John L wrote:

AndyC wrote:

John L wrote:

chicken george wrote:

first YORKSHIREMAN:
I was happier then and I had nothin'. We used to live in this tiny old house with great big holes in the roof.
second YORKSHIREMAN:
House! You were lucky to live in a house! We used to live in one room, all twenty-six of us, no furniture, 'alf the floor was missing, and we were all 'uddled together in one corner for fear of falling.
third YORKSHIREMAN:
Eh, you were lucky to have a room! We used to have to live in t' corridor!
forth YORKSHIREMAN:
Oh, we used to dream of livin' in a corridor! Would ha' been a palace to us. We used to live in an old water tank on a rubbish tip. We got woke up every morning by having a load of rotting fish dumped all over us! House? Huh

Now we know that CG used to watch Monty Python

If you ask me CG IS Monty Python

What you mean he dresses as a gumby with his trouser legs rolled up, wearing wellies and a white knotted hankie.............

 2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

VW Golf GTI Mk V. Great car when it worked, although very hard ride. VW customer service terrible. FL2 completely different, obviously, but so far so good (3000 miles and no problems) Freelander 2 TD4 HSE auto Tonga Green/Alpaca

55 reg Mazda RX8 231bhp, great handling but ........... 19mpg ...... looking forward to double that in my new 'gas guzzler'

Jaguar x-type deisel with every extra you could have but after 5years its time for a change. Going for a basic GS model Freelander in either lago grey or Stornaway grey just need to decide now.

Nova - I was young, it was cheap!
Nova SR - I was still young, it was fast.
Lightweight with Ford V6 - I was still young and it was FUN
SIII SWB CSW - I was a ski bum and the ladies loved it
Golf - cant remember why but it was bland bland bland
Focus - the Golf died
90 CSW - I was pining for a LR and the guy selling had no idea what it was worth (about £1200 more than I paid though )
Audi A4 Avante - Children came along...
Renault Scenic - I was suffering mental health issues
Laguna Estate - the Scenic broke and I made them a deal they couldnt refuse...
FL2 XS (in stornaway Only ten days to go

Fiesta XR2 Mk1 - only 4 speeds but loved it
it was nicked and burnt
Renault 5GT Turbo - loved that more - 4 attempts at TWOCing
got fed up of having the damage repaired so went for an un-nickable
Metro City 3dr in Silver with Billy Big Button Radio..until it became too agricultural even for me..
Rover Metro 3 dr 1.1s - oyyy
BMW 318tti followed by another
BMW 318tti followed by
BMW 323SE when kids came along and was a great car for the 10 years I had it until expensive things went wrong and now am 4 weeks into
FL2 XS ownership - like it more than ANY other car I have owned before! 2008 XS, Baltic Blue, Privacy Glass, Full Leather,
Roof Rails, 18" Alloys

........It now appears to be a history list of cars owned, which is quite a bit more interesting because it gives more details into how we have evolved into being Land Rover owners

If more members are intrested to contribute a full list of cars owned before choosing a FL2 then this thread will become more worthwhile maybe  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

Vaxhall Viva HE
Vauxhall Victor FE
Ford Escort MK2 GL
Alfa sud
Ford Cortina 2.0GL MK 4 estate (3rd child came along) (& caravan)
Austin Montego Vanden Plas estate
Ford Granada 2.0 GL hatchback
Ford Granada 2.0 Ghia X saloon
Ford Mondeo 2.0 Ghia hatchback (first new car)
Freelander 1 Xei 1.8 petrol 5 dr (last tow car, carvan sold)
Freelander 1 SE TD4 5 dr auto
Jaguar X type 2.0 sport estate auto
Freelander 2 SE td4 2009 Grey HSE Auto
Gone;
2006 Black FL2 SE manual
2007 Silver FL2 GS commercial manual.

Ford Escort 1.6 Encore (Metalic Blue with after market electric windows that had a habit of staying down in the rain)
Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8i LS (Metalic Green, Had a habit of forgeting to put the handbrake on )
Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 Sri (Metalic Silver, Had a habit of turning off at motorway speed due to fault sensors)
Vauxhall Vectra 2.2 DTi Sri (Metalic Silver, Engine management Fault, went through 6 Mitchelin Tires a year)
Kia Sportage 2.0i CRDi XS (Used dashboard to catch motorbike, repaired, used front end to stop a transit van-Wrote off)
Freelander 2 TD4 SE (Like it, as much as it like warranty work ) Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Last edited by npinks on 27th Aug 2008 9:06 am. Edited 2 times in total

OK - here is my car history:

Ford Anglia (100E) – Light Blue – That makes me feel old, but it was old when I bought it
Morris 1100 – Red – Plagued with problems
Singer Chamois – Dark Blue with White roof – swapped the engine for a rally tuned one
Morris Mini Clubman 1275 GT – Red – “In” to own at the time and pretty sporty
Ford Capri MarkII 1600 XL – White with Black vinyl roof – My bird puller – during retirement it rusted to bits before it burnt to death
Ford Capri MarkIII Ghia 3.0 auto – Light Metallic Blue with Black vinyl roof – Smart, fast and thirsty
Opel Ascona MarkIII 1.6 hatchback (Vauxhall Cavalier MKII) – Metalic Anthracite – First new car
Opel Kadett ”E” GTi 1.8 hatchback (Vauxhall Astra MarkII GSi) - Metalic Anthracite – Sporty futuristic dash display
Opel Vectra “A” GTi 2.0 hatchback (Vauxhall Cavalier MKIII GSi) – METALIC BLACK – Customised with real wood trim
BMW 318iTouring – Oriental (Dark Metalic) Blue – Ordered with many extras, was my baby for 8 great years
Now:
LR Freelander 2 HSE 2.2TD4 Man. – Stornoway Grey – My best car ever, in every way  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

