Recent content by 2008Freelander

I bought my 2008 FL2 on Sunday, heavily discounted because it failed WOF (like MOT) on no power in the steering below 5-10 km/h. Power assist mostly works when driving very slow, and this failure is a known weakness in Ford era Freelanders. In mine it seems to get worse when the car has warmed...

While I presumed the only way to cure is to retrim, I bought this FL2 on Monday that came with a rather creative alternative. Not the best photo (it's night) and it looks like I need to clean a pizza stain, but it is interesting. Google upholstery button. Whatever, it holds well.

I just stopped by Pickapart for a steering rack, and someone had removed the glove box timber trim and the centre console but then tossed them under the car so I can't advise how or what you need to do to remove the glove box (presume it is easy), or the centre console cover which is plastic...

HI GrumpyGel, Colour: Yeah, I really wanted a forest green because all Alfa's should be red [tick] all Mercedes SLK's silver [tick], all G-wagons agave green [tick] and of course all LR's should be green, although Clarkson disagrees with the Queen as to which green. I was amazed when it popped...

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Last week, I listed my 2004 Jag XJ6 on our NZ auction site and someone made an offer which I accepted. It's amazing how people buy cars without looking at them. I never met the guy - all done on the phone and electronic banking. And now, he is thrilled as he got a really good car for a very...