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Had a look round a Freelander 2 today...

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V8MoneyPit:
I happened to be passing the local main dealer, so I dropped in to look around the new Freebie. After a little banter with the salesman, he thrust a brochure and price list in my hand  :shock: OK, not much chance of raising £25k, but I didn't hand it back to him  :lol:

I couldn't bring myself to tell him I'd prefer the '05 110 double cab outside at £21k  :lol:

Anyway, the Freebie looks a nice motor and the terrain response system sounds impressive. Not too sure about the styling of the rear end, but the front has retained some features from the old model.

I think I caught him out a bit when I asked about traction control, break over angle and what are the *smallest* wheels available so AT's could be fitted  :lol:

thermidorthelobster:
I had a drive of one the other day.  I found it very nice to drive actually - quite car-like, very quiet, and the engine was pretty nippy - but take a look at the space in the boot!

Given it's actually about the same width as a Disco III, and not a lot shorter, you seem to get about half the amount of space in the cabin.

My friend (whose car it was) and his dad (who has a Disco III) both said they reckoned the DIII was a much better bet.  A bit more pricey though.

jimny33:
for the money I would buy a new defender now

Also there is no 3 door freelander 2 that you can take the roof off  :(

Fantastic car though - and very good off road - but I didnt take mine too far (it was only a courtesy car after all) and I didnt want to scratch the paint work!  :roll:  :P

Steve ray:
We had a new Freelander2 with us on Saturday up Cannock Chase (After all the rain last week) - must say, I was well impressed with how it coped with the terrain.

But LR are asking a lot of brass for a new one these days!

freelanderpx54:
If you are brass necked enough you should be able to blag a complimentary half day at a Landrover Experience centre. I had a 1 hour test drive in one (On road only) and said that I wasn't convinced about its off road ability :shock:

Salesman said no problem, when can you get down to Pale hall in wales to try it out? Great car on and off road but a bit pricey.

LRE Instructor did say that the FL2 would go pretty much anywhere the D3 would

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