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Offline Jay

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Re: Not your usual courtesy car (unless you drive a Land Rover)
« Reply #10 on: 21 November 2011, 21:34 »
EGADS!!!! :grin:

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Quote from: PenguinGTI on 11 May 2012, 17:49
But for the purest engine experience, displacement has no replacement. All other methods are simply attempts to artificially recreate the benefits of displacement.

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Re: Not your usual courtesy car (unless you drive a Land Rover)
« Reply #11 on: 21 November 2011, 22:16 »
Quote from: Primus84 on 21 November 2011, 21:31
That's interesting as I was able to get everywhere the Disco4 went when I drove one off road, quite a challenging route too!

Uh huh.

So what - LR Experience days are unlikely not to be designed to flatter the vehicles.

A Disco4 is hardly a hardcore off-roader and the Disco3 I was in recently off-road struggled to keep its wheels sufficiently on the ground to keep it moving.

Freelander does not have low enough gearing to be properly and safely used off road.  I've seen people try and trial in them - doesn't work.

They always seem to get bent when people come out and play at the off road events I run.  Sills normally.
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Re: Not your usual courtesy car (unless you drive a Land Rover)
« Reply #12 on: 21 November 2011, 22:26 »
You've an answer for everything haven't you DH?!
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Re: Not your usual courtesy car (unless you drive a Land Rover)
« Reply #13 on: 21 November 2011, 22:39 »
Quote from: Primus84 on 21 November 2011, 22:26
You've an answer for everything haven't you DH?!

No, but if it's off-roading the answer is NOT Freelander.  EVER.

Off-roading = bad choice of subject to challenge on.  :wink:
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Re: Not your usual courtesy car (unless you drive a Land Rover)
« Reply #14 on: 22 November 2011, 02:15 »
Freelanders are pish offroad Defender ftw or a Series 2
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Re: Not your usual courtesy car (unless you drive a Land Rover)
« Reply #15 on: 22 November 2011, 13:17 »
the freelander 2 is better off road than most other female chelsea tractors eg bmw x3, x5, toureg, xc90 and the merc box on wheels thing


offroading needs to be done in a defender not jap crap too  :wink:
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Re: Not your usual courtesy car (unless you drive a Land Rover)
« Reply #16 on: 22 November 2011, 13:24 »
Quote from: Jay on 21 November 2011, 21:34
EGADS!!!! :grin:



Have you been on my facebook!?  :grin:

I don't know as much as some when it comes to off roaders but the Freeloader is not a proper off roader IMO.  It certainly wasn't nice to drive as a road vehicle so what the feck is it for?  School runs?
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Re: Not your usual courtesy car (unless you drive a Land Rover)
« Reply #17 on: 22 November 2011, 13:26 »
Or........................

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Re: Not your usual courtesy car (unless you drive a Land Rover)
« Reply #18 on: 22 November 2011, 13:32 »
Quote from: SoundillusioN on 22 November 2011, 13:24
Quote from: Jay on 21 November 2011, 21:34
EGADS!!!! :grin:



Have you been on my facebook!?  :grin:

What makes you say that? :grin:

That's something I would have ended up doing if I had a loan 4x4 :laugh:
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Quote from: PenguinGTI on 11 May 2012, 17:49
But for the purest engine experience, displacement has no replacement. All other methods are simply attempts to artificially recreate the benefits of displacement.

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Re: Not your usual courtesy car (unless you drive a Land Rover)
« Reply #19 on: 22 November 2011, 13:38 »
^^^^  :grin:



Very recent at Burnham-On-Sea... Couple of trucks went to save it but they couldn't.
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