ivory converted to HST Silver

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Tay_pt wrote:

ENVOY wrote:

Its simple just get it chipped, NO MORE DELAY

Why bother telling the insurance company, even the dealers cant tell if the ECU has been remapped

I was thinking on having mine remaped, but over here, every one tells me that the remap would void the manufactures warranty. In you experience your dealers don't check if the car has been remaped?

Tay_pt wrote:

ENVOY wrote:

Its simple just get it chipped, NO MORE DELAY

Why bother telling the insurance company, even the dealers cant tell if the ECU has been remapped

I was thinking on having mine remaped, but over here, every one tells me that the remap would void the manufactures warranty. In you experience your dealers don't check if the car has been remaped?

Not quite sure as to the warranty aspect, but some dealers will do it for you, so i would presume it shouldn't affect the warranty. Maybe if the engine went bang there might be an issue

If you chose not to tell the dealer it has been done then they wont know, but if you have any upgrades done to the ECU, ie warranty work it may wipe the remap off, and then you will have to have it remapped again, but some of the companies that supply it in the first instance might do it free of charge if this happens.

I didn't tell my dealer of the remap in the first instance and it got wiped clean off and it cost me again to get it replaced I have since told my dealer and they have made a note against my service records,


All things said i personally think its worth having done, i wouldn't hesitate in getting the V8 done, when i get it some of my Previous cars
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RRS TDV8 HSE silver
FFRR Vogue black
Disco3 HSE silver
RRS 2.7 HSE silver
RRS 3.0 HSE BALTI BLUE
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current vehicles
RRS 3.0 L494 Autobiography
Audi R8 V10 Spyder
AC Cobra
Landrover Defender 90
Landrover Defender 110
Suzuki Jimney

Sport, I have never felt the need to disable my DSC so cannot tell you - we don't have too much suitable sand round where I life to need to test it out! If you have no light then the DSC is active, it only comes on once the DSC has been turned off, BUT whether it does this when you select sand mode I don't know. 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
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

shmoogle wrote:

If you want that, switch to sport mode... or alter your driving style to fit how the car performs. Sand mode isn't designed to make your car quicker on road a

.....but it does. Switching to sport mode makes all difference in a diesel. Dialling up sand gives it plenty more off the mark.

Take your point on getting it chipped though.  RRS TDV6 Bluetooth, VR, Roof

one more point.....if we can get better response out of it in sand mode, why don't LR just use the same program for normal mode minus all the mods to DSC, ABS, Transm, etc??? Mine is very noticeable. RRS TDV6 Bluetooth, VR, Roof

Another fairly obvious response I fear

Chip it.................and dont tell em! OR buy a TD-V8 geez, its like greased weazel off the mark!

I've just retured from a LR Experience centre and they that sand mode could be used for occasional use on the road where it was necessary to get a quick initial getaway.

Haven't given it a go in my own car yet...ut told that the throttle pedal movement/response is very much sharper.