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weirdfish

Member Since: 26 Dec 2010
Location: Hadleigh, Essex
Posts: 196

2011 Freelander 2 SD4 GS Auto Stornoway Grey

Had nothing but trouble since buying new SD4

I got an unrepairable puncture in the other car, the grill element in my oven has blown and this morning I've woken up to a central heating pump that has died and leaking water everywhere.

Also during the couple of weeks of ownership, I've had a bootlace break, my trousers don't fit as well as they did before Xmas and I have a film stuck in my BluRay player since my nephew's made me watch WALL-E for what seemed like the 1000th time.

Everyone said I'd have problems if I bought a Land Rover and maybe I should have listened, I am now having to wait in for the heating guy and I'm sure it's colder inside than out at the moment, I have a craving for toast that seems will go unsatisfied and now that Woolworths have gone, where the hell do you get bootlaces

It's all Land Rovers fault.

Still, the Freelander itself has been great.

Looking on the bright side I can always wrap up and watch a film while I wait. WAAALLLL...EEEEEE Noooooooooooooooo For a free country, it does seem pretty expensive these days.

2nd Feb 2011 9:27 am

iain cooper

Member Since: 27 Aug 2007
Location: north of Glasgow
Posts: 1989

2009 Freelander 2 TD4_e HSE Manual Lago Grey

funny enough my jeans don't fit like they did before Christmas either, so I know how you feel.

we also bought a new Smeg fridge freezer before Christmas.........big mistake, we now have a replacement after three engineer visits, and now he is coming back to look at the replacement !!

now this is what you call really bad build quality..............but hey it's Italian, what did I expect ??

Iain

2nd Feb 2011 9:55 am

dunroof

Member Since: 24 Nov 2010
Location: <> Yes, still being stalked by another member!
Posts: 1785

Buy Miele, a bit more expensive, but you can leave them to someone in your will.

No answer to LR question. They do break down rather a lot.

2nd Feb 2011 10:03 am

weirdfish

Member Since: 26 Dec 2010
Location: Hadleigh, Essex
Posts: 196

My oven is Smeg, the Alfa Romeo of white goods For a free country, it does seem pretty expensive these days.

2nd Feb 2011 10:06 am

iain cooper

Member Since: 27 Aug 2007
Location: north of Glasgow
Posts: 1989

dunroof wrote:
Buy Miele, a bit more expensive, but you can leave them to someone in your will.

No answer to LR question. They do break down rather a lot.

to be honest I thought the Smeg was far too expensive at £1300 !!

but my wife had her heart set on it, so I went with it.................but now I have big regrets and if the saga continues will want my money back and buy a Bosch, etc for half the price.

Iain

2nd Feb 2011 10:10 am

chicken george

Member Since: 06 Dec 2007
Location: N. Yorks
Posts: 13283

2008 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Santorini Black

I find that my oven controller is a bit erratic especially so on monthly intervals At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

2nd Feb 2011 11:06 am

weirdfish

Member Since: 26 Dec 2010
Location: Hadleigh, Essex
Posts: 196

chicken george wrote:
I find that my oven controller is a bit erratic especially so on monthly intervals

For a free country, it does seem pretty expensive these days.

2nd Feb 2011 11:18 am

cdn_downunder

Member Since: 25 Oct 2010
Location: Sydney
Posts: 37

chicken george wrote:
I find that my oven controller is a bit erratic especially so on monthly intervals

11MY SE SD4 in Lago Grey just arrived with a free Garmin thrown in! This could be the start of a beautiful relationship (I'm an eternal optimist, and former FL1 owner)!

2nd Feb 2011 11:18 am

dunroof

Member Since: 24 Nov 2010
Location: <> Yes, still being stalked by another member!
Posts: 1785

Naw, Miele if you want it to last without any trouble.

Their washing machines are used on the North Sea Oil Rigs, 24/7 and never break down. People have them 20 years and get fed up of them before any mischief.

Anyway, they do the whole range of appliances. Last thing I got last year was one of their tumble dryers. Lights up like a Tardis, auto everything, cost 1k.

2nd Feb 2011 11:38 am

npinks

Member Since: 28 Jun 2007
Location: Ls25
Posts: 20090

Walllleeee Evvvaaa Wallleeeee Evvaaa

but be the most over rated film of the decade

could have been worst, it could have been a adult movie stuck in there Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

2nd Feb 2011 11:44 am

Marky

Member Since: 12 Mar 2010
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 207

2010 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Auto Santorini Black

iain cooper wrote:
funny enough my jeans don't fit like they did before Christmas either, so I know how you feel.

we also bought a new Smeg fridge freezer before Christmas.........big mistake, we now have a replacement after three engineer visits, and now he is coming back to look at the replacement !!

now this is what you call really bad build quality..............but hey it's Italian, what did I expect ??

Iain

You need ........................ Christamas trousers !!

2010 FL2 XS Auto in Santorini Black with HSE alloys

2nd Feb 2011 2:20 pm

Marky

Member Since: 12 Mar 2010
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 207

npinks wrote:
Walllleeee Evvvaaa Wallleeeee Evvaaa

but be the most over rated film of the decade

could have been worst, it could have been a adult movie stuck in there

My mate did that ............ in his car system

He actually told his wife the engine had blown up, removed the in car syatem and part exchenged the car within 4 hours.......... moral don't watch adult movies during you lunch break in your car

2010 FL2 XS Auto in Santorini Black with HSE alloys

2nd Feb 2011 2:58 pm

weirdfish

Member Since: 26 Dec 2010
Location: Hadleigh, Essex
Posts: 196

Marky wrote:
. moral don't watch adult movies during you lunch break in your car

For many reasons

For a free country, it does seem pretty expensive these days.

2nd Feb 2011 3:47 pm

dunroof

Member Since: 24 Nov 2010
Location: <> Yes, still being stalked by another member!
Posts: 1785

My mate - ? Oh that will be right! Come clean!

2nd Feb 2011 4:46 pm

athelstan

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: Reality
Posts: 2657

dunroof wrote:
Buy Miele, a bit more expensive, but you can leave them to someone in your will.

No answer to LR question. They do break down rather a lot.

Oh no I cannot - the various Miele have all died including the replacements.

FWIW
Over my life time I've spent much of my pension portfolio on household electrics and outdoor gear and transport, only one manufacturer has been absolutely 100% reliable and did (and still does after 32yrs) exactly what it said on the label, and that's my King of Mercian cycle - faultless. Next comes Patagonia outdoor gear with a close 96% performance (a single ski jacket failure replaced f.o.c) and then Whirlpool with a score of 89% in the farm kitchen and laundry room from the 1989 rebuild (hob, oven, fridge, freezer, dishwasher, tumble dryer and washing machine) (ceramic hob cracked twice - third f.o.c. replace has been fine since 1994).

2nd Feb 2011 8:49 pm

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