Hello everyone, quick intro and then a wee question for you. My name is Jim and I live in Cyprus with my wife, many dogs and Discovery 1 200tdi. I have had the Land Rover for about 18months as a replacement to a very hard used Vitara, I do a fair bit of offroad, wood cutting and trailer towing (on and off road) and general Land Rover work. Parts out here are quite pricey but the guy that runs the shop is pretty knowledgeable but I try to get what I can when I'm in the UK.
My question for you is,when in high range my truck is pretty sensitive to revs and gear selection and does not like to pull away on a hill or slope unless i give it a good boot full of throttle, more than i feel it should need. Mostly i find it strong and it has no problem pulling my fully loaded Sankey when fully loaded itself, off road and in some difficult situations when in low range. I have developed a technique to driving it but I'm not sure it should be as sensitive as it is. Any ideas?
My question for you is,when in high range my truck is pretty sensitive to revs and gear selection and does not like to pull away on a hill or slope unless i give it a good boot full of throttle, more than i feel it should need. Mostly i find it strong and it has no problem pulling my fully loaded Sankey when fully loaded itself, off road and in some difficult situations when in low range. I have developed a technique to driving it but I'm not sure it should be as sensitive as it is. Any ideas?
