Chain saw + legs = no more jumping over walls  11 GS Bali Blue
07 GS FL2. Usually muddy. Gone
Numerous LRs since 1963

MartynB wrote:

Perhaps what i should have said Bob is that we don't get the 3.6 petrol that our mates Down Under get, yes you are correct the dealer can order a 2.5 petrol, but apparently 99% of buyers want diesel. Most will be farmers filtering red

Ref TDY thankfully the organisers posted lots of "don't sit on the walls " signs, and we protected the new field gate from climbers and sitters, seems petty i know but sit 5 people on the top rail and its bent ! I post and wired an 8 metre gap where a car went through a few weeks ago.

I went out for the day as i didn't want to even contemplate the possibilities. Ive had a lousy 6 months with that field , Tour de Yorkshire, Two crashes through the wall, and to cap it all me and my wife were in the bottom , she was safety spotting me while i used a chainsaw to thin out saplings, some thieving low-life druggy jumped over the wall and stole our Stihl brush cutter, �600 !. despite me getting a number of CCTV recordings which show the reg and what happened, crime number from Plod etc..... same old story.

Its almost enough to make me un-retire and go back to work .

 FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

768will wrote:

Chain saw + legs = no more jumping over walls

 FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

768will wrote:

Chain saw + legs = no more jumping over walls

"It's a civil matter sir." That would be the first time that reply was welcomed.

May make you smile as well but the underlying message seems good.

 FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Now we are being discouraged from buying diesel I think I should get one of these and save the planet

http://www.carscoops.com/2017/12/jeeps-707...khawk.html driving on the right side

 FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Back when I was unwise enough to own a Cherokee I was rather amused by the sticker on the sun visor, which said something like "Take corners carefully. May rollover and kill you"
Ah yes, this sort of thing (disclaimer: this may not be from a Jeep)
https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=htt...amp;uact=8 Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

My freelander has a sticker on the sun visor saying the same thing. Is that standared or just mine?

turbodi16v
Your FL2 should, and probably will, prevent you tipping over whilst cornering by limiting your power and applying one of the back brakes to slow you down and increase the radius of the turn.
It's one of it's many electronic tricks. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 82k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

The sticker on the tank of our 30 year old Honda quad mentions death in the consequences of poor operation . Put the right set of circumstances together and there isn’t anything on the road you can’t flip - “ you cann’ae change the laws of physics Jim” and that type of thing  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 .

Yorky Bob wrote:

May make you smile as well but the underlying message seems good.

The Itchypussy Shogun Sport is due on the UK market soon in 2018 - they are already taking orders. It has done very well in other markets where a proper off road capable 4 x 4 is required. Unfortunately the models they are bringing in first will be upmarket models loaded with junk that I would not want including (of course) keyless entry, stop start, electric handbrake - engineering abominations beloved by some - but even so, the list prices start at only £36K. Built on the highly successful L200 pickup platform, odd looking styling but not of course in the same league of pig ugliness as the D5. You have to pay a lot more to get that ugly........

heyho wrote:

So my search is on for a replacement car. I want a 4x4 as I like the size of them (I am 6ft 5" and they are a more comfortable driving position for me). Set myself a budget of �15k but I am struggling to get a newer (3 years old), less mileage (less than 50k) and higher spec (I have a GS with loads of extras so am a bit spoilt).

So I increased my budget to �20k (of course the wife doesn't know this!!!!). Yes, more Freelanders (XS, GS spec) came into spotlight but when I did a more generic search for 4x4's I started to see newer, better spec'd, loads of warranty cars from other manufactures show up. These included decent spec cars such as:

Hyundai Santa Fe
Mitsubishi Outlander
Nissan X-Trail
Kia Sorento
and maybe even the Ford Kuga

At the end of the day my demands are not for any real off roading. In deed I bought the Freelander (which I love by the way) after we had a really bad winter).The first four seem to me to be very comparable to a Freelander (but I await a torrent of abuse).

What are peoples experiences with the cars above?

Are you looking for 4x4 car? Find anything with diff lock and low gear

The trouble is a lot of the other 4x4s don't cut the mustard when you get in slippery conditions. A couple of weeks ago we were at a National Trust property and were in the overflow car park which was a rather wet grass field with a slope. The Freelander wasn't fazed at al,l whereas most others there were having great difficulty. A BMW X5 gave up in the end because as soon as it tried going up the slope it was just standing still with the wheels spinning. So I am somewhat reluctant to give up the Freelander that I know works in poor conditions. Remember there are never problems, just new challenges