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chrisr1806 Member Since: 20 Oct 2012 Location: None Posts: 2220 |
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15th Jun 2013 2:30 pm |
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Stevie5tapes Member Since: 10 Jun 2012 Location: Brighouse, YORKSHIRE Posts: 1370 |
What year was the FL2? Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
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15th Jun 2013 3:42 pm |
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ad210358 Member Since: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Here and There Posts: 7464 |
Poor review epedemic camshaft failure, I've only heard of about three
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15th Jun 2013 3:43 pm |
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chrisr1806 Member Since: 20 Oct 2012 Location: None Posts: 2220 |
I'd just buy a new car! Seriously 12 grand!! |
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15th Jun 2013 4:20 pm |
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bambi68 Member Since: 01 Jul 2012 Location: Rotherham Posts: 261 |
When I looked at buying mine, a colleague warned me about the steering rack issue, but all cars have issues,
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15th Jun 2013 8:02 pm |
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Pedro Member Since: 01 Apr 2010 Location: Very near Pig Hill Posts: 449 |
Well that's not very good for his credibility because, from these forums anyway, the manual box is the one with the problems (clutch) and the Auto is sublime ! Apparently, btw, his real name is not even John ! Lastly, I always endured his rather 'wooden' U Tube reviews because I thought he was a genuine chap but, like I said, his credibility has now been brought into questions in my eyes. FL2 HSE Auto Galway Green
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15th Jun 2013 8:17 pm |
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rchrdleigh Member Since: 18 Aug 2007 Location: Somewhere in the East of England Posts: 1601 |
From what I can recall, Steering rack problems mainly affected 07 models and there is not a problem with later ones. Not heard of many problems with either auto gearbox or camshafts.
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15th Jun 2013 8:22 pm |
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bambi68 Member Since: 01 Jul 2012 Location: Rotherham Posts: 261 |
There's an Aussie guy who does YouTube reviews, I find his very accurate. My11 freelander 2, xs, Manual, 18" hse sparkles, sidesteps, privacy, zermatt silver metallic, almond nutmeg alacantra, twin electric towbar
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15th Jun 2013 8:25 pm |
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pab Member Since: 28 Aug 2012 Location: Now in Mid-Wales Posts: 2006 |
Honest John's recommendations very seldom correspond with my own, whatever the class of car involved. He seems to like Asian cars, and is obsessed with emissions and running costs. He also seems to think he's always right - see his reply to the chap who dared to question his recommendation of the Sorrento! I no longer take much notice of what he says. |
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15th Jun 2013 8:52 pm |
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piattj Member Since: 18 Jan 2012 Location: where the crowds aint... Posts: 1235 |
I saw the same article. i read HJ each week & concluded long ago he has a downer on LR, FL2 in particular.
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16th Jun 2013 12:22 pm |
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richardk Member Since: 11 Jan 2009 Location: Norwich Posts: 909 |
Amazing what you get if you google 'Honest John'
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16th Jun 2013 1:47 pm |
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taztastic Member Since: 03 Feb 2011 Location: North West Posts: 8652 |
I take anything in print with a pinch of salt, they are paid to write material that will sell newspapers, if he simply wrote the truth then people (sheep) would not buy the paper as it would not be sensational enough.
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16th Jun 2013 2:01 pm |
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