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Jumplead

Member Since: 27 Jan 2007
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 12

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Baltic Blue

Centre cubby box with arm rest would be great. Still coming to terms with the automatic windscreen wipers!

28th Jan 2007 1:26 am

The Villager

Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 242

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Stornoway Grey

Jumplead wrote:
Centre cubby box with arm rest would be great. Still coming to terms with the automatic windscreen wipers!

Are you on automatic with the lights and heating/vent, I am, I realy rate this
David David

28th Jan 2007 11:09 am

avtur

Member Since: 11 Nov 2006
Location: Stockport
Posts: 1306

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Stornoway Grey

I like the fact that I've been sent a customer satisfaction questionnaire to return to the dealer priciple .... I don't like the fact that I've been told to answer all questions with the option 'outstanding'; when clearly that is not the case. I feel I've been comporomised by this request, this is not the behaviour I expect from a so called quality dealership...

30th Jan 2007 12:12 pm

avtur

Member Since: 11 Nov 2006
Location: Stockport
Posts: 1306

.................

I dislike the fact that I've just returned from a works trip to Edinburgh which I had to do in a hire car car 'cause my FL2 is in dock ..... 600 miles when I could have been driving MY FL2 !!!

1st Feb 2007 2:27 am

graemehunter

Member Since: 23 Jan 2007
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 37

2009 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Santorini Black

boot light fix

I think they're called " dot it's" by osram, cost around £5 from homebase,
self adhesive little led clusters that when stuck to the inside of the tailgate give pretty good coverage
& light up the whole boot & stay out of sight when the cover's pulled over,
you switch them on/off by giving them a little slap, which is exactly what whoever thought
it was a great idea to put the interior light low down on left hand side should have got !
i'm still working on replacement for the d3's cubby box, which was single handidly responsible for
passengers thinking i kept the car tidy

7th Feb 2007 11:50 pm

avtur

Member Since: 11 Nov 2006
Location: Stockport
Posts: 1306

Re: boot light fix

graemehunter wrote:
I think they're called " dot it's" by osram, cost around £5 from homebase,
self adhesive little led clusters that when stuck to the inside of the tailgate give pretty good coverage
& light up the whole boot & stay out of sight when the cover's pulled over,
you switch them on/off by giving them a little slap, which is exactly what whoever thought
it was a great idea to put the interior light low down on left hand side should have got !
i'm still working on replacement for the d3's cubby box, which was single handidly responsible for
passengers thinking i kept the car tidy

You are on the same wavelength as me ... Land Rover design - pathetic - and my solution is exactly what you suggest the 'Osram' led light. I'm just expermimenting with the best place to position the 'slap it' light. Best solution might be two, one on each side. The contours on the side panels around the boot don't lend themsealve to mounting these littles beasts, but I'm sure I'll find a way around that!

8th Feb 2007 12:44 am

graemehunter

Member Since: 23 Jan 2007
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 37

2 it is

indeed, 1 stuck either side of the inside tailgate work perfectly when the door is open
& give a nice lighting effect ( no shadows when you're looking for stuff)
i think you throw them when the battery fails, but i threw away the instructions !

8th Feb 2007 12:57 am

avtur

Member Since: 11 Nov 2006
Location: Stockport
Posts: 1306

Re: 2 it is

graemehunter wrote:
indeed, 1 stuck either side of the inside tailgate work perfectly when the door is open
& give a nice lighting effect ( no shadows when you're looking for stuff)
i think you throw them when the battery fails, but i threw away the instructions !

Negative ...

They operate on 3AAA batteries, you'll have to demount them from the self adhesive tape, but once you've done that the back is retained by three small philips head screws... seem to remember they were quoting 100+ hours on the batteries so should be a while before they need changing.

8th Feb 2007 2:23 am

The Villager

Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 242

According to hand book the car will display which gear we are in, do we have to set this up? if so help please!!
David David

8th Feb 2007 10:26 am

graemehunter

Member Since: 23 Jan 2007
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 37

R is for ?

i'm sure it's only displayed on the the auto, not the manual
but for the life of me i don't know why i think this is the case,
although it does in the d3 manual & quite handy it was too
( mainly for reverse, but that's a long story)

8th Feb 2007 7:59 pm

avtur

Member Since: 11 Nov 2006
Location: Stockport
Posts: 1306

David Lindop wrote:
According to hand book the car will display which gear we are in, do we have to set this up? if so help please!!
David

I think this is only on auto box ... are you looking at page 101 in the handbook?

8th Feb 2007 9:58 pm

The Villager

Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 242

avtur wrote:
David Lindop wrote:
According to hand book the car will display which gear we are in, do we have to set this up? if so help please!!
David

I think this is only on auto box ... are you looking at page 101 in the handbook?

Hi
No it is on page 18, gear selector position display(7)
David David

9th Feb 2007 10:44 am

avtur

Member Since: 11 Nov 2006
Location: Stockport
Posts: 1306

David,

OK I'm looking at the same picture now. Below the bold number '3' is the word SPORT; to the right the letter D is bold while PRN above that are 'greyed out'. Taken together I feel confident to say that this display is for the auto box ...

Paul

9th Feb 2007 4:13 pm

The Villager

Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 242

avtur wrote:
David,

OK I'm looking at the same picture now. Below the bold number '3' is the word SPORT; to the right the letter D is bold while PRN above that are 'greyed out'. Taken together I feel confident to say that this display is for the auto box ...

Paul

Thanks Avtur
I think you will agree not clear instruction but I think you are right
Thank you
David David

9th Feb 2007 6:26 pm

boiledgnat

Member Since: 15 Nov 2006
Location: Bucks
Posts: 283

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Manual Stornoway Grey

Well, after a very long wait (or at least it felt long!) since early Jan, I finally collected my TD4 HSE in Stornaway Grey on Saturday.

WOW

Very impressed - managed to cover almost 200 miles, and can't wait to do some more.

Likes:
- Fantastically smooth ride
- Excellent sounds with the Pro-Logic system
- Satnav - I've had a tomtom for a few years, and didn't see why an inbuilt one could be better. Little features like muting the stereo when giving directions, and the split screen ability - I'm well impressed.
- PTI - had to update my w850i with the latest software from the web before it would connect, but works great now

Dislikes:
- it only being taxed till the end of Feb 08, when I collected on 31st March 07! - is this the DVLA ??
- keep banging my knee on the side of the dash - I suppose I'll get used to this
- being asked to put outstanding down on my dealer feedback form (!!!)
- apart from this, nothing.

big grins all round!

BG

2nd Apr 2007 8:20 am

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