Freelander 1 Freelander Tyres!

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Series 2 Freelander. :)
 
Hippo said:
Just a small point, HDC will only operate in 1st or reverse for manuals and manual 1st and reverse for auto's. Feet oft the pedals and it will limit speed using the ABS as best it can. ;)
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Add to that....
HDC will only work if miraculously the wire hasn't snapped off the gear stick.
HDC will only work if the 1st and reverse sensors in the gearbox actually work - and the wires haven't come off.
 
Hippo said:
Just a small point, HDC will only operate in 1st or reverse for manuals and manual 1st and reverse for auto's. Feet oft the pedals and it will limit speed using the ABS as best it can. ;)
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Put yer glasses on yer numpty.... I wuz talk in' about the Yeti... :p

Honestly, you select 'off road' in neutral and ABS does it all... neutral FFS - how counter intuitive is that going down a steep hill!
 
Hippo said:
yer but no but it's a Freelander forum. Who's gives a toss about mythical monsters? :p
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Yer but, I has one... I was complimenting the the priciple of all wheel drive systems, I have more experience in off road / snow in the Yeti than the FL so I didn't want to give the massive virtues of the Freelander just in case you asked me a question....

I still bang me head on the roof getting in the bleddy thing.
 
Dartmoor Navigator said:
Yer but, I has one... I was complimenting the the priciple of all wheel drive systems, I have more experience in off road / snow in the Yeti than the FL so I didn't want to give the massive virtues of the Freelander just in case you asked me a question....

I still bang me head on the roof getting in the bleddy thing.
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You wanna try gettin into my lifted Freelander with outsized tyres. For some reason it's even worser than a standard one. :confused:
 
Dartmoor Navigator said:
So it's not just me? They are bad for getting in and out of?
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I've never had problems and I is average height. I wouldn't say the seats are high. If you look at the height of yer knee's when seated, the seats are about right for the average person. Yer has to get in by lifting up a bit and sliding across on the seat. That's understandable when yer compare the FL's height to a mondeo which is much lower.
 
Michelin Latitude Cross were standard fit on Defender steel wheels and are available in 225/55 r17
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Incidentally, it's been snowing here, first thing, not settling but crappy conditions leaves and muck on the badly maintained roads - the new Geolandars we're sure-footed but most of all have added comfort to the ride. I can feel the additional 10% profile through sidewall flex - nothing to write home about.
 
longdog said:
But good enough for on road use in the snow up in the Pennines.
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It's such a valid point. Many people are just looking for a competent and capable tyre that gives confidence when the weather turns bad. Having said that, additional rubber isn't just about traction, there's suspension and side wall traction as well as 'terrain conforming' ..... horses for course:)
 
Dartmoor Navigator said:
It's such a valid point. Many people are just looking for a competent and capable tyre that gives confidence when the weather turns bad. Having said that, additional rubber isn't just about traction, there's suspension and side wall traction as well as 'terrain conforming' ..... horses for course:)
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Have the Michelins in stock 17" size on our lasses Fl, and larger 15" Kumho KL78 AT's on mine. Can't really fault either, good all year round.
 
longdog said:
Have the Michelins in stock 17" size on our lasses Fl, and larger 15" Kumho KL78 AT's on mine. Can't really fault either, good all year round.
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I'm not a fan of the 225/55/17 tyres. The overall diameter is too small. They are considerably smaller in diameter than the common 215/65/16. This reduced diameter makes the speedometer miles out, makes cruising at 70 tiresome and gives the Freelander's old design suspension a hard time. This is why I changed to a 60% last time. Next change, I'll be fitting a 225/65/17. This will correct the speedometer and add some comfort to the ride and gain an extra 1/2" clearance underneath.
 
Dartmoor Navigator said:
Were the speedos not set for 55s? They were OEM

I was going to put a GPS in the car today to see what it reads now I've upped the profile.
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No.
All Freelander speedos are calibrated to over read by almost 10% on the standard Michelin Synchrone 215/65/16 tyre. This tyre had a new diameter of 27.25 inches.
LR just kept with one calibration across the board, regardless of what wheels were actually fitted.
The standard 225/55/17 tyre option has a diameter of only 26.75 inches. This makes the speedometer read ridiculously high and makes a huge difference to comfort and noise at speed.
Going up to 225/60/17 increases tyre diameter to 27.6 inches. This corrects some speedo error and improves comfort.
Going up to 225/65/17 pushes diameter up to 28.5". This adds to comfort, and off road hight. It could make the speedometer over read slightly. But my sums would suggest that is will be bang on accurate.
 
Nodge68 said:
No.
All Freelander speedos are calibrated to over read by almost 10% on the standard Michelin Synchrone 215/65/16 tyre. This tyre had a new diameter of 27.25 inches.
LR just kept with one calibration across the board, regardless of what wheels were actually fitted.
The standard 225/55/17 tyre option has a diameter of only 26.75 inches. This makes the speedometer read ridiculously high and makes a huge difference to comfort and noise at speed.
Going up to 225/60/17 increases tyre diameter to 27.6 inches. This corrects some speedo error and improves comfort.
Going up to 225/65/17 pushes diameter up to 28.5". This adds to comfort, and off road hight. It could make the speedometer over read slightly. But my sums would suggest that is will be bang on accurate.
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Blimey, you do know a lot of things about tyres on Freelanders... very admirable, I darent absorb that level of information otherwise I'll become obsessed :oops:
 
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