Beat you too it! Just traded my gorgeous new RRS for a FL2! Agree about the horrible ride with the Audi's. I test drove the Honda CRV too, larger, cheaper, far better equipped, but I couldn't hear myself over the road noise in the cabin. Shame.

The FL2 has great road manners, is quiet, comfy, is a bit small and pricey, but I'm happy to pay the money and stick with a brand I've owned for the past 10 years.

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MacWallace wrote:

Hi Josh
I had an extended test drive with an Audi Q5 earlier this year when I was debating between this and an F2. To be honest the Audi had a number of positives but I felt the ride too jiggly particularly on rough roads and, that generally it was not as good a ride or drive as the F2. I also found the S line to be be more thirsty than the F2 and the service was quite expensive in comparison. What clinched it for me though was at the time we had a lot of snow around here and the Q5 was no match for the F2

Hope this helps

Yes thank you.

I wouldn't touch the S line Q5 unless I changed the wheels. On low profiles it is bound to be a very hard ride and research thus far confirms that. So no good for me on country roads. I suspect they are also the expensive tyres that wear out pdq.

So for me it's still a 2 horse race. More work to do.

FL2 HSE v Q5 3.0 TDI SE

Oh and maybe LRX

The LRX is on my list for next year.To start with it's going to be a 3 door wagon, too small for my needs...

I was very disappointed with the quality of materials in the Q7 when I looked at it. Plus the 7 was huge on the outside and tiny inside. id it the same for the Q5? 2010MY Freelander 2 HSE Auto
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Triple7 wrote:

Beat you too it! Just traded my gorgeous new RRS for a FL2! Agree about the horrible ride with the Audi's. I test drove the Honda CRV too, larger, cheaper, far better equipped, but I couldn't hear myself over the road noise in the cabin. Shame.

The FL2 has great road manners, is quiet, comfy, is a bit small and pricey, but I'm happy to pay the money and stick with a brand I've owned for the past 10 years.

Hello everyone!

No need to ask same question twice

Please answer in stormbirds new thread his started

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic5764.html?highlight= Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Triple7 wrote:

The LRX is on my list for next year.To start with it's going to be a 3 door wagon, too small for my needs...

I was very disappointed with the quality of materials in the Q7 when I looked at it. Plus the 7 was huge on the outside and tiny inside. id it the same for the Q5?

No.....Q5 is a whole lot better proportion wise compared to a Q7. Surprisingly I don't find the interior to be much smaller than the RRS. The interior is a really nice place to be with all the accessories that LR can never seem to offer including full integration of the iPod. Bigger boot than the FL2.

Any way decision now made...........I will not be joining you proud FL2 owners ...as I have now ordered a Q5 3.0 TDI S Line on 19" wheels. 0-60mph in 6.5 secs
Also bought a 5 year manufacturers warranty for a very small charge compared to LR.

But thanks for taking the time to answer all my questions

Josh wrote:

Triple7 wrote:

The LRX is on my list for next year.To start with it's going to be a 3 door wagon, too small for my needs...

I was very disappointed with the quality of materials in the Q7 when I looked at it. Plus the 7 was huge on the outside and tiny inside. id it the same for the Q5?

No.....Q5 is a whole lot better proportion wise compared to a Q7. Surprisingly I don't find the interior to be much smaller than the RRS. The interior is a really nice place to be with all the accessories that LR can never seem to offer including full integration of the iPod. Bigger boot than the FL2.

Any way decision now made...........I will not be joining you proud FL2 owners ...as I have now ordered a Q5 3.0 TDI S Line on 19" wheels. 0-60mph in 6.5 secs
Also bought a 5 year manufacturers warranty for a very small charge compared to LR.

But thanks for taking the time to answer all my questions