Snorkel... cant find one anywhere :(
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Singvogel
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I thought not, you'd have far too big a smile on your face if you had
Very, very true, Will.
A poorly maintained / neglected Freelander will give disappointing results.
I've had 2 Freelanders - both from new - and have driven over 180K miles in them.
Freelanders are outstanding vehicles that are better at some things than others - I couldn't tow a 2 tonne trailer halfway up a mountain for example - I used a Defender instead. But I used the Freelander to get the trailer 2000 miles across Europe beforehand.
You cannot really compare them as Defenders & Freelanders are both brilliant at what they do best.
But we will never persuade prejudiced people to stop thinking / telling others that their choice of Landrover is better than someone elses.
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Er, maybe.i'll take that as a Yes then
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Is there a reason why you cant find one? Id suspect so.
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Funny isn't it how we're all pefectly willing to admit that Defenders are brilliant but not the other way round in most cases. I'd have a defender in a heartbeat, but I'd keep the Fl. It's such a care free joy to drive and all my friends and family love riding in it
.It's taken me nearly 8 months and alot of cash to put the wrongs of years of neglect to rights, but now I have a car that looks and drives like new if not far better. Even if my engine blew up I'd just drop another in and carry on - though I reckon that's pretty unlikely to happen.
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By the way, for the record, DD and I drove through two feet of muddy slop without any issues. He's worked hard to seal up the water-ingress areas of his K series and it's really paid off. It did stall before he did that but not anymore. I'll be doing it to mine before long too.
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Funny isn't it how we're all pefectly willing to admit that Defenders are brilliant but not the other way round in most cases. I'd have a defender in a heartbeat, but I'd keep the Fl. It's such a care free joy to drive and all my friends and family love riding in it
It's taken me nearly 8 months and alot of cash to put the wrongs of years of neglect to rights, but now I have a car that looks and drives like new if not far better. Even if my engine blew up I'd just drop another in and carry on - though I reckon that's pretty unlikely to happen.
have you been reading all my old posts cos that's what i believe in a nutshell
well apart from the having a defender bit, i prefer Series
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have you been reading all my old posts cos that's what i believe in a nutshell
well apart from the having a defender bit, i prefer Series
It makes sense mate, you're one of the few folk on here that know about the K series FL from eggsperience and not hyperbole. I'll never stop telling people it's a diamond in the rough, even if I am starting to sound like a broken record!
You just fooking wait to see what me and DD have planned for ours. But we don't want to spoil the surprises, I'll say no more.
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I think we were up cup of tea number 7 by the time we finished. I was tidying up the cosmetics and stopping a coolant leak on mine (it's ok was just a duff jubilee clip!) and he was getting his ready for MOT (grinding down track rod ends and cutting up his chassis so they cleared it!!)
Interestingly, we put one of my 215/70 BFG's next to one of his 225/75 Kuhmo MT's and they were only about 1/2 an inch larger in diameter!! Much wider though. We also had a 195 something from his original wheels and ours dwarfed it.
Throughout all this we were plotting evils things, which shall not be revealed until we knows we can get away wif doing it....
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Most of you haven't got a flippin clue what your talking about!
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Apart from present company
blue beasty
Leaks an prone to bits dropping off
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Most of you haven't got a flippin clue what your talking about!
And you point is.....?
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All this is why I stopped posting for several months - We all drive what we choose to drive in what conditions we opt for, me 99% tarmac. I enjoy a bit of friendly banter and accept / give help as and when I can, but i don't really give a flying fcuk what you (all) think of my choices! I believe my FL1 to be a road bias SUV with some limited off road capability - if you want to mod yours so it will traverse glaciers (or swim rivers), then good luck and I'm interested to read your stories. Lets try and stay civil, even grown up!
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And you poiunt is.....?
Not really got one, it just winds me up!
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WLJayne
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Don't get wound up again, there was enough spam to feed the Regiment for seven years last time that happed
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Grrrrr
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