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Jimboland



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England 2012 Freelander 2 SD4 GS Auto Santorini Black

IanMetro wrote:
Those who have seen it in the flesh, is it really as large as it looks?

I am imaging it as about the Discovery 3/4 size.


Yes, and it is probably bigger than it looks. And it's really ugly, but I would still have one if I could afford it.

J

Post #392065 6th Jun 2020 9:22 am
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j77



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Scotland 

The Black D4 presumably has some form of lift but the Defender is in its access height, I believe it just arrived at the dealers somewhere in the US.

I’m waiting on the 90, even that’s only 200mm shorter than the old 110, because the 110 is just too long for the drive, the D5 stuck out a bit but with the tyre on the back of the Defender it’s just too long. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Post #392071 6th Jun 2020 9:52 am
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Northcroft



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England 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Manual Zermatt Silver

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Post #392072 6th Jun 2020 9:56 am
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IanMetro



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United Kingdom 2014 Freelander 2 SD4 Metropolis LE Auto Fuji White

V8 Defender at speed.


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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/land-r...f1c7b3d426 FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 74k+ miles) (MY2015)

Post #424126 11th Aug 2022 8:38 am
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oldseadog



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United Kingdom 2009 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Stornoway Grey

A very interesting article on the Autorevolution website. https://www.autoevolution.com/news/overlan...97927.html
Anyone who follows Andrew St Pierre-White (4xOverland) will know that there is a ring of truth in what he says. -------------------------------------------------------------
1965 Series IIa Safari LWB White - gone
1982 RR 2 door Sahara dust - gone
2000 Freelander 1 3 door white gold - gone
1995 Discovery 1 200Tdi Biaritz Blue - gone
2009 FL2 TD4 HSE Stornoway Grey

Post #425025 7th Sep 2022 7:51 am
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dorsetfreelander



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All very high tech but not sure that I would want to take one to remote parts of Africa 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Post #425187 13th Sep 2022 2:42 pm
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Boxbrownie



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Why not? If you had one of those you’d also have your helicopter to take you home again Laughing Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

Post #425196 13th Sep 2022 4:13 pm
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Badger51



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"Why not? If you had one of those you’d also have your helicopter to take you home again Laughing"

Especially after something like this!!!!!

 (Now Sold). 2008 Freelander 2 (Nazca Sand) SE TD4 Auto. Statutory write off & on WOVR for hail damage but still road legal.
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Post #426618 8th Nov 2022 4:08 am
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3landertwo



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Saw that video some months ago.

My brother asked me why I had bought a New Defender, I just sent him the link Laughing

I am very pleased with mine Very Happy


Must be the PiVi system that allowed it to roll and roll, jump and roll and end up on it's wheels pointing in the correct direction for the flow of traffic.
Not a feature I will be trying out. Cool



PS I still have my FL2

Post #426623 8th Nov 2022 9:07 am
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jules



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United Kingdom 2014 Freelander 2 SD4 SE Auto Firenze Red

Luckily the Defender didnt hit anyone else as it rolled.
One wonders if an ordinary car would have flipped at all or just spun around; the inherent instability of SUVs at speed I wonder.

https://felixgonzalezlaw.com/blog/are-suvs-safer-than-cars/ Jules

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3landertwo



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real life drama

https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic33489.html

Post #426633 8th Nov 2022 12:39 pm
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jules



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United Kingdom 2014 Freelander 2 SD4 SE Auto Firenze Red

yes ESC are great safety improvements and have pretty much stopped SUVs from rolling over by themselves when just cornering fast.

But from what I've read the vast majority of on-road rollovers are caused by the vehicle hitting something or, as is this case, being hit by something. In which case I suggest SUVs are more prone to rolling.

Having said that modern monocoque SUVs do better than cars in front and rear end collisions - size does matter. Jules

Post #426639 8th Nov 2022 1:45 pm
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