Handy tip with the transmission, If you flick the transmission into sequential then back to drive while going down hill it will not limit the gears and just rolls insteadof using engine compression. My prado I had before the d90 did the same thing
The reason the engine raving up while descending from hills is to hold the speed without using brake, it’s called “engine brake”. The brake only makes noises when using Acc, when braking by pressing the brake pedal is perfectly fine. Happy driving 😊
Yep I know what engine braking is. Point is - it's revving up a lot more than one would reasonably expect the car to do if nothing is wrong with it. Turns out, it's "normal" for LDV
Hi Dimitri,another awesome video,wow your not wrong about how massive the car is,although your sitting very high up,and clearly see everything very well,in whats in front of you,i think i would struggle driving this car all day long,particularly how sydney roads are,not to mention tight parking spots lol,im taking a ldv diesel for a test drive tomorrow,they have a dealership in arncliffe,very close to where i live,value for money is unbelievable,keep those awesome videos coming,take care mate.
Hey mate thanks for stopping by to comment! You'd be actually surprised how good the car is at turning circles - much better than e.g. my old Jeep Wrangler. Hope you love your diesel, as it should give you more power - something that's severely lacking in my petrol 2WD
@@ValueCarsAU Thanks Dimitri,yeah so true,such a smooth ride to,obviously with the diesel engine,much better fuel economy,although electric cars are the way of the future,just recently in canberra there actually going to ban petrol and diesel from 2035,what we will all see,everything will be electric,but the infrastructure will take years to build to have more charging stations,all petrol stations will have electric chargers in the future ,take care mate.
Got the D90 top model petrol 2wd. Seats 7 or 5 people with hesps of room and massive cargo bay. Very good value even for the lux top model with all possible extras. Drives on road like a landcruiser and 2 liter turbo turbo is decently efficient burning about 12 liters per 100 city and freeway mode using 95 ron petrol. Overtaking fully loaded at 110kmhr is effortless. Radio entertainment system is not very good as reception is a bit shit but its fine if you are not too fussy.
Thank you for your reviews! Visited my local LDV dealer today and sat in a D90 base model for the first time - very impressed with the vehicle size, which is my main goal for the price on offer (not too fussed about engine performance etc). Interestingly, the dealer said the Executive spec only has a 3 month wait time, I thought it would be longer. Question - do you know if we can get the diesel front mesh grill on the petrol specs?
Hey mate, I honestly have no idea about the grill - you'd need to ask your dealer as you were talking to them already - they should know? Yeah I agree that for this size we simply can't get anything remotely comparable in this price category. I'm still enjoying mine!
Engine braking due to transmission logic to stop freewheeling and speed increasing so holds lower gears and saves braking but transmission should only do this if lift off accelerator suddenly- its one thing I don’t like in some automatics - glad you’re enjoying the car and it’s meeting your needs - great value buy 🤘
I've had HS for only about 4-5 months before changing it to LDV D90, and I personally don't like how HS DCT works, it's a very specific feel and drive... I don't have a view on reliability as I simply didn't have it long enough.
I still have to do this on my Renault and at 100000 km and still on same brake pads and discs as it’s a manual so easier on brakes than an auto - they have lasted but screech etc at low speed if haven’t hosed them out for a couple of weeks or no rain 🌧:)
Hi, I saw this video, I think the noise you hear could it be shaft issue that describes in this video? At 3:11 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ME8HEe1YW1k.html
Not sure what you mean mate, what shaft issue? I can't recall describing anything like that in my other video. I thought I was making a reference to MG HS DCT engaging and disengaging.
