Brake Metrics...

[rostov]

That is incredible....almost non-believable but i follow your posts and i have no choice but to believe it. WOW! Myself 35k and 3 brake jobs (recently had one) already. May make it to 43k-45K. Avg every 15k.

My brakes were checked at 18K, were in "Green" zone, more them 6mm left... don't know exactly how much. But front pads were replaced per LTB00472NAS1 - i complained about the noise.

 

[lexman34]

I am curious to see what you think, as I never use it when driving on the road. I am also a little nervous about transmission strain, but I don't think that should be in an issue if you are up/down shifting appropriately. I think when you go to Command mode initially, it automatically puts it into a "S" mode, which is what I believe the dealer was talking about as far as extra power - that should not affect the transmission. I think it's more the up/down shifting inappropriately.

Well i did it for about 10 miles and decided to stop. Did not like the idea of the transmission slowing down my heavy vehicle and the sounds it makes. I did my best to be gentle by over anticipating the slow down distance but maybe it was my paranoia. I do not think this is a good thing for the tranny to use consistently for city driving for me...especially when 90% of my driving is city based. Good concept but it will not work for my life as a driver. Highway, i can see this being useful and i plan to use it when that applies. However thanks for the info and advice. Love this forum!

 

[lexman34]

My brakes were checked at 18K, were in "Green" zone, more them 6mm left... don't know exactly how much. But front pads were replaced per LTB00472NAS1 - i complained about the noise.

I believe the majority of the complaints from what i have read on this forum were from 2010's...then reduced at 2011 and i see 2012 models getting very few complaints. Maybe LR got it fixed and was quiet about it. I am happy for everyone who can get at least 20k-25k out of brake pads as it should be.

 

[Hoyas06]

when i had my 1 year service completed in November, i had 7mm remaining on my brakes. during my first year i put a little over 12k miles with 60% highway and 40% city driving. i have a 2012 MY

 

[Finlayforprez]

Well i did it for about 10 miles and decided to stop. Did not like the idea of the transmission slowing down my heavy vehicle and the sounds it makes. I did my best to be gentle by over anticipating the slow down distance but maybe it was my paranoia. I do not think this is a good thing for the tranny to use consistently for city driving for me...especially when 90% of my driving is city based. Good concept but it will not work for my life as a driver. Highway, i can see this being useful and i plan to use it when that applies. However thanks for the info and advice. Love this forum!

Thanks for the update!

I was wondering how using the manual shifting mode in everyday (especially city) driving would be and I figured it would not be ideal. I definitely don't think it's good for the transmission and I opt for just driving low key and trying to be easy on the brakes. I know some folks like to drive fast, but I am more like a grandma driver - haha!

I think the Command mode (when terrain response is engaged) is great and definitely useful off road.

-David

 

[bgsntth]

I end up Manually shifting both of my Rovers and past LR3, as I have manual transmission withdrawal symptoms, and I like being in the right gear for the particular situaion. When going downhill, I place it in a gear that keeps the RPMs at about 2.5K - 3K RPMs, and use the occasionally brakes to "bleed speed" rather than ride them.

One feature that works like a charm off road for Land Rovers is that when combined with HDC you can speed-up or slow down by shifting, as the HDC keeps you at a steady speed determined by each gear. So you never have to touch the pedals to speed up or slow down - love this. Prior SUVs with HDC or the like still picked-up speed to the point where I had to use the brakes - which was occasionally dicey.

Speaking of brake wear. We have a road bypass that is 0.6 miles long at about a 30 degree grade on the family ranch. It is usually a mix of grass/gravel/brush. I have an open rear diff on all of our Rovers, so there is a big reliance on the rear traction control. As a result my rear brakes wear out much faster than my fronts.

 

[alexcorral]

I manually shift our Discovery 4 daily and am also used to engine break from my previous manual transmission vehicles. I do the same on our 8-speed 328i.