Recent content by Spanky-spangler

Mine is 2012. Yes, it's that weird thing which cuts the engine if you stop at lights. You can switch it off but end of the day it reduces the road tax as it puts the car in another band. The TD4 engine does sound a bit agricultural when cold.

Mine is manual with stop/start so the road tax is £255 and insurance is £247. It's a bog standard gs 150bhp.

Mine with 99,000 miles on the clock does 44mpg on motorways at 60mph and 38 urban. Very comfy to drive with usual toys. One thing which improved the economy was, several weeks ago i filled up with go faster diesel and stuck four bottles of redex diesel additive in the tank. Sceptics will...

Well, we went, we saw, we conquered and got wet....walking back to car. Severe monsoon all the way home. Was smaller than i envisaged but i guess its at tail end of year and traders decided not to attend. I bought a LR woolly hat and scarf cos i feel the cold terribly due to medication. Would...

I shall do that. Im easily recognisable-head that looks like a boiled egg.:D

Hopefully, it'll be a good one.

I got a set of four General grabber AT little while ago. Local tyre company did them for £540. Despite having an aggressive tread, they make little noise. Appear to work well in mud (i've tried) and good on road.

Anyone going to Stoneleigh this Sunday? Got tickets booked, tank full, cleaned car.

Check the cabin filter too. My previous Ford Transit kept fogging up and found the cabin filter was the culprit (van is maintained by a company and were shaving money).

Might have to leave my boy racer days to history then.:)

Manual.

Im looking at getting my 2012 Freelander 2 remapped for more power. The car is a 95,000 mile standard 2.2td4 with fsh, 6 speed manual, 150bhp, runs fine, returns around 38mpg, no oil leaks, etc etc. The only car i've ever got remapped was a Calibra turbo 4x4 and that was done by Courtneys in...

How odd. My old Calibra turbo was really noisy. In 6th gear, the noise was terrible but that was a full Skorpion ss exhaust inc decat.

What does it sound like with a stainless exhaust? Im tinkering with an idea with replacing mine with ss but i know from my turbo nutter b*stard days, they're quite noisy. I dont mind a little bit of noise but not a howl.