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I had looked in the manual (honest), clearly missed it.

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Just a jest, no offence meant! It is a big book, and not a very good index. You'd have thought Launch Control would be under 'L' ;)
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No launch control on the V8 though.
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Arne wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 2:20 pm No launch control on the V8 though.
ah, that's what I thought... maybe I'm not going mad..
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Really? I went on an "F-Type Beyond Limits" session at Millbrook in 2014 and we were shown how to use launch control on the (24!) V8s there. It only works in dynamic mode, have you tried that? What does your manual say, if anything? Even the 4-pot loaner I was given had launch control.
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scm wrote: Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:41 am Maybe Dan meant not to use the manual shift in launch control - hopefully he'll explain.
@SCM, Spot on ! The first times you use launch control you're tend to be so impressed you forget to change up.... :lol:
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scm wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 3:57 pm Really? I went on an "F-Type Beyond Limits" session at Millbrook in 2014 and we were shown how to use launch control on the (24!) V8s there. It only works in dynamic mode, have you tried that? What does your manual say, if anything? Even the 4-pot loaner I was given had launch control.
I didnt think the V8 had launch control?
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daytona650 wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 8:21 pm
scm wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 3:57 pm Really? I went on an "F-Type Beyond Limits" session at Millbrook in 2014 and we were shown how to use launch control on the (24!) V8s there. It only works in dynamic mode, have you tried that? What does your manual say, if anything? Even the 4-pot loaner I was given had launch control.
I didnt think the V8 had launch control?
It does not.

In the manual regarding launch control there is a fotnote saying: "Not fitted to all derivatives"

No F- type V8 has ever had this function.
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Arne wrote: Thu Oct 25, 2018 6:12 am
daytona650 wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 8:21 pm
scm wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 3:57 pm Really? I went on an "F-Type Beyond Limits" session at Millbrook in 2014 and we were shown how to use launch control on the (24!) V8s there. It only works in dynamic mode, have you tried that? What does your manual say, if anything? Even the 4-pot loaner I was given had launch control.
I didnt think the V8 had launch control?
It does not.

In the manual regarding launch control there is a fotnote saying: "Not fitted to all derivatives"

No F- type V8 has ever had this function.
As noted above, we were treated to a demonstration of the launch control on the V8s at Millbrook back in 2014. So I've driven at least one that had this function. I really must try mine to see if it works - no such footnote in my manual.
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Arne wrote: Thu Oct 25, 2018 6:12 am In the manual regarding launch control there is a fotnote saying: "Not fitted to all derivatives"
Can it be that they mean that MANUAL versions don't have launch control ... :geek:

Watch from sec 56 onwards :
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