New guy here. I see lots of mentions of enabling Dynamic Mode but haven't been able to find a description of what it does. Is there a page somewhere that describes what changes when selected? I'm guessing it's a more aggressive throttle/shift mapping and maybe tighter suspension but would be curious to see how LR describes it.

 

Ya know I'm not 100% sure myself. But my guess is it'd be the sort of changes I felt on my BMW when I went into Sport, or Sport+ mode. And it was a significant difference. As folks here have described it it sounds awfully similar in terms of the change in 'feel.' If you ever do find any literature from LR on it, please do post it. I'd love to read it as well.

But it remains THE reason I want the GAP iiD. The rest is just icing on the cake... Wifi hotspot, auto start/stop disable, approach/leave automatic unlocking/locking, popping the tail gate with the button on the remote, in the future I'd love to retrofit the clear sight mirror (but this will take hardware I know). just to name a few. Bottom line in my head is I coulda paid $360 to check the box for wifi from JLR when originally purchasing. Or a few hundred more to have this and truly customize several things. Its not cheap, but its worth it.

 

There are text descriptions in the menu but I'm not at the car now. It basically improves throttle response, shift points, suspension, and handling.







The hardware in the P400 is not the same as the V8 (torque vectoring by braking is there in the p400 but the V8 has an e-diff and larger anti-roll bars for example) but this gives an idea of what it does. https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a3...as-drift-mode/

 

Thanks, that's helpful. I didn't know it added a configuration section to the UI.

 

Walkaway locking is possible in my '23 and newer (vehicles without the locking fuel door) only.

Approach unlock I don't think I've seen anyone accomplish.

Tailgate pop only works if you do not have soft-close which then acts to close it again. So I've heard on this one. I have soft-close so I'll try later this week

Clearsight is being actively persued by a couple people and it's involved but possible.

 

Personally, it's not a massive difference all around. What I really like about it is the quicker throttle response. Normally, you have that rpm increase that doesn't actually translate into torque for a couple of seconds. This is more instant and linear. I also really like the shift points. It's very smooth.

 

Thats a shame beacuse its approach unlock thats more important than the walk away lock IMO. Just in terms of my use cases when I got arms full of two kids. But still its icing on the cake if it works. The real motivation for me is dynamic mode. Mine is a 23.5 and definitely do not have a locking fuel door.

Unfortunately I do not have a soft close rear tail gate (and wish I did as I always feel like I've got to slam the sh*t out of it to close it). But it may give me the pop open option so that's good I suppose. I've seen (I think) Vulcan do a retrofit and its on my to do list some day. Clear sight is a long term potential add as the hardware cost and work to run the wiring is more than I can foresee investing anytime soon.

Another question since I have you, have you attempted to adjust the 'pre set' suspension heights at all via CCF? I know there's the LLAMS that plugs in to intercept the signals, and of course links that can be bought and swapped out (hardware). But wondering if you, or anyone you've seen has done anything to lower the 'access height' even further? And perhaps making the standard ride height closer to the access height? Most want to raise this thing I'd like to give it a better stance for a bit less body roll during 'spirited driving.' to be clear, I know its no sports car. But I've left it in access height a few times and was careful to not go above 35mph to keep it from raising itself, and I love how it feels.

 

That lack of 'instant linear' power is the first thing I noticed when I traded in my X5 in for the Defender. Both very powerful Mild Hybrid Turbo Inline 6s. But the BMW just had an urgency about it I couldn't describe. Possibly because always drove around in Sport mode (not sport plus). when I realized there was no sport mode in the Defender I was bummed. Its not common sense for a vehicle branded 'Dynamic SE' - In any even I'm confident it will fix my one minor gripe about the way this thing delivers power.

 

When you select Dynamic Mode, does it remember it the next time you get in, or does it go back to comfort?

 

Right back to comfort, unfortunately.