No free time hereon in...

Hello
Just bought a Freelander 1 facelift 2005 TD4 HSE manual, 235,000km. Needs a bit of TLC but I needed something to distract myself with...
Now then, where's the Millers....
Best to all
Kerlaan

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Hello and welcome

Kerlaan said:

Hello
Just bought a Freelander 1 facelift 2005 TD4 HSE manual, 235,000km. Needs a bit of TLC but I needed something to distract myself with...

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So I collected the FL1 TD4 last night. Just to remind me that I'll have no free time in future, the driver (for me left hand) door glass mechanism failed. And it became very clear that the thermostat has (almost) failed in the open position... grrr. I laughed.

Expect questions in the forum! This one has never towed, or been off-road but needs some tlc.

Sounds like nothing to worry about on a landy
Welcome

Welcome to the forum

Here is how it looks from the inside (awful steering wheel innit?)... posted elsewhere... in progress. Received an unused new secondhand Ronbox with Pierburg Man today. Survey of problems complete. I think my post woman is wondering what all the parcels are about. LOL.

Thanks for the warm welcome here and in the Q/A forum areas.

You never know yer luck. May clean up ok. Worth a try.

Kerlaan said:

Here is how it looks from the inside (awful steering wheel innit?)... posted elsewhere... in progress. Received an unused new secondhand Ronbox with Pierburg Man today. Survey of problems complete. I think my post woman is wondering what all the parcels are about. LOL.

Thanks for the warm welcome here and in the Q/A forum areas.

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Hippo said:

You never know yer luck. May clean up ok. Worth a try.

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NEVER give up! My strategy, clean and do my best, I have a call on Monday for a NEW old stock item in Germany for less than 100,00€ shipped and tonight I found 3 leather refinishers in my neck of the woods, Bretagne.

The reason I say never give up is why there are light aircraft in the sky that are 70 years old. Freelanders are future, capable classics and deserve some care. I bought this one because I refuse to follow the electric vehicle route (I think there is some flawed thinking there). This car may be my last ever and it has to provide "executive" transport (I have a dog) and be capable of towing an unbaked trailer with cut wood for the log burner up some muddy tracks. What I save in electric (last 12 months bill was £125 and no, I have no gas) covers my no road-tax, 2 year french MOT (control-technique) intervals and low insurance costs. Happy as a cochon dans la merde! The only downside? I had to order a switch from Land Rover for the reversing sensors. The amount of import duty had me swearing in at least 4 languages. No wonder the British GDP is dropping.

Kerlaan said:

NEVER give up! My strategy, clean and do my best, I have a call on Monday for a NEW old stock item in Germany for less than 100,00€ shipped and tonight I found 3 leather refinishers in my neck of the woods, Bretagne.

The reason I say never give up is why there are light aircraft in the sky that are 70 years old. Freelanders are future, capable classics and deserve some care. I bought this one because I refuse to follow the electric vehicle route (I think there is some flawed thinking there). This car may be my last ever and it has to provide "executive" transport (I have a dog) and be capable of towing an unbaked trailer with cut wood for the log burner up some muddy tracks. What I save in electric (last 12 months bill was £125 and no, I have no gas) covers my no road-tax, 2 year french MOT (control-technique) intervals and low insurance costs. Happy as a cochon dans la merde! The only downside? I had to order a switch from Land Rover for the reversing sensors. The amount of import duty had me swearing in at least 4 languages. No wonder the British GDP is dropping.

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Bonjour et bienvenu à l'asile!!
Every time we send anything to our son and his family in Paris we worry ourselves muchly about import duty. and half the time the feckers open the parcel to pinch anything that might even remotely be of value.
Thank God when we are in residence in our place in the Tarn the post seems to arrive intact.
Anyway, have fun on here!!!

Stanleysteamer said:

Bonjour et bienvenu à l'asile!!
Every time we send anything to our son and his family in Paris we worry ourselves muchly about import duty. and half the time the feckers open the parcel to pinch anything that might even remotely be of value.
Thank God when we are in residence in our place in the Tarn the post seems to arrive intact.
Anyway, have fun on here!!!

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Thanks, merci bien! I have to say I have never been mistreated by the french, contrary to popular stories. I have experienced mistreatment myself and witnessed poor behaviour by the british here toward each other, which is incomprehensible. Food parcels are a no now. No mars bars, no baked beans, no cheddar etc. Those items will be lifted. C'est loi maintenant.

The brexit effect is going to screw many small, medium and large british enterprises. Why do I say this? I paid 34,50€ import duties and frais additionnels de dédouanement this morning on £90.48 of goods from Land Rover. I had an eBay refund this week from someone who would not take the risk of sending from UK to France!! Even though global shipping handles the duties (which should not occur on second hand items, so Ebay are screwing UK residents over I suspect).

Mais, écoute. Je suis trés contente en france, pas de soucis et sans inquiète. Vive la france, vive la difference et cymru am byth. Actually, I don't live in france, I live in bretagne with a lot of parisiennes qui est peur de confinement et covid en centre-ville.

Glad I bought my FL to distract me.

Kerlaan said:

Thanks, merci bien! I have to say I have never been mistreated by the french, contrary to popular stories. I have experienced mistreatment myself and witnessed poor behaviour by the british here toward each other, which is incomprehensible. Food parcels are a no now. No mars bars, no baked beans, no cheddar etc. Those items will be lifted. C'est loi maintenant.

The brexit effect is going to screw many small, medium and large british enterprises. Why do I say this? I paid 34,50€ import duties and frais additionnels de dédouanement this morning on £90.48 of goods from Land Rover. I had an eBay refund this week from someone who would not take the risk of sending from UK to France!! Even though global shipping handles the duties (which should not occur on second hand items, so Ebay are screwing UK residents over I suspect).

Mais, écoute. Je suis trés contente en france, pas de soucis et sans inquiète. Vive la france, vive la difference et cymru am byth. Actually, I don't live in france, I live in bretagne with a lot of parisiennes qui est peur de confinement et covid en centre-ville.

Glad I bought my FL to distract me.

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We too have fabulous friends in our place in the Tarn. Both neighbours and people who see us regularly in shops, on market stalls, in restaurants etc. We did have a Brit couple as neighbours who were very, very good friends to begin with, looked after our place when we were away etc, but somehow we have fallen out of favour with them. Nothing concrete but they just don't call on us any more and when we go to see them they always seem short of time for us. My wife says it's because I speak better French than the wife who tends to trade on this with her circle of ex-pats, the "croissant club" to which we have never been invited. When we asked if we could join she told us there was no room! So i have to agree with your comment about relations with people of the two nationalities. The food thing does feck us off too. No more bacon or Brit sausages when we go over. But the fromager who has a stall on the market is amazing and gets both Cheddar and Stilton regularly. We once brought him a tub of clotted cream as a present, and to try, he loved it. Can't do that anymore.
Also the risk of paying £1.60 per bot of wine plus 20% vat on the value, despite having already paid the TVA in France which we can no longer avoid unless we buy 1000 bots, really p!sses us off as we like our imported wine. Luckily the last time we came back to Blighty, last September, there was no one in the customs shed. Long may that last!
Next hurdle is visas long-séjour, which we will be going for in January as it has to be done within 3 months of our desired date to go over.. All to be able to spend 6 months in our house which we paid to have the French build for us and for which we pay extortionate local taxes.
Still it is worth it when we get there!
All the best in Bretagne with your Parigo neighbours.
Au revoir et Bonnes fêtes de fin d'année!