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Honest John - Saturday Telegraph

Noticed that HJ knocked back the idea of a punter buying a FL2 due to serious issues with:

a)Automatic gearbox
b)Steering Rack
c)Camshaft

He recommended a Mazda CX-5

He should be publicly flogged. MY 09 GS manual in Lago Grey, Wood Co arm rest and side bumper strips - now sold.

MY 15 SD4 SE Auto Orkney Grey with colour coded Bumper Door Mouldings

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Evil or Very Mad

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What year was the FL2? Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
Gone MY2010 Freelander 2 Manual TD4.e S, Alaska White.

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Poor review epedemic camshaft failure, I've only heard of about three Shocked
Replacement engine £12000 Shocked

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/land-...er-2-2006/ p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior

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Shocked I'd just buy a new car! Seriously 12 grand!! Shocked

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When I looked at buying mine, a colleague warned me about the steering rack issue, but all cars have issues,

and a cx 5 cannot have a full size spare and can't tow on its space saver, and only has an 88kg nose weight so for me not suitable. My11 freelander 2, xs, Manual, 18" hse sparkles, sidesteps, privacy, zermatt silver metallic, almond nutmeg alacantra, twin electric towbar

Gone my09 xs D3

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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
Evoque SD4 Auto Blue.
FL1 HSE TD4 Manual Black - Gone.
RR Classic V8 EFI - Gone

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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.
My first reaction on reading his article was he was referring to Freelander 1, my second was he is just anti Land Rover as almost every time he is asked about a possible LR purchase against another make, he always seems to go for the other make.

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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

Gone my09 xs D3

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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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I saw the same article. i read HJ each week & concluded long ago he has a downer on LR, FL2 in particular.

in the 2 yrs i've been on this forum, i've not seen reports of any of these problems from forum members.

I can only conclude that he had a bad experience some years ago, and can't let go... Confused

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/land-...ection=bad
for the details of the handful of component fail, and a good piece on camshaft failure causes... ...

Be true to yourself. That way happiness lies...

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Amazing what you get if you google 'Honest John'



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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.
He has created a certain reputation for himself and has a certain following, probably caravan owning Kia drivers called Colin who have a predisposition to talking down their nose in an authorative manner, you know the type, know Censored all about everything.


There, I feel better now Laughing

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