My local waste disposal site has a really low barrier height of 1.8m. Vans & other tall vehicles have to use a special gated lane that can sometimes take a great deal longer to get through. I was sat waiting in this lane a few days ago and watched a succession of 4x4's pass through the 1.8m barrier, including a FL1, a Honda CRV and a huge Toyota with roof bars - this latter was either scraping through or had mm to spare at best. I am sure he must be higher than me! Now the LR specs give just one height for a FL2 of 1740mm, but does that include the roof bars (I have none) or the DAB 'sharks fin' aerial? It would save me loads of time if I could use the standard lane, but I really don't want to rip the Dab aerial off!

Anyone actually know how high a standard 2011 HSE is, or better still gone under a 1.8m barrier?

Cheers, Chris

Dab 1765mm
Roof rail and bars 1850mm
I can tell you from experience that all the dimensions of the Freelander 2 are on the large side of things......especially if your thinking of putting your car on a train holiday as I am.....even wheel track is large. MY15
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NB: That "DAB" sharks fin is actually the Sat Nav Aerial. 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

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

I can tell you that an FL2+roof box is more than 2m. We won't go into how I know that... FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - so many issues
2019 DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental
Now greatly regret selling the Outlander. MPG of the FL2 is atrocious and so are the fuel bills. Fun though 😎
Couldn’t afford the fuel bills so back to an older Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Significantly better than I remembered it to be…

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

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

dunkley201 wrote:

NB: That "DAB" sharks fin is actually the Sat Nav Aerial.

GS has no Sat Nav but has the fin? Defo a shark inside though.  FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Interesting! My previous 08 SE had no DAB but had Sat Nav ....and sharks fin!

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

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

dunkley201 wrote:

NB: That "DAB" sharks fin is actually the Sat Nav Aerial.

My car with LR crossbars just touches our garage door if I am not sitting in the car. If I am in the car there is 10mm clearance! The fuel tank being further to the rear, you might gain another 10mm clearance from full to empty! Additionally I have also straightened my crossbars, so gain about another 15mm.

chriscalcite wrote:

My local waste disposal site has a really low barrier height of 1.8m..... and a huge Toyota with roof bars - this latter was either scraping through or had mm to spare at best.

Chuckalicious wrote:

I can tell you that an FL2+roof box is more than 2m. We won't go into how I know that...

I once took a defender full of empty bottle to the tip. unloaded them all and it rose on suspension and I couldn't get out under barrier.

quite a problem to solve when you have a hangover

Was in the good old days then the tip was unmanned so there was just me there.

Answer - someone I know arrived by chance , quite a big lad, he jumped n the back and I drove out At work
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My friend once tried to enter a multi story car park in Carlisle forgetting that his sailing dingy was on his roof rack........... Updated- Waiting for a Scotland v England 6 Nations home win. 24th Feb 2018
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Gone-1981 24v FFR Lightweight
Gone-2009 Freelander 2 TD4 GS manual
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Great stories One of the pleasures of getting old as you have a few. Here is one;

Guys in the Yorkshire caving World in circa 1974 purchased a old double decker bus and set off for Nepal. At that time no one in Germany was aware they had built all the bridges too low Out comes the can opener and a few days later the coupe version set off again.

http://earbypotholeclub.co.uk/?p=724

John is still around and doing some nice art work in the Dales. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
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Awhile back I was sent to replace some lighting at the far end of an underground carpark, forgot about extra ladders and ended up replacing quite a few more lighting units than expected to.  If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Top tip - if you decide to ride your bike home from the garage make sure you take it off the roof rack before handing the keys over so the "technician" can move the car onto the ramp........

Happened to a mate of mine - the technician forgot the roller door wasn't fully up on the bay - written off car, written off door and written off bike. I'm guessing his career was a write-off too..... FL No 1 - 2012 (MY2011) XS manual Firenze Red - Gone
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