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Thanks for posting, interesting bit of history.
Was this level of sophistication common at the time in small 4x4s? FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
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Post #361695 8th Dec 2018 11:17 pm
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Largered



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I did enjoy the 'pre-war' voice overs ........... of the man you didn't see.

Very Land Rover !

Laughing Laughing Laughing

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Wasn't he one of the Tomorrows World presenters many moons ago? Updated- Waiting for a Scotland v England 6 Nations home win. 24th Feb 2018
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Largered



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Raymond Baxter ?

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LR NUT



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Post #361727 9th Dec 2018 12:24 pm
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Largered



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Freelander 1. 'K' Series engine The Old Rover Engine.

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IanMetro wrote:

Was this level of sophistication common at the time in small 4x4s?


No, The FL1 had many unique features for a small SUV (the market at the time was quite small unlike now).
We had three FL1s - the dropping rear window was really useful for carrying long things. The HDC was allowed only one descent speed (unlike the FL2 variable speed control) and was a bit too fast at times.

I had 2 trips to Eastnor after the FL1 first came and got to try their Defender, Disco 2, FL1 and RR. A couple of FL1s got broken - the rear valance getting caught on ramp ups. and stuck due to their inherent lower clearance. I had a Disco2 in those days and had done a bit of off-roading and the demonstrators were happy for us to give the vehicles some welly. Not sure if they do that now.

Happy Days...

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mcsimmo wrote:
Wasn't he one of the Tomorrows World presenters many moons ago?


IIRC it was Peter McCann Jules
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Largered wrote:
Raymond Baxter ?

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Nope not him.

Anyone remember the TW Spaghetti Harvest ?




Sorry it was Panorama that did that - my bad Jules
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Largered



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clay models and all ..........

worth a read. ......

https://cardesignnews.com/media/imported/248752/248752.html

(only thing they got wrong was the photo of the 'Original Freelander 1997' [top right corner] is actually the V6 petrol model which didn't come out until 2001 ) Sad

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Largered



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FL2 on a '05' plate.

http://www.carenthusiast.com/reviews/artic...er+2/.html

some good pics in this one page article.


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Largered



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Recently came across this article. Make of it what you will ?

I have owned many FL1's and do NOT agree with the report's findings.

https://dogandlemon.com/sites/default/file...7-06_0.pdf


Page 55, last paragraph is interesting, considering this report was published in 2016.


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I don't think he likes the car Laughing however most of the points he picks up are caused by bad or non existent servicing, whether or not it is based on a Honda Civic I don't know, certainly early prototypes were based in the Maestro van, whether they are that bad, I think not, they are very popular out here where the FL2 is almost non existent my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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Largered wrote:
Recently came across this article. Make of it what you will ?

I have owned many FL1's and do NOT agree with the report's findings.

https://dogandlemon.com/sites/default/file...7-06_0.pdf


Page 55, last paragraph is interesting, considering this report was published in 2016.


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This is certainly a biased report. I owned three FL1 and the first was a petrol 1.8 which blew a gasket but the later ones were BMW based (one auto and one manual) and were a totally different car both mechanically and electrically and never missed a beat. I still think that it looks more like a proper 4x4 than an FL2 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
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