No change in power, but when you go to pass someone you do get a huge smile on your face as the quiet 4.4L V8 wakes up and sounds fantastic.

 

Yeah no droning as long as you are in 6th and cruising. It does get a bit tiresome on hills/mountains when the 4.4L just isn't powerful enough/geared to maintain 80mph up a grade. Most other cars can maintain speed without needing to shift down a gear or two. When it shifts down, it does get loud.

 

I'll post a pic later this week. No real noticeable change to the power and I find the same thing as the rest, on a grade 6th is just too tall and it will drop back to 5th pretty quick. I use the manual mode quite a lot and that will hold 6th all the way down to 60kmh if you let it, but below 80kmh there is nothing for acceleration as the gearing is so high, even on a slight hill. That said the engine is not short on power at all and if you try it you can pull away from a standstill in third without any problem whatsoever.

Its been a couple of months now since I took the turtle out and I have no regrets..

 

Dang dude! That sounds like a proper V8. Its nice to hear that out of the back of a Land Rover rather than basically nothing like on the new models. I have a 4.0 V8 in my Discovery, and despite the fact that its 21 years old, I always liked the grumble it made. Its nothing like this though, well done! It sounds stupendous.