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 Gone to good home! 4 x 17 inch Wheels and Winter Tyres |
jenks1950
 31st May 2025 10:53 am
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Forum: For Sale & Wanted · Replies: 10 · Views: 914 · Subject: Gone to good home! 4 x 17 inch Wheels and Winter Tyres |
Can't believe nobody wants these, very generous offer.
Maybe just the wrong time of year for winter wheels  |
| Gone to good home! 4 x 17 inch Wheels and Winter Tyres |
jenks1950
31st May 2025 10:52 am
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Forum: For Sale & Wanted · Replies: 10 · Views: 914 · Subject: Gone to good home! 4 x 17 inch Wheels and Winter Tyres |
I used to live in Knebworth and then Hitchin - I’d have been around in a flash!!
Sadly 250 miles away now 😢
 We are only 3 miles from Knebworth, but yeah......Cornwall is a lot fu ... |
| Gone to good home! 4 x 17 inch Wheels and Winter Tyres |
jenks1950
27th May 2025 12:09 pm
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Forum: For Sale & Wanted · Replies: 10 · Views: 914 · Subject: Gone to good home! 4 x 17 inch Wheels and Winter Tyres |
No interest in these so far, so as I need the space, happy to let them go free to a good home. Collection will be required from North Hertfordshire
Steve |
| Gone to good home! 4 x 17 inch Wheels and Winter Tyres |
jenks1950
13th May 2025 6:34 pm
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Forum: For Sale & Wanted · Replies: 10 · Views: 914 · Subject: Gone to good home! 4 x 17 inch Wheels and Winter Tyres |
4 x Freelander Alloys fitted with Goodyear Ultragrip Winter Tyres
235/65/R17
The Alloys
Variable amounts of blistering but quite serviceable or a basis for renovation
The Tyres
Goodyear Ultra ... |
| Car starting Intermittently |
jenks1950
21st Dec 2024 7:47 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 40 · Views: 5170 · Subject: Car starting Intermittently |
This couldn't be the old dodgy solenoid contact problem could it??
You can repair the solenoid or replace the entire starter. It plagued me for years before it finally failed completely and was then ... |
| What do you guys carry in your 'Freelander Emergency Kit'? |
jenks1950
11th Dec 2024 11:29 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 12 · Views: 1761 · Subject: What do you guys carry in your 'Freelander Emergency Kit'? |
Spare bulbs, a screwdriver and 10mm spanner to replace any of them. Most importantly my phone and Mayday breakdown/recovery card 
That is exactly the same as mine except substitute AA bre ... |
| At what point do you call it a day? |
jenks1950
15th Aug 2024 9:34 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 17 · Views: 2922 · Subject: At what point do you call it a day? |
I think that is is a very personal decision that only you can make, but key questions I would be asking myself are........
1) When repaired, will the car be "fit for purpose". Does it meet ... |
| HILL DESCENT CONTROL IN REVERSE ? |
jenks1950
13th Aug 2024 3:58 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 5 · Views: 1742 · Subject: HILL DESCENT CONTROL IN REVERSE ? |
Have you tried using the Terrain Response button??
Selecting Grass/Gravel/Snow setting calms things down a bit
Steve |
| Freelander name to be reused on electric vehicle |
jenks1950
19th Jun 2024 5:06 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 10 · Views: 2020 · Subject: Freelander name to be reused on electric vehicle |
Don't think I'll be rushing to order one of these.
Why not make a smaller version of the Defender as a new Freelander, hybrid or electric?
There'd be a big demand for that I'd imagine.
Isn't ther ... |
| Increasing size of SUVs - good for who ?? |
jenks1950
25th Jan 2024 7:10 pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 10 · Views: 2310 · Subject: Increasing size of SUVs - good for who ?? |
I agree, but I guess that the manufacturers will keep building them if that is what their customers want until government steps in and regulates
I enjoyed the reference to Krispy Kreme. Another of ... |
| Both Headlights blown together. |
jenks1950
25th Jan 2024 6:55 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 24 · Views: 4581 · Subject: Both Headlights blown together. |
I have been using the Osram Cool Blue Intense next gen for a while now and they seem to last about a year. They claim to be +100% rather than the +150% of the Osrams you have just used
I got fed u ... |
| Is 75k miles the average differential life? |
jenks1950
19th Jan 2024 10:43 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 29 · Views: 5726 · Subject: Is 75k miles the average differential life? |
Mines on 160k miles and still going strong
Changed the PTU and Diff oil at 95k
Thought the diff was on the way out 12 months ago but turned out it was all tyre noise
Steve |
| Tyres - Goodyear Vector 4Season Gen 3 |
jenks1950
20th Nov 2023 7:50 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 23 · Views: 8511 · Subject: Tyres - Goodyear Vector 4Season Gen 3 |
| I am afraid I have no knowledge of the Goodyear Vector 4Seasons, but I had 4 x new tyres fitted on Saturday. In the end I opted for Goodyear Wranglers because they were £30 each cheaper than all the ... |
| Is my battery failing ? |
jenks1950
12th Nov 2023 5:46 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 29 · Views: 6327 · Subject: Is my battery failing ? |
Are the warranties attached to batteries actually worth anything ?
Anybody managed to successfully claim on a defective battery ?
What was the process involved ?
I imagine returning a battery ... |
| HELP - Drone noise. Haldex/One tire different aspect ratio |
jenks1950
16th Sep 2023 11:46 am
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 16 · Views: 4039 · Subject: HELP - Drone noise. Haldex/One tire different aspect ratio |
Just to back up the previous comments regarding tyres and tyre wear
I started to get a very noticeable and quite loud humming/droning from what seemed like the rear on my Freelander at around 150k ... |
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