I agree with Martyn, 60 thou km per year in a Defender is torture, no matter how awesome you look. I needed a bit of refinement in my life. Since taking it to the meet on the weekend I think I have turned some of the others back from the dark ages.. I mean, side...

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When planning a change I was looking for a tow car. I tried some others but it was only the Freelie that gave me a smile on my face....  10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

To go with my other Landys, Oh, and I also love the smell of clutches!

The FL1 was too small (but excellent in every other respect), the Discos 1 & 2 both got old and a bit unreliable, the FL2 is just the right size for a geriatric like meself, the drive is a good compromise between car and tratter, it's reliable (!) and so far I love it. Best car I've ever owned (although the Rover SD1 came close).

Rover sd1, now that brings back fond memories.

Did your windscreen fall out too?

1, I wanted something different from a 'car'
2, Because it's 4 wheel drive
3, It makes me a happy chappy with a smile on my face
4, It's the best manual I've ever driven and I love the smell of clutch ( NOT)
5, I love repairing things ( NOT)

The car dose tick 90% boxes , The boot could be slightly bigger (it's not as big as a ford focus estate) and it could be slightly better of fuel, If i was to replace it !! It would have to be an auto (The clutch is )
It's great in the snow.
I would love a Discovery but I think the running cost would be silly, and because of this it would only tick 80% of the boxes.
An Audi A6 quottro (avant) would also tick 95% of the boxes for my day to day usage I need from a car.

Here in America, we have two kinds of SUV owners: "Rednecks," country bumpkins who embarrass the rest of us with their unnecessarily huge vehicles that are borderline-capable of true off-roading, and "cute ute" owners who buy car-like SUVs and never go off-road.

I'm neither.

I wanted a smaller SUV that could handle my daily lifestyle, which includes living on a barrier island that floods with salt water, being an avid angler who drives his vehicle up on the beach to fish, being a news editor who sometimes has to cover a story in off-the-beaten-track places, and runs a local fishing/boating magazine and needs to deliver 10,000 magazine copies in a week!

Guess what? My LR2 does all of it, and beats the pants off everyone else! Call me snobby, but I also wanted something more luxurious and refined that the Ford Escape or Jeep Liberty or Nissan Xterra. i found it. The LR2 is the perfect vehicle for me. I can go wherever those big-boy-truck-drivin' dudes can haul off to, but also impress the ladies with the wonderful stereo, leather seats and satnav.

I love my LR2 and when I've beaten the hell out of this one, I'll be first in line to buy another.  CAR HISTORY
1997 Saab 900 SE 2.0 Turbo
2003 Volkswagen Passat 1.8T
2008 Land Rover LR2 SE 2.3 I6

Could have ticked quite a few of the boxes. Did I miss 'because it has a little green oval badge'? 1998 300TDi Auto Disco, never to be forgotten.
2008 Auto TD4 Freelander2, now gone?
2013 Auto SD4 Freelander!
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