After 13 years, my Freely 2 will be orft elsewhere shortly. I have always liked the Shogun Sport and now that they are almost free due to Mitsu leaving the continent I am bidding farewell and going all Japanese. The Freely 2 has been my favourite car and I shall look back on our Landy years with much affection. May I just add that this Forum has been most excellent, so many thanks to the Mods, managers, sponsors and all contributors. Happy Landrovering and stay safe all. Robin

You're smelling the 'Vapors'

"Some catch the vibes and some catch the vapors" Everlast

You Better . . . [Praise the Lord . . . Keep, keep the faith]

Not sure youre making the best automotive decision ever, having driven the Shogun Sport, admittedly only the V6 petrol version (Which makes a nice noise, doesnt actually go very fast and has a horrific appetite for petrol and rolls through bends like a drunken sailor) Id confidently say the Freelander is the superior car all day long  Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

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I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so
Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so

I had a SWB Shogun years back , it was bulletproof. A few of the guys on our shoot use L200s never a bad word. I’ve had Mitsubishi , Suzuki , Toyota , and now currently a Subaru which has had 4 and half years and 50thousand miles of faultless running . I’ve also had a Land Rover product for the last 24 years at the behest of my late wife who loved LR .

. The Japanese stuff never had any reliability issues whatsoever . I like LandRover but every single one ( two Defenders from new and the Fl2 from 2 years old ) has failed to meet the same reliability as the Jap stuff . Obviously the Fl2 I’ve got is 11 years old now , and I’d hope that the QA in LandRover has caught up with the best .

Enjoy your Shogun . It will be great . 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 .

Tradewind 35 wrote:

I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so
Turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so

I heard you used to be indecisive, but now your not too sure!!
good luck with it gone
P38 v8 auto no problems,great howle from exhausts when giving it welly
Td5 auto head gasket,no5 pot not uncommon but good car.
1st Tdv6s manual epb problem fixed under warranty(stealer said"never heard of this before,i suggested he looked at d3 forum.
2nd Tdv6 se auto epb
3rd Tdv6 xs auto 2008,swmbo,s favourite.

Best of luck with your move to a Japanese car I will be joining you soon.

Interesting that Mitsubishi are still advertising on TV and Instagram. I wonder how many customers realise that they will disappear in a year or so and how the warranty/servicing issues will be handled? 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

It’s a question I’d ask . However as the withdrawal is part of the Nissan/Renault/ Mitsubishi global plan , I can’t see owners being hung out to dry . At some time in the future , the Nissan brand will also go leaving just the Renault name . 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 .

Of the 3 names Renault is the one I would never ever buy  2014 Freelander 2 TD4 Manual Dynamic
1956/7 88" Series One Land Rover
1956/7 88" Series One Land Rover - undergoing restoration

So driving something called a Captur or Kadjar doesn't appeal

Is one of those the awful thing that looks like it has corduroy glued along the side?  2014 Freelander 2 TD4 Manual Dynamic
1956/7 88" Series One Land Rover
1956/7 88" Series One Land Rover - undergoing restoration

no that's S**troen (Citroen)

my daughter has a 1.2 petrol Kadjar and its actually really good.

the only thing its sufferered from is the drivers outer seat bolster, which is pleather, is badly cracked and yet the car has only done 36k miles. Its something that the French manufacturers don't seem to have cured in 30 odd years since I last briefly owned a Renault 21 with the same problem

Shame as it do really like the look of the Citroen C5 aircross

Ah OK - a Citroen (tho I like your name for them better RogB )

As soon as I identify anything as French I strangely lose any interest in knowing anything more about it - I love Red wine - but drink almost exclusively new world reds - the French quality went down hugely and their prices went up hugely decades ago. I'm told they have recently upped their game but with high quality well priced wines from elsewhere why would I go back to buying French?

Just don't get me started on their revolting runny cheeses (sadly we seem to not have a vomiting emoticon)  2014 Freelander 2 TD4 Manual Dynamic
1956/7 88" Series One Land Rover
1956/7 88" Series One Land Rover - undergoing restoration