Mr Bean Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 What did everybody think of the Freelander featured in the latest LRO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorsetfreelander Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 What's an LRO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Land Rover Owner international. Its one of the magazines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litch Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Do you mean the Oct or Nov issue? Remember that non-subscribers won't have got a copy yet unless WHSmith are still upsetting the publishers by putting them on the shelf early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bean Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 It is the November issue and yes i am a subscriber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litch Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Having established which issue I assume you mean the early Freelander 1 that has been lifted, what about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bean Posted October 8, 2010 Author Share Posted October 8, 2010 I was just wondering what peoples opinions on it were? Was is really magazine feature worthy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 If you ask me, any truck is worth a magazine feature . Every truck is unique in some way or another Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bean Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 But how unique does it need it to be to get in a magazine? Are they just scraping the barrell a little when it comes to Freelanders due to a lack of them being used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litch Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Truck? When did a Freelander become a Truck? My wife picked up her Freelander today (06 5-door TD4 HSE) and it confirmed my original thoughts that it is DEFINATELY a ladies vehicle. Tic I am only 6-foot tall but I have to make a conscious effort to bend my head when getting in/out otherwise I bash my head. My head brushes the roof very slightly when sitting the the drivers seat (maybe it will let me sit a little lower when it has worn in?) and I have to stoop in the seat to read the top of the instruments as even with the wheel in the highest position it blocks my view (anything over 50MPH can't be seen). Of course being only 5ft 4in my wife does not have any of these problems hence my reasoning that it is a ladies car. Looks nice though and Stornoway Grey is one of my favourate colours but I think I prefer my 90. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiboy Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Best let your wife get out before you get in ;-) I'm 6ft3in and don't have that problem. Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorsetfreelander Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 The leather seats on the SE and HSE are higher than the lower spec GS models (I have had both). I am 6' 2" and even with the steering wheel in the highest position I can't see the top of the speedo or the indicator lights (does that make it illegal to drive I wonder?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litch Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Whether it is legal or not I don't know but it is very inconveniant, thankfully I shouldn't be driving it much. I am guessing that the 3-door might be different again because of the different design of the seat but we never tried one of those? My wife has got to grips with it straight away as apart from the height even the 5-door model is smaller than the Saab she just sold and of course you get at same elevated driving position of any similar vehicle. It is a shame that even the HSE has a lower spec & build quality than the Saab, some of the things she had got used to in that she will miss or find an irritation. The lack of refinement in my 90 is understandable but in a HSE it seems a bit like penny pinching. There is also a lot of cheap looking plastic inside the Freelander but that said, it is amazingly quite & creak/rattle free when moving which is something some other manufacturers could learn from or will these appear as the mileage increases? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorsetfreelander Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Just a point of interest, the 3 and 5 door Freelanders are the same length and wheelbase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litch Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Had a poke around in my wife's Freelander earlier today and took a peak under the front seats so see if there was any reason why they sat so high (didn't know if it was the upholstery or the mountings that made them such a pain to sit in). Found what looks like an Amp under the passenger one and the CD-Changer under the driver, what (if anything) is fitted in this space on vehicles not fitted with these items? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco_Mikey Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Nothing fitted under the seats, only CD changer and H/K amp, if your car has them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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