My Fuji Dynamic SD4 Manual

(17-09-2012 09:26pm)PhilSkill Wrote:  So after the trip to the Netherlands the MPG cold have been better around 38mpg, ok car was loaded but with such flat countryside I rather hoped to get into the 40's.

The Yellow line shows how the average speed varied due to the long motorway sections and then town stuff in the middle brought it down again.

The Trip

You really need to get out more or how about getting a TV

And watch a crappy series, or worse something really inane like reality TV ... I think not!

Having just spent 12 days out in the Dutch countryside eating in some of the best michelin restaurants Holland has to offer, I now have to stay in and pay for it anyway!

So after a series of catastophies like falling out of a tree and a broken Evoque I finally got to do my LR Experience Driving day in a Evoque at Rockingham Castle (Thanks Mark for a informative and fun Afternoon!), Having done in it a Vogue at Eastnor Castle after the Evoque was broken by the LR Development team, I was finally able to get a drive in an Evoque.

The weather was perfect, absolutely hammering it down, so the course just got wetter and more slippery, and the Evoque performed admirably, in fact Mark said it could reach the most parts of the Estate of all the range, and even took it up one of the hills the Discovery 4 apparently even struggles to get up with due to it's weight.

Compared to the Vogue, not having a low ratio gearbox just really meant you lost a bit of throttle control at very slow speeds, but as Mud and Ruts re-maps your throttle response, although slightly more jerky to drive it was easy to control. The Hill descent also only goes down to 4mph instead of 1mph in the Vogue.

Great fun using the Gradient Release Control and Hill Descent to stop over the brow of a hill and then let the Evoque do it's stuff down the hill, while your feet stayed off the pedals, and was amazing to stop half way down on a 45deg slope of bedrock and mud and then reverse back up it so effortlessly (ok it took me 2 attempts because I wasn't watching where i was going and backed out of the throttle, where the Evoque disengaged reverse to save me damaging it as we rolled down and forward again!).

Got it into quite a slide at one point from accidently using the brake when I shouldn't have as we went in the corner at the bottom, down a very slippery track with a sharp 180 bend at the end but managed to get it out with little problem at all. The Evoque is an amazingly capable offroad car on stock tyres and wheels 19" style 5 Continental cross contact, exactly what I have on my Dynamic right now.

Drove an Automatic Prestige SD4 which had 25000 miles on the clock, notably the Oxford leather still looked in good condition, but both myself and friend immediately noticed how it seemed like getting into a different car getting back into my Dynamic, (both interiors black, ivory roof, panoramic) we both preferred the standard sports leather and dash over the Prestige. Ok mines lovingly cared for but surprised the difference in perception, Also having the AD did make a notable difference to the Ride with the AD feeling more smooth and responsive on tarmac, not that you would say the Prestige was not smooth and responsive, just the AD was more-so.

Noted how on road the Auto box did seem to have a little lag pulling away at a roundabout and hung on into 2500rpm + before changing up a gear... much preferred my Manual to drive, ok i'm used to it, but it is a great manual box, but nothing to complain about with the Auto either really.

They are all great cars but made me appreciate the choices I have made with mine!

Great Afternoon, Thanks LR Experience team at East of England.

Great write-up PhilSkill, and an enjoyable read. I do find the minimum HDC speed in the Evoque a little too fast even in comparison to my current Freelander. It was interesting to note that the Vogue can reduce it 1mph. Thanks!

IKM
If I am not mistaken (I usually am) if you look at page 98 of the MY13 owners manual is shows the HDC as adjustable........
Sorry I have a photographic memory... or is it old age and retirement.

or have they changed this?

Yes HDC on all recent Land Rovers except Defender can be adjusted in 1mph steps using the + and - keys of the cruise control, IIRC the uppermost is speed is 15mph but as am away fom home in Denmark cannot verify from my owners manual

(24-09-2012 04:24pm)Shenley Wrote:  IKM
If I am not mistaken (I usually am) if you look at page 98 of the MY13 owners manual is shows the HDC as adjustable........
Sorry I have a photographic memory... or is it old age and retirement.

or have they changed this?

Hi, I'll check it out thanks (when the pouring rain stops). I remember it's adjustable, but it may still just be to a limit of 4mph. Certainly felt faster than the old system on the Freelander. Again from memory, it's in increments of 0.6mph, but I don't believe it mentions the lowest possible speed.

UPDATE: Just further evidenced to my wife that I'm crackers by going out in the pouring rain and driving down a hill with HDC. Took HDC down to slowest allowed, and it went down hill, spot on 4mph according to digital display (I went down twice). Started about 3mph, then for a second switched between that and 5mph, but settled in at a constant 4mph. Probably faster than I'd like if it was in snow and ice.

I've now just taken the Freelander out, and without a digital display, I reckon it's between 3 to 4 mph (so no difference, only my imagination!).

(24-09-2012 05:49pm)IKM Wrote:  Hi, I'll check it out thanks (when the pouring rain stops). I remember it's adjustable, but it may still just be to a limit of 4mph. Certainly felt faster than the old system on the Freelander. Again from memory, it's in increments of 0.6mph, but I don't believe it mentions the lowest possible speed.

UPDATE: Just further evidenced to my wife that I'm crackers by going out in the pouring rain and driving down a hill with HDC. Took HDC down to slowest allowed, and it went down hill, spot on 4mph according to digital display (I went down twice). Started about 3mph, then for a second switched between that and 5mph, but settled in at a constant 4mph. Probably faster than I'd like if it was in snow and ice.

I've now just taken the Freelander out, and without a digital display, I reckon it's between 3 to 4 mph (so no difference, only my imagination!).

It defaults to about 7mph and you can adjust in 0.3mph increments down to a minimum of 4mph. A few times it did reset to the default (I guess we turned it off and on), which is a bit fast.

Back to Back of 19" options Style 5 and Style 4 on my Dynamic. I know most people prefer the 20" or bigger, but i've spent many years on rubber bands for tyres which to me have gone too far and look wrong on this type of vehicle. Since one of the reasons for purchase was for getting about in Winter that didn't seem the right choice for me...

   

   

Hmm, on the dynamic I think the style 4 look better but the style 5 look good on Prestige models.

I don't know why but he style 5's look a tad smaller perhaps it's the design