Hello everybody, please excuse my n00biness.

I am a few days into a new HSE Lux 2012/13 and have a few comments and questions for a starter, I hope I can get some feedback.

I live in the 'hills where is freezes and snows when it doesn't just a few miles away. I Enjoy the odd spot of green laning, but foremost I am a single dad of a special needs - so staying at home is often not an option.

I have had a couple of Outlander PHEVs over the past 5 years, brand new leased through company. Surprisingly good softroad (Once you put real tyres on it) - but chosen because BIC was mega low 5 years ago. Now... not so much. Coming from Skoda world (Had a marvelous Octavia for ~7 years) I hated the Mitsubishi for it's utter lack of sensible switch gear placement. You literally can't see ANY buttons from the driver seat and many panels don't light up at night.

Anyhoo, So I have this new Freelander. The jolt from variomatic backed by lectric to none DSG auto was jarring - but getting used to it.


Not properly green laned yet as I had the "gearbox error-traction lost" error within 50 miles. Though I was deliberately going around a round about at speed to test. I believe this issue is solved now from a 4 wheel tracking and wheel balancing - it was all way off. WAY OFF. I have an ODB2 plugged in and monitoring currently.


So. My Queries.

Keyless entry. I expected this. But it's not there. Crazy.. I mean, I literally find it boggling that I have rfid keys which don't interact with the CL.

Speed limiter. I am used to using a speed limiter more so than cruise control - brilliant in average speed camera areas. I'm surprised I have one without the other.

Air Vent slider doo-da's - 2 broken when purchased. Have purchased some clip in 3D printed ones, which I'll spray chrome probably. But - this seems a big thing.... Anything else like this I need to be aware of ?

Easy Access / Exit - how do I set the 'easy position' ? Eg to get my daughter in with front seat in LOW and then have it lift up ? Or is it driver only ?

Soo.. ahem. That's about it for now haha

My first car of this marque. Oh talking of which - I realise it's mostly a ford, but my paint, whilst black has a lovely burgandy sparkle (purl) , like a similar vintage Jag colour. What colour is that - is it a factory LR colour or a complete respray ?

Bloody hell I'm written a tomb. Soz

Thanks!

Keyless came in from, October 2012, along with LED daylight, electronic parking brake and a few other updates.

You should have a speed alarm which only beeps when you exceed the set speed. It’s in the menu on your steering wheel buttons.

As for the colour it’s probably Santorini Black.

OLOSTEVE wrote:

Keyless came in from, October 2012, along with LED daylight, electronic parking brake and a few other updates.

ggb wrote:

You should have a speed alarm which only beeps when you exceed the set speed. It’s in the menu on your steering wheel buttons.

As for the colour it’s probably Santorini Black.

I have a 13 place, HSE, it doesn't have keyless entry.

I have a few cars. The Freelander 2 does feel a bit old and cumbersome compared to newer vehicles. The infotainment system is pants.

But the upside of this is that it's very reliable. The standard torque converter gearboxes are much more robust than a DSG.
If you keep it well serviced, it should keep going for well over 100k miles.

The MPG isn't too bad for its age. On a full tank with mostly motorway driving, I can get about 450 - 500 miles.

Thanks - coming from a 64 Outlander, then a 67 Outlander I can assure you the infotat on the 2012/3 Land rover is FAR SUPERIOR - sans DAB reception. 68 Outlanders have upped their game with link - but, whilst I'll miss silent running - I havn't lost out too much. Switch gear is more solid and, unlike the Outlander I can actually see it - no longer hidden behind the column (or none lit).

Getting used to an auto over a Constant Variable is the strangest thing - the LR seem to decide not to engage as quickly (I suppose no electyric is to blame) to throttle response on hilly roads is ... hit and miss.

Mine is a LUX so I assumed it would have all of the HSE and all options too. Maybe it was just stuck in a muddy field in Grimsby for too long to be registered after the 'crisis' and just got the dealer upgrades.

I was hoping for 140k miles - already on almost 90 - had a land rover approved 97k service (dunno where that number came from) - including haldex, apparently.

To be fair I just wanted one before the options went away, last of a breed and having written off my summer car, thought I would try a winter car as a daily driver. Whilst wider than the Outlander and noisier It might still be more fun in the green lanes.

Re: Infotat -I just stream everything from TunedIN or Spotify from my phone... the Meridian speaker system is great - as good as any jag I have been in.

zacherynuk wrote:

OLOSTEVE wrote:

Keyless came in from, October 2012, along with LED daylight, electronic parking brake and a few other updates.

Thanks! Mine is a 62 plate registered in March 2013... so was expecting it... maybe an option or something turned off - do they have little rubber buttons or do they auto unlock like dusters, normally ?

Sounds as though it was old stock, I had a 2009 before changing, so I wanted keyless, day notice and most of the 2013 model updates.
I didn't quite understand your last comment, sorry

RobLR wrote:

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But the upside of this is that it's very reliable. The standard torque converter gearboxes are much more robust than a DSG.
If you keep it well serviced, it should keep going for well over 100k miles...................