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muddywheels Member Since: 02 Oct 2007 Location: East Riding of Yorkshire Posts: 939 |
Fair review
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19th Jan 2017 7:03 pm |
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j77 Member Since: 26 Nov 2008 Location: Fife Posts: 2909 |
See I think it has lost the LR feel, it's too car like, and it's one of my concerns over the D5, though the D5 does have a higher seating position. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200 |
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19th Jan 2017 8:54 pm |
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Mav71 Member Since: 15 Nov 2008 Location: Leicester Posts: 2575 |
I mean when you open the boot, and the third row of seats are folded into the floor, there isn't anything covering them. It would have been nice to have a nice carpet or something to hide them. Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come......... |
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19th Jan 2017 9:21 pm |
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Mav71 Member Since: 15 Nov 2008 Location: Leicester Posts: 2575 |
I think because of the fact I was driving an X3 for a day, a Mercedes GLC for two days and then the DS last, it felt like a Land Rover again. If I had not driven the others, first would my opinion differ? Possibly, driving the others made me appreciate the DS more. Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come......... |
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19th Jan 2017 9:23 pm |
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GSKM Member Since: 05 Aug 2015 Location: Deepest darkest Shropshire Posts: 128 |
I like the DS, so does the Mrs, she prefers it to my Freelander, probably due to the reversing camera the loan car I had and her caution reversing my car. I have had both manual and auto versions and like the auto, gearbox seemed good to me. The boot seemed bigger as well and I like the rear seats can slide, this means the nipper can't get dirty feet on the back of the front seats. The only reason I didn't get one was due to pennies, or lack of them.
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19th Jan 2017 9:28 pm |
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muddywheels Member Since: 02 Oct 2007 Location: East Riding of Yorkshire Posts: 939 |
The seat backs when folded are the carpet and I had a non slip mat in boot for dog crate so never bothered me
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19th Jan 2017 9:30 pm |
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j77 Member Since: 26 Nov 2008 Location: Fife Posts: 2909 |
I would still have it over one of the German cars. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200 |
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20th Jan 2017 4:07 am |
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stooby Member Since: 08 Feb 2011 Location: South Lanarkshire Posts: 320 |
I've just had a two day test drive of a DS. I was expecting to dislike it based on some of the comments on here.
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20th Jan 2017 10:54 am |
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Lurcher Member Since: 08 Feb 2013 Location: Stalybridge Posts: 398 |
Mav,
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20th Jan 2017 11:04 am |
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j77 Member Since: 26 Nov 2008 Location: Fife Posts: 2909 |
I think the problem I had was, coming from a Full Fat Disco and judging it by they standards, whereas it may have been different if I had come from the Fl2. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200 |
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20th Jan 2017 12:47 pm |
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muddywheels Member Since: 02 Oct 2007 Location: East Riding of Yorkshire Posts: 939 |
I went from FL2s to RRSs then DS - I felt DS was nicer than the FL2 (which I really liked) and not bad compared to the RRS taking into account money I saved (£40k vs £60k)
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20th Jan 2017 12:58 pm |
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MartynB Member Since: 08 Aug 2011 Location: Currently Rootless ! Posts: 1779 |
That's a nice review, glad you are enjoying the car. To be honest JLR had to have a new car to compete in SUV sales, in it's later years the Freelander 2 was shifting woeful numbers compared to the Audi and BMW lifestyle wagons to name just two.
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20th Jan 2017 1:12 pm |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13289 |
from brief test drive disco sport obviously lacks air suspension smoothness of RRS and engine needs working harder. no surprises there.
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20th Jan 2017 5:12 pm |
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Tigger Member Since: 30 Mar 2011 Location: L15KRD Posts: 2555 |
The problem with "marketable" names is that if you put them on anything, their value deminishes. Take, for intance, "Range Rover"; until recently, an ultra prestigious brand to truly aspire to. It may now sell a lot of Evoques, but it's one of the reasons that I didn't pauper myself recently by buying the real Range Rover! There's nothing wrong with the name "Freelander", but if the "Discovery" name has been attached to a (albeit half decent) car that just doesn't suit it, it undermines both the car and the name. It's as if BMW were to do a complete U turn and apply the X5 badge to something that wasn't designed for drug dealers (obviously), successful scrap metal merchants (and market traders) and porn stars - people would then be confused as to what the brand "X5" actually meant |
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20th Jan 2017 7:22 pm |
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