Snorkel... cant find one anywhere :(

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Defenders do seem to fall over. I'm going to run my fl once the new prop is fitted and see how it goes
 
I think its fine... i think the defenders are a far worse off roader than the freelander!!!!

Defenders always end up on there roof! haha

I have seen so many freelanders STUCK in mud and snow. I think defenders are the best lr so far they can go so much more far then a freelander
 
I'm a owner. I think their ****. The 4x4 system is a joke. That's why I'm moving to a 90 or L200

The 90 is only better off road because it has taller tyres!! On the road you might as well be driving a tractor ;) The 4X4 system does the same job as the Freelander only it's not automatic!! The L200 will get stuck before the Freelander ;)
 
so 1 freelanders door has fell off and they are all damned for eternity??? more defenders have fell over yet they are still highly praised...

I THINK I HAVE A POINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


would ya gaylander have kept it's doors on after summat like this??

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Noo It wun't I rest my case.. :p
 
The reason for the l200 is I am doing a euro trip next year. And I will be camping/ sleeping in the vehicle so it's between a 90 and l200
 
The reason for the l200 is I am doing a euro trip next year. And I will be camping/ sleeping in the vehicle so it's between a 90 and l200


you'll be a bit cramped sleeping in a 90. :eek: I've done it and it int easy unless ya have the bed at bulkhead height and something extended intoi the dash area.
 
FOOL !!!!! the lecctrics would have been fooked and the engine would have boiled over cos of all the water running down hill. :D

It wunt get stuck cos the driver wunt be daft enuff to go in there int furst place, silly :p :D

sod that, light laning and the odd easy green lane for me :)
 
would ya gaylander have kept it's doors on after summat like this??

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Noo It wun't I rest my case.. :p

The Freelanders TC would have reduced the chance of the tyres digging big holes below them so it might not get so stuck ;) In conditions like that you need proper cross axle lockers that LR don't seem to fit!!
 
Freelander better offroad than a Defender? Im no expert but........................................BULL****. :D
 
would ya gaylander have kept it's doors on after summat like this??

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Noo It wun't I rest my case.. :p

Initially I had some difficulty in working out what must have happened in this pic.

I can only conclude that the nearside wheels fell off and the jolt broke the nearside suspension.

Most unfortunate accident.

This kind of thing is best avoided - by someone walking in front and using a big stick to check for holes as wheels can fall off when they enter such holes.

Personally I've gone through much deeper water than that and never found any of these big holes. Just luck I suppose.

Probably better if the doors do fall off - instead of the wheels - as then you can put them in the back and drive home to fix them on again.

S.
 
Defenders do seem to fall over. I'm going to run my fl once the new prop is fitted and see how it goes

I'm a owner. I think their ****. The 4x4 system is a joke. That's why I'm moving to a 90 or L200

Crombie, your FL doesn't have a functioning 4x4 system. I'm curious to know if you have driven it off road when everything is working? Once you have, come and tell me it's useless with a stright face.

For pete's sake everyone the Freelander int a 90, nothing is a 90 other than a 90, saying the Freelander is better than a 90 off road is plain false. But they are better in other ways depending on your individual tastes and requirements. The 90 my be the "best" but that doesn't automatically render everything else useess, the Freelander (1 and 2) will run circles around almost any other compact SUV both on road and off road. Nobody here even knows what the true torque split is back and front - bottom line there is just way too much misinformation and plain spiteful bull**** about the Freelander. Until you've taken it apart and rebuilt one then driven it over a serious off road course; don't believe so much as a pilchard of what other people say here. Make up your own minds when you have all the facts.

I've been underneath mine all day lying on ice, freezing my nads off making it a better car, why? Because I can.

OP, there is no snorkel that's easy to get hold of. If you look at my Accessories thread, you will see that myself and Diesel Do are trying to design a few bits for Freelanders, including a raised air intake. Real life will get in the way buit we hope to get there one day.

Will.
 
No you are rite I haven't yet. I pick up my new shaft next week so I can't comment on off road yet
 
No you are rite I haven't yet. I pick up my new shaft next week so I can't comment on off road yet

I thought not ;), you'd have far too big a smile on your face if you had :). The problem most of us have is that we inherit our hippo's from a long line of tossers and clueless yummy-mummies who've never looked after it worth a damn. When the transmission has been reconditioned and is then taken care of it works fine. More than fine actually, it's much clevererer than people here think. Well not everyone ;).
 
i've driven mine in all weathers over most terrain but wouldn't have even gone through that mud trap. A freelander is best in it's class for a reason (and that class isn't the same as a defender)
he was unlucky to have gone off the edge, the vehicle to do that stuff in is a defender though.
 
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