Have had my brand new HSE for a week now and I absolutely love it. I decided to upgrade from a TT and am 100% sure I made the right decision in choosing the Freelander over the Audi allroad. O/H has a Range Rover and we also had a Disco 3 so I am more than familiar with the brand. Have taken the Freelander on a couple of long runs and even managed to get a fantastic 39+ average mpg and I don't always drive slowly.

I'd been reading this forum for a couple of weeks prior to making my decision between the All road and Freelander and found lots of the threads incredibly helpful so thank you all!

Surprised you still went with the FL2 in honesty. mines not bad, but it's back and forth to the dealer for warranty work. I prefer the D4 or RRS over it. D4 tons of room in the back, RRS plenty of room, FL2 not a lot of room bar the weekly shop. If your other half has a RR, I am surprised you can see past it. I drive a 10MY RRS SE and there is no comparison with the FL2, not even on the same planet, there is the FL2 HSE, luxury and then the RRS, unless she has one of the really old models.

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Well I don't need something quite so big as a Disco or Range Rover and we already have a Range Rover in the household. The Freelander gives me far more space than the TT did and the off road capabilities will be fantastic for our place in Scotland. I'm more than happy with my decision.
Two MY10 Overfinches would be overkill after all.

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Thats all that matters then!

D4 and RRS would be my preference, I cant justify D4 over a FL2 for the low usage. wouldn't be my choice again in honesty, but each to their own.

As you say each to their own, i would love a D4 but it is too tall for my garage I visit france often and its a bit too tall for French multi-storeys and most continental car park barriers, I personally wouldn't entertain a RRS a bit too flashy for me I'm on my second f2 and have not really had any problems, I cover a high mileage and the minor niggles i have had have been less than with all other marques I have used.

Strange you should say that Tandemman, I park my D3 next to the wife's FL2 and with the suspension down they're the same height  ______________________
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you want to blow your tyres up then
there should be about 4 inches difference I think the Freelander is 1740mm and the D4 is1837mm the car park and Peage barriers are set at 1800, i did see a D4 go through without lowering its air suspension and severely damaged its roof

Tandemman wrote:

Peage barriers are set at 1800

All the car parks I've been to in Europe in recent years have had at least 1.9m and usually 2m headroom. The FL2 with roof bars is 1.83m. Freelander 2 TD4 HSE auto Tonga Green/Alpaca

Athelstan

1 If you have a abonnement and therefore wish to use the "t" booths you are restricted to 1.8m

2 try to avoid sounding pompous all the time it's very annoying

3 there is nothing erroneous about stating that barriers are set at 1.8m I did not say all barriers are set at 1.8 m , I think most people can work out that HGV's are a bit taller than that

I'm sure the barriers on the French telepeages are higher than 1.8m because my Defender was nearly 2m tall and never had a problem passing under the telepeage barriers.

Tandemman wrote:

Athelstan

1 If you have a abonnement and therefore wish to use the "t" booths you are restricted to 1.8m

2 try to avoid sounding pompous all the time it's very annoying

3 there is nothing erroneous about stating that barriers are set at 1.8m I did not say all barriers are set at 1.8 m , I think most people can work out that HGV's are a bit taller than that