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dorsetfreelander



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New 18 plate

Just saw an 18 reg car go past and realised that this is a good time to look at what trade ins are available on the market. The LR website shows only 48 approved used FL2s nationwide and the prices are quite high, I bought my 14 reg XS in March last year and cars of the same age and higher mileage are more expensive than I paid. By comparison there are 1264 Discovery Sports available. Another 12 months and you will be hard pressed to find an FL2 in a dealership. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Post #344509 9th Mar 2018 9:55 am
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Jack frost



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Prices do rocket during the winter months for 4x4 as for 18plates not seen a single one yet but we might be heading for some bargain Land Rovers soon if Mr Trump does carry out his threat to increase import tax on foreign automakers, Land Rover is the US biggest customer base, trouble is our used cars will take a hit.

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JulesK



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Yes but will dealers pass on savings?? doubt it. If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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dennij



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I'm up and down motorways all the time at the moment and have seen less than half a dozen 18 pate vehicles, only one of those was a Land Rover. Normally I would expect to see more than this by now, possibly the fear that remains regarding diesel cars is stopping people from buying at the moment, I know that sales have declined since diesel became the demon of motoring last year.

What's ironic is the report recently that CO2 emissions are on the increase due to more petrol cars being on the road (no idea where they get all this supposed information from) Once all the fuss has died down I expect to see diesel sales increase, all we need is the manufacturers to be honest about emissions, after all, they have moved the diesel engine on leaps and bounds over the years so why not celebrate that rather than try and hide stuff.

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A Land Rover is very much a niche product and people will always buy one because of its all weather, towing, ground clearance etc abilities. Diesel I fear is dead as the realities of particulates are more fully understood. The politicians are going to make it more uncomfortable to own a diesel car, so going forward it will be only those who really need all the Land Rover attributes who will buy one and the majority will probably go for a petrol SUV or something else. The times they are a changing... 2014 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Auto

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I think diesel is a long way from dead yet. There just isn't a viable alternative at a reasonable price. I'll stay with the dirty derv and pay the extra tax for as long as possible. Small petrol / electric hybrids just don't interest me. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

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Yorky Bob



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It’s a farce as we will generate more power in dirty power stations just to power electric cars. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
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Tigger



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Re: New 18 plate

dorsetfreelander wrote:
Another 12 months and you will be hard pressed to find an FL2 in a dealership.


Looking at your car history, what are you likely to do for your next car?

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dorsetfreelander



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With all the talk about 40,000 early deaths due to air pollution I wonder if anyone has factored in how many hard of hearing old folks will be run over by silent electric cars in coming years. Twisted Evil 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

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RogB



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you don't need to be hard of hearing, in electric mode they are practically silent so any background noise will drown out the tyre roar Whistle

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Dartman the one



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dorsetfreelander wrote:
With all the talk about 40,000 early deaths due to air pollution I wonder if anyone has factored in how many hard of hearing old folks will be run over by silent electric cars in coming years. Twisted Evil

You can add the blind to that, at least they can hear normal cars and the deaf can see them providing they are looking the right way my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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Post #345116 16th Mar 2018 10:45 am
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j77



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Seen a few 18 plates. Though not as many as previous years registrations.

I picked up my Velar in January, normally I would wait until the new reg but the dealer had an R-Dynamic SE D240 coming, which was a lot higher spec than I wanted so took that rather than my original spec of a S D180. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

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F5JJT



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Picked up my '08 F2 3.2 i6 a few weeks ago as a second car and loving it, its smooth, refined, quiet and plenty of grunt - I just don't understand why the F2 wasn't given a suitable petrol alternative if the i6 was viewed as too thirsty - it seems there was a 2 litre turbo petrol, but I assume this was an export only model ? I had a '12 plated RRS V6 diseasal for a while and it's the first and last diesel engine car I'll ever own.

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Tigger



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The Ford 2.0 turbo replaced the Volvo 3.2 and was only available for export. If you look at the small number of 3.2 petrols that were sold, then imagine how much smaller the market for an “economy” petrol engine would have been, when everyone who wanted economy would have just bought the diesel anyway (before the fashion for petrol / media hysteria against diesel took hold).

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F5JJT



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I guessed that was the case - be nice to have been given the choice though - and I agree the anti diesel sentiment being whipped up is interesting given that if my memory serves me right it was the government of the day that encouraged everyone to go diesel in the first place and of course then diesel was as cheap as chips at the pumps too ! (love your avatar by the way !!) F2 3.2 i6 for the white stuff
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