Last edited by AndyC on 27th Aug 2008 1:07 pm. Edited 2 times in total

ok then
Me -
Lada (Don't think it had a model - maybe 1200 ... or was it "skip")
Vauxhall Viva HC (Georgeous deep blue metallic but sadly 60mph flat out)
Old Ford Transit (company car - oh heady days) - wrote it off
Ford escort 1300L (with trailer to replace transit) 6 years and 100k miles, when it was 12 years old I spent a summer completely rebuilding it - chassis up - and then wrote it off
Ford escort 1600GL - cheap and I had a lot of spare parts available (see above)
Ford Granada 2L - the escort's inner wing had collapsed and it was cheap at the auctions. Soon found out why
Merc C220 - dream achieved- first car bought from an actual main dealer - loved that car.
Merc E240 - wanted a silky V6 and aircon - real guzzler though.
Merc E270cdi Power, luxury and economy - perfect.

Mrs
Mini (rustbucket - painted it pink, then couldn't get the carry cot in it so I ended up driving it )
Astra (Could get the cot in that)
Rover Cabrio - leaked like a sieve
Audi A3 T sport - First ever new car
Audi A3 T sport - Lease ran out on the first one - also last ever new car
Jeep Cherokee 2.5 Crd (became horsey so the A3 didn't do it any more)
FL2 SE - nicest of the lot - first car the Mrs has had that I want to borrow. 07 Freelander 2 TD4SE Tambora Flame, side steps, privacy glass, mud flaps, boot liner and a tow bar. Ok it's the Wifes but she lets me drive it occasionally - if I've been good!

Hyundai Terracan 2.9 CRD
Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.0 CRD
Dodge Caliber 2.0 CRD
Freelander 2 Very Very Happy

Ford Fiesta Flight
My first car, bought in 1998, a '92 low mileage model but I later had to get a re-furbed engine as the original was sh*gged

Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec
The only car I have bought from new in 2000 & kept it for 6 years, 70k miles with no issues & I only lost £7k in the process

Mazda RX8
Got an ex-demo with 3k on the clock, fantastic car with great performance/handling, but I could only afford to run it with my work fuel card...19mpg

Freelander 2 XS
Picking it up on Friday...can't wait!

Vespa 150 ok for first forray into the world of wheels
Lambretta TV175 very neat
Mini 850 - great first car even with sliding windows -antelope brown with white roof and spotlights
Triumph Spitfire - ok as first 'sports' car apart from lime green colour
Triumph 13/60 convertible - kept hopping off the road thankfully.
Ginetta G15 - brilliant. cornered like a go kart, fast and 50mpg
Pontiac Firebird - in the States - apart from being the gold colour great. cheap petrol
Chrysler New Yorker - in the States - got through two autoboxes in the Arizona dessert
MGB Gt - awful - nearly put me off driving
Mini 1000 not as good as first one
Sunbeam Talbot - company car - terrible -not even a heater and it was orange
Vauxhall Cavalier x 2 company cars - Dull x 2
Ford Sierra x 3 - company cars better than the Cavalier -just
Fiat Uno - back to private buy - good fun
Morris Minor Traveller -could start it with a nail - got stolen but they left it 100m away worst luck
VW Passat - Extremely dull
Audi 100 Avant - quite cool and useful
Audi 90 - great egine 200,000 miles on same clutch & silencer
BMW 318i - a bit dull
Audi 100 Avant - good
VW Polo 16v - ok - rubbish customer servive at VW head office
Mercedes A Class - useful but too many problems and useless dealership
Mercedes SLK200 - not bad
Porsche Boxster - excellent -never missed a beat - still miss it a bit
Freelander 2 HSE Auto - Best car to date - very comfortable & relaxing to drive - even got us to Gatwick on time via a 2' deep ford when an accident blocked the main road.

Ford Fiesta 1.1L w-reg (hand-me-down from my brother)
Ford Fiesta 1.0L Popular Plus f-reg (bought it when it was five years old with 18000 miles on teh clock)
Vauxhall Astra 1.6GLS p-reg (lovely car!)
Vauxhall Vectra 2.5SRi V6 t-reg (my first new car, went like lightning - till I wrote it off on the motorway!)
BMW 318 saloon 51-reg (with almost every extra you could get)
BMW 318 m-sport coupe 05-reg (in gorgeous estoril blue and fully loaded)
Landrover Freelander 2 HSE 08-reg (hmmmmmm. lovely - except for the knock knock knock!!) Now - 2017 BMW X3 M Sport Carbon Black
Gone - 2014 BMW X3 M Sport Space Grey, faultless!
Gone - 2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Bali Blue with xenons
Gone - 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Rimini Red with bodykit