I have ordered, 4 weeks ago a nice new FL2 in Galway Green GS (no extras - budget limited) . Delivery time is now first two weeks in March. Is this normal or could I expect this to be reduced to sometime more reasonable?

mine took 3 months that was 2 years ago, anyway you may as well wait until 1st Mar for the new reg plate At work
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sound about right to me,i would have to waited til 30 jan 2010/...ordered 22 oct 09....factory order,impanema sand with privacy glass,but opted for a stock fl2 without,plus i didnt want to pay the vat increase in jan 10.the time was 6 weeks then. gal green is a hard colour to find from stock and tend to be factory only ordered.

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With the x type demise and extra capacity for freelander 2 time should shorten. Btw halewood on 5 days again in jan. Live your life be free-lander

FL2 do seem to be low in stock. I ordered a Td4_e HSE in Stornway Grey at the begining of Dec - the only cars available in the dealer Network was a white one and a red one, in the end I opted for a black auto HSE. The dealer drew it off his own stock - said there were no more coming into the dealer stock now until January so this was my only option bearing in mind the VAT increase, drop in trade in and the fact the F1 need about £1k of work doing on it to get to the Alps and back.

Took delivery on Friday drove down to the tunnel on Friday crossed Sat am - its now in the French Alps - what an improvement to my 5 year old F1 HSE - mpg average 30.6 - 820 miles (Bradford to Chatel) is that a bit low ? would the e have been a better bet I ask? - most of the journey is motorway so very little start stop options.

Just need to try her in her snow now  Cheers
Gumdrop aka Simon !
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F2 HSE, auto, roof rails, steps, santorini black
Defender 50th
F1 1999, Commercial
Series 1 (1958)
Rebel Replica Series 1

What u will find with VAT going back up & the scrapage insentive ending in two months time long delivery times will end.

I didn't think there would be any non-e's left ??

I got my HSE e in September ( ordered in August ) and it was drawn off a dealer's allocation.

Iain

ps I don't think the e would have made any difference to you fuel consumption as it only would have any benefit on stop/start driving.

Thanks for your comments, the dealer has brought forward the delivery to early Feb now. I have been advised that my order has been amended and on all 2010 FL2's will not come with a spare wheel as standard. This will be an option, at a cost. An emergency tyre repair system will be included with all 2010 deliveries. I assume this will be more than a tyre leaver, patch and a foot pump.

My 2010 MY came with a standard tyre on a steel wheel - the extra option was to have an alloy to match - cost option £110 I think - so unless this has changed for vehicles delivery after Jan 01 2010 you should get the same ? As I understand it you are limited to 50 mph 'cos the wheel bolts are intended for an alloy wheel not the steel one. Cheers
Gumdrop aka Simon !
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F2 HSE, auto, roof rails, steps, santorini black
Defender 50th
F1 1999, Commercial
Series 1 (1958)
Rebel Replica Series 1

A friend of mine interogated me a month or so ago about my FL2 experience and ordered one for delivery last week - SE in Stornaway grey. On the day it was due for collection the salesman rang him and said they were having computer problems and couldn`t tax it - what a lie!!. A few minutes later the dealer principle rang and asked him to come down to the dealership bacause his car had been "bumped". When he got there he saw "his" car. It was damaged from the wing mirror to the back wing - the damage getting deeper the further back on the car. Apparently the sales girl hadn`t defrosted the windows before moving the car and attacked a concrete post!!
Now to the point - a replacement vehicle was sourced from the factory and was delivered last friday. I wonder how hard the dealer had to shout to get that delivery! Checking some component date tags, most are late November, so I guess its just off the line.
Quick delivery is possible. Don`t drive faster than your angel can fly!