Martyn I am getting the Tandem polished and ready, get the kettle on.  FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

I just ordered Romik nerf bars from a local shop. They are made of T-304 stainless steel 3" tubing. I will post pictures once I'm done installing them.

Changed puddle lights to LR signature lights, numberplate lights to LED, bas rd to get
back in!!

Changed mirror lights in previous car, but does not work in this model.............wierd. Must be doing something
wrong.  2013 Dynamic Santorini black
2011 XS Lago grey
2007 HLS Stornoway grey
sometimes towing an Elldis AVANTE 574.

Others report messing with lights just does not work out. Stick to original build and bills are bad enough if it goes tits up, adding leds here and there is asking for double trouble.

Moral of this story is buy the model you can afford and be happy as trying to up-rate to the model you could not afford may end in tears. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Yorky Bob wrote:

Martyn I am getting the Tandem polished and ready, get the kettle on.

If you can peddle from the Shibden Mill in to the top of Lee Lane without using he pavement ( as most cyclists seem to do, nearly killed another earlier this week ) I'll buy you a pint never mind a cup of tea Bob ! 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

after owning a Freelander 2 HSE for 3 months, just discovered the front (leather) seats have a useful pocket at the front . . . . can't decide as yet what to pop in there

replaced the belt, water pump, tensioner & pulley, and found I need to change the front and rear discs & pads I have not even driven this car since I had it on 16/3/17 I am still bringing up to scratch

For the first time ever I changed the rear pads on an electronic H/Brake.

The notes I copied off his site months ago worked well to release it but you still need to push back the piston before hanging the caliper free to change the pads.

Genuine Girling pads for £27.30 from Andrew Page. Pads did just over 27,000 miles and were ready for the change.

Ensure its in park or neutral and the park brake deactivated and ignition turned on. 

1. Press and hold the parking brake switch in the release position. 

2. Wait 2 seconds 

3. Press and hold the accelerator pedal in the wide open throttle position. 

4. Wait 2 seconds 

5. Turn ignition off and on immediately whilst still finger on park button and foot on throttle. 

6. An audible noise will confirm service mode, it will also be displayed on dash. 

You will hear the brake motors activate for a while. 

Deactivation 

with ignition on. 

1. Press and hold the parking brake switch in the apply position. 

2. Wait 2 seconds 

3. Press and hold the accelerator pedal in the wide open throttle position. 

4. Wait 2 seconds 

5. Turn ignition off and on again. keeping finger on park button and foot on throttle.  FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Cleaned it and put on my personalised number plates, filled it with diesel

Went up to Yorkshire to see family, good music playing no more roadworks on M1. FL2 SD4 Metropolis Auto Santorini Black / ivory completely stock.

It's true that light travels faster than sound, some people look quite intelligent until you hear them speak.


Stop global winging.

Fitted my summer wheels & gave it a snow foam wash.

Bob 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

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

I had my Black Side Protection Tubes [ LR003840 ] fitted by my dealer... ..they thought it was a 'steal' at that price..

Bought from Dan at Duckworth some months ago..

Thanks again Dan !

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Spent an amazing week doing the North Coast 500, in Scotland, and in the end we managed a total of 1300 miles, home to home. If you've never been, or are unsure whether to do this, give it a go, you won't be disappointed. Every bend, every brow on the road, gave another incredible view. The Freelander was amazing, even managing the Pass of the Cattle to Applecross during a snowstorm (interesting!!), so glad we had 4WD.

Today must have been 'Black Tubes Day' ....... I got mine yesterday off eBay.

Fitted today, I wanted to have the tubes hug the body, so I modified the brackets, only by around 2Cms.

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I tried the chrome version first. This wasn't a succes ; peeling back the paper after fixing took part of the 'chrome' cover with it ending in chrome/black letters.

Luckily the seller didn't struggle. I opted for the black ones as they have one layer less, less chance for problems I thought.

Now removing these letters is a mayor pain. Its a laminate of plastics and foam/glue, so you end scraping it off with a screwdriver as heating/spirit didn't do much.
Obviously you skid and scratch the surrounding paint. Not too bad though.







Now I have it fitted and it looks good. Only : its not 'black' but more smoke/gun metal/ anthracite kind of glimmer/colour.
It doesn't look bad, but its not what I would expect from "black" .

But I'm not taking them off anymore



I also had my 'own' "SV" sticker made from zilverwrapping by a printshop ; they actually cut out the tiny letters in the edge with a robotknife...

The size is now D90mm , a bit too large.

But the 'robot knife' wouldn't do any smaller letters in the edges. Size D60mm would have looked better I guess !

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