SIM card for Discovery
We've just taken possession of a nearly new Discovery. It has more bells and whistles than our previous one and I'm trying to get to grips with them.
To take advantage of some features we need a Data Sim. Has anyone any experience of this and advice on which to buy?
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the cheapest one you get can, pay as you g, it is so the car's software can update it self I think. Did it give any suggested data usage?
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I've got a sim card in my audi. its used for live traffic information, details of local fuel prices, weather, etc. It all so uses google street view I use the traffic and fuel price features but not much more. When i got the sim card about 4 years ago i got the cheapest i could, £5 a month which gives me 500mb of data and i've never used more than half of it
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Don't know if its same as my Discovery Sport but Id suggest speaking to dealer. After initial period renewing the sim is only £30 a year and gives access to some services such as the phone app and calls to emergency services and breakdown cover
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Thank you for the replies. When we got car I asked if it had a sim (having read some user guides etc), but was told no - but cheap to buy on Amazon.
The "Remote" App on my phone doesn't need it, but travel type apps do - so I've bit the bullet and bought a cheap "3 - Internet with Legs" one off Amazon. We probably don't need it, but if the technology is there I want to at least look at it!
The Remote App came "free" with a three year subscription. It was a management car so maybe The Management removed the sim.
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well maybe, but on a different forum someone posted how once they got a sim for a Volvo XC60, more items were added to various menus on the infotainment screens. Are you talking engine management perhaps?
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We use 3 Internet with legs in our XC90 although to be honest so long as we have a phone in the car we don't really need it as the car just hotspots with the phone. The one we do find really useful which does require a data link is using Google maps with Apple Car Play as you can select the satelite view useful when abroad and the 3 data sim is good for this.
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Is it me or is life getting just that bit too complicated?
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Sometimes it can feel a bit like that but on the other hand some of the stuff having a data link gives you is really useful, like the real time traffic info or the ability for the car to call the emergency services if you have an accident or report your exact position if you breakdown.
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Could be me getting a bit confused, but our in car Sat Nav pin points traffic issues all the time, and we have never bought or paid for a sim, or indeed had it updated. It’s got a mind of its own at times, takes you off in a different direction if it detects heavy traffic or roadworks. Is this the same thing as what Discovery has? Seems to know exactly where it is all the time.......🤔
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I'm not too sure if I need the Sim I've ordered - time will tell!
One thing it does is create a WiFi Hotspot - useful for children in the back seat I'm told (saves their phones' data).
I've a lot to learn - maybe some of it is here
https://www.landrover.co.uk/ownership/incontrol/index.html
The SatNav etc works without it, as does the Landrover Assistant button (not tested obviously!). And I can already check the car from the house via my phone (start it, lock it, get directions to it if lost, create statistics of journeys and much more still to be tested).
P.S - the car is also very comfy and quiet with an amazing sound system! But I've yet to drive it - I've to take my turn after OH. He's the main driver. I'm Tech Support.
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High tech indeed. I hope it does the job for you. We looked, but decided they were a bit too big for the two of us. We had a Freelander 1, it was a nicely designed car, but horrendously unreliable, the rear prop shaft spent more time dismantled on garage floor than on car. We traded it in for a very nice Jeep Patriot, now that was a good car. Didn’t go back to LRs, when Dad died, we didn’t need the back seat space anymore, so we traded that in for a Jeep Wrangler.
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The more I read these threads the more I'm convinced that manufacturers waste their time producing handbooks as they are rarely read.
All the manuals are online and downloadable - much easier to find what you're looking for.
Whatever we buy (car or not) I download the manuals.
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We had one of the first Freelanders and it struggled a bit towing the Bailey TA we had. I don't think we ever risked it on a trailer load of cows.
This is our third Discovery - they suit us.
We also have a long wheel base (with crew cab) Defender for the farm stuff. We will probably keep it til it falls apart. Never I hope. The Discovery is just a backup if we're taking cows a long way, and welcome some comfort.
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