Would you trust your Gaylander?

Hippo said:

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f38/freelander-everything-you-need-know-46437.html

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That's great! Definitely useful, i'm going to try to go into more detail about things like HGF and VCUF etc but things like that will be essential for troubleshooting parts.

Hippo said:

If your going to change all 4 you might as well get all 4 done at the same time. Less risk.

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If I was using it all the time, and had the resourses I would Hippo. But luckily, I have a van for day to day transport, and the missus walks the half mile to work, so the FL will be mainly weekend usage. And as it probably won't leave the drive until it's road ready, this is the reasoning behind it. But just in case I have to use it for a short journey of say 6 miles or so, I was under the assumption that changing the rears first is better than the fronts.

Yes bigger tyres on rear. Put new ones on the rear if you only change 2. But they will need to be same make/model/size as front's if you do this. For peace of mind.

Got a good price on Scorpion STR's, but have read mixed reviews on them, mainly longevity. But as I'll be a low miler, I don't think this'll be an issue. Otherwise it'll be Goodyears, which the FL is currently shod in.

What's trust got to do with it?

2210 miles in 4 days coming home.
262 litres and a litre of 2-stroke.
Overloaded and with a roof-box.
Cruising at 90 on the Autobahnen.

Going to do it all again in September / October.

I don't give a second thought to the beast's reliability

Nuff said.

RichM said:

Would you trust your Gaylander TD4 to do a 1200 mile trip (mostly motorway) over 2-3 days?

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CERTAINLY WOULD, my Freelander 2 TD4 SE is a damm sight better than the Disco 2 TD5 ES I had previously, only 55k miles and always some problem with it.
The Freelander 2 is better in every respect.

but you think it's GAY ???????????????

grendawkin said:

CERTAINLY WOULD, my Freelander 2 TD4 SE is a damm sight better than the Disco 2 TD5 ES I had previously, only 55k miles and always some problem with it.
The Freelander 2 is better in every respect.

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Except that it cannot tow as much, carry as much, or carry as many people, and I don't care what people try and claim, the Freelander is not as good an offroad vehicle as the Discovery is. I don't deny that the Freelander is a better road vehicle than the Discovery though.

martin1512 said:

Except that it cannot tow as much, carry as much, or carry as many people, and I don't care what people try and claim, the Freelander is not as good an offroad vehicle as the Discovery is. I don't deny that the Freelander is a better road vehicle than the Discovery though.

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Which could be the only criteria that he needs...

Not everyone buys a landy to go off road, or tow.
I know i didn't initially. Now it does the towing and it's actually pretty good for that.
No idea about proper off road as i have never taken it off road for nearly 3 years.
The freeby suit's my needs and budget, if thing's had been a bit different i would be in a Disco3 HSE auto and going everywhere in perfect comfort.

Anyway, my 04 td4 SE shall be covering 450 miles this sat, not worried about it going wrong as i just got the propshaft bearings changed

martin1512 said:

Except that it cannot tow as much, carry as much, or carry as many people, ........

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Or rot as fast.......

martin1512 said:

Except that it cannot tow as much, carry as much, or carry as many people.......

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Or use as much fuel, or let as much water in via the sunroof, or leak as much oil into the cpu, or need as many air bags, or need replacement XYZ switches, or have such a poor steering lock, or be as noisey, or be as gutless up the smallest inclines......
The Freelander 2 has none of these problems and to date no others either.
All sounds like sour grapes to me.

grendawkin said:

All sounds like sour grapes to me.

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+1

What would a 'Riskovery' owner know about style and comfort?

Unless of course, it is a Discovery 3 or 4.....

Took LR years to develope a good tratter. They still int managed it. When creating the Freelander they got it right first time.
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op2:op2:op2:

Just been to Land's End and back no problems, about 400 miles each way, no stops either direction and it didn't miss a beat. 1st longish run it's had since we bought it last year so still quite happy with it for what we paid. It now owes us nothing