This thread hasn't been used for some time.

It made interesting reading and could most likely do with a few additions and updating. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

I had a Discovery 3 HSE best car I’ve ever had Freelander is a close 2nd

FL2 just keeps going, I'm glad to say.

And so impressed was I with the Mk 7 Fiesta ST that I bought a Mk 8 ST3.
All the toys but more importantly a Quaife LSD as standard.

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I'm on my second FL2, but before the first one I dabbled with a Subaru Forester and before that I had a Freelander 1 TD4 auto which i had for 5 years...

Passed my driving test in a Series LandRover in 1972 ALLWAYS had at least one Landy ever since, but the best car I ever had was a Rover SD1 twin plenum VITESSE very quick even by todays standards worth a fortune if you can find GOOD one now !

 2013 FL2 XS.
Defender 90 300 TDi.
Defender 90 300 TDi CSW.
1964 MGB Roadster.
1944 Willys MB "Jeep" with bullet holes. (gone)
17 hand Irish Drought Thoroughbred (mostly lame)
Nagging Old Boiler.

Mahatma Gandhi said if there is an Idiot in power those who elected him are well represented

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https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1511409 2013 FL2 XS.
Defender 90 300 TDi.
Defender 90 300 TDi CSW.
1964 MGB Roadster.
1944 Willys MB "Jeep" with bullet holes. (gone)
17 hand Irish Drought Thoroughbred (mostly lame)
Nagging Old Boiler.

Mahatma Gandhi said if there is an Idiot in power those who elected him are well represented

This was my original listing - I still have my FL2 Metropolis - and I still enjoy driving it.

IanMetro wrote:

I copied this list of my motoring history from a similar thread of a couple of years ago.

My own cars (passed driving test in beginning of 1961)
1961 1961 Ford 100E Popular -- 60k+ miles over 3 yrs --first car -- freedom!!
1964 1964 Vauxhall Viva HA -- 60K+ miles over 4 yrs -- drove this one through East Germany in the Cold War.
1968 1968 Vauxhall Victor 2000 Estate -- about 70k miles over 6 years (inc 2+ years in Germany)
1974 1972 Vauxhall Victor VX4/90 -- not sure about mileage but I ran this into the ground -- Fast car in its day
1979 1976 Ford Escort 1100 -- mileage about 15k per year -- I had a bit of a change of fortune at this time
1980 1977 Dolomite 1850 -- mileage about 15k per year -- Starting to recover to a decent fast cruising car
1982 1979 Dolomite Sprint 2000 --- I kept this car until about 2010 (had about 85k miles on clock when sold) - This was my favourite car of all time.
Company cars -- these were my reliable work horses -- needed to start first time and travel day and night
1984 1984 Vauxhall Astra 1300 Estate -- about 20k mile per year
1987 1987 Austin Montego 1600 -- about 22k mile per year
1990 1990 Vauxhall Cavalier SRI 2000 -- about 28k miles per year
1992 1992 Vauxhall Cavalier GLS 1600 -- about 28k miles per year
1995 1995 Vauxhall Cavalier GLS 2000 16v --- I kept this car until 2004 ** -- a surprisingly quick and frugal car
1998 1998 Vauxhall Vectra SRI 2000 -- about 30k miles in year and a bit
My own cars since retirement
1999 1995 Vauxhall Cavalier GLS 2000 16v (about 152k miles altogether) **
2004 2004 Vauxhall Signum Elite 2000 Turbo -- about 109k miles in 8 yrs-- a good family do anything car
2012 2010 FL2 SX SD Auto -- about 61k miles in 5 yrs
2017 2014 FL2 Metro SD Auto

I have enjoyed driving most of these cars over the years and have progressed from my first car 3 speed sidevalve 36hp car (with extra heater!) to my quite luxurious auto diesel 190hp FL2 (with standard just about everything) in some 57 years.

Most importantly for me and my various jobs, they have been relatively reliable and provided transport whenever needed day or night. (They have all been regularly maintained - I owed it to them)

It looks a lot when you list them, and I haven't included my Motor caravan (now vintage) or my wife's various cars.

https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic5324.html?highlight=viva

I've had many LR products in the past.

Still got the FL2, although a recent purchase of a New Defender 110 L663. What a great vehicle.

Rommel wrote:

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https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1511409

In the few years before the FL2 we had a Lexus RX300, Mercedes ML350 and a Range Rover….in that order, we always had a second car as well but often smaller or more interesting  Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

Immediately prior to my Freelander, I had a Subaru Forester and before that an Impreza, which I missed badly

My 2nd car used to be an inherited 1996 Volvo 940 estate, had to let it go as my local mechanics refused to work on it
any longer, even though I was prepared to pay regardless of cost.

I sold it for £1,500 even with a short 7-day MOT, as they are very collectable.

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I needed a tow car so this had to go

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....... but how are you going to carry the skis now ......

For those not familiar with the C70, you could carry skis inside the car as there was a hatch from the boot into the cabin, accessible when the rear seat centre arm rest was folded down, and skis could be passed through the hatch from the boot and up the centre of the car to rest on the armrest between the front seats! There was a long plastic bag, for want of a better description, attached to the hatch into which the skis were slid so that the interior of the car was protected from damage.

Alternatively, if you had the factory boot rack, it was angled so that the skis could be attached to it and pass over the top of the roof!


I have to admit that I never had occasion to carry skis!