My car arrived at the delaer about 10 days ago and after patiently waiting I just found out today they ordered the wrong spec.... now you'd think I'd be unhappy with that but after a bit of negotiating with the garage they have conceded their mistake and I get the higher spec car for the lower spec price In Belgium we have 2 different possibilities with the diesel engine and they ordered the full power engine when I ordered the lower power one - it's cheaper on the list price and much cheaper on the first registration tax here. Anyway end result is they accept their mistake and rather than reorder I get the extra discount and get a higher powered model for the same price Every cloud has a silver lining I guess All being well I'll be taking delivery early next week

Whats the difference in the engines  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

About 10 BHP but about Euro 3500 in list price because of the extra tax to register the full power model.

That's what we like to hear, the customer benifiting from a dealer screw up rather than loosing out as is normally teh case.

great to hear, your the winner in this one  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

I assume the difference in these two diesel engines is the option of the diesel particulate filter in the lower powered one? I'm not sure that this option is yet available in the UK; it wasn't when I ordered mine in May 2007.

Ironically, in the UK, the low emission one would cost you more, as you have to pay extra for the filter  Life is not a dress rehearsal!

Not sure about the filter ...I didn't specify it when I ordered - give me more power any time over green power - sorry about that I know it's very politically incorrect but FFS it's a Landrover not a Toyota Prius
Latest update is I should get it tomorrow ....pleaeeeeeeaaaassseeeee let it be true !!!

I hope your booking the day off work just in case you get the FL2 tomorrow

Sleepless night for you tonight then and up at the crack of dawn waiting for the phone call:thumbsup: Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

I've got it !!!!!!! Yabba dabba Doooooo !!! What a great car. Baltic blue with tan leather interior - sweet Can't wait for the commute home tonight - I'll be sitty pretty in the traffic jams this eveing

Please for you Gecko

I hope your face starts to hurt like mind did due to the Perm-a-grin  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Gecko wrote:

About 10 BHP but about Euro 3500 in list price because of the extra tax to register the full power model.

I'm afraid I don't follow you Gecko. The list price for both the 110 and 118 kW version in Belgium is the same. Land Rover reduced the 118 kW (160 hp) to 110 kW (150 hp) as the registration tax is lower: 867 instead of 1239 € which means a difference of 372 €, not 3500.

As the maximum torque remains 400 Nm. you hardly notice any difference in performance. Only the top speed of the 118 kW version should be lightly higher, but who cares ?

Anyway, allthough your benefit is less spectacular than you claimed, it is a free gift and a nice idea to have that extra power that most of the other FL2 drivers in Belgium don't.

Good luck with your car !

Gecko wrote:

I've got it !!!!!!! Yabba dabba Doooooo !!! What a great car. Baltic blue with tan leather interior - sweet Can't wait for the commute home tonight - I'll be sitty pretty in the traffic jams this eveing

I'm sure you will be very pleased with it You mention "tan leather" is that to a special order
Here we only get Ebony (black), Alpaca (beige) and Tundra (grey) although I have never seen Tundra in real life and wonder if it exists at all  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

Ah.... by tan I mean beige (Alapaca) very sophisticated.

Tell you what - it's a big beastie to drive around some of the narrow roads in Brussels where they park on both sides of the road

I found the 'S' mode on the auto box this morning - mmmmm.....nice ..... then I found the fuel consumption info on the info display ..... yikes !!! It pulls like an express train - I love it

I've just dropped it off to have the radio ripped out and replaced with the Pioneer Avic HD audio/navigation unit so with luck I'll have it by this evening all sorted. I may have to change the speakers because the Pioneer system will blow them up but I'll wait a while and see how bad it is.

Paul wrote:

Gecko wrote:

About 10 BHP but about Euro 3500 in list price because of the extra tax to register the full power model.

I'm afraid I don't follow you Gecko. The list price for both the 110 and 118 kW version in Belgium is the same. Land Rover reduced the 118 kW (160 hp) to 110 kW (150 hp) as the registration tax is lower: 867 instead of 1239 € which means a difference of 372 €, not 3500.

As the maximum torque remains 400 Nm. you hardly notice any difference in performance. Only the top speed of the 118 kW version should be lightly higher, but who cares ?

Anyway, allthough your benefit is less spectacular than you claimed, it is a free gift and a nice idea to have that extra power that most of the other FL2 drivers in Belgium don't.

Good luck with your car !

I didn't follow the logic either but the leasing company declined an invoice which was about 3500 Euro more because the car was wrong and in the end we got the full power one for the lower price. I'm happy, the leasing company is happy .... the garage isn't do I care ?

Gecko wrote:

then I found the fuel consumption info on the info display ..... yikes !!!

Just as well you haven't got an i6 then

I've done over 2000kms and the fuel consumption is around the 17 l/100km mark (In UK money that's 16.6 mpg) that's what using command shift all the time will get you