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General Baxter
04-08-10, 08:38 PM
if it was not gay enough,

now there making them in FWD only lol

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/landie-freelander-2010-08-04
wwmnw
04-08-10, 08:53 PM
Any Land Rover build that doesn't look like this is gay

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSKf3zyl88eXx-BlDqh1sTwjSrlIAf5T-p81vWWBgB5lEf5tME&t=1&usg=__aAP9nJlGJckIv9DwRKBLDkOeppo=

With this exception

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT4KPTXGeN4aw2Q5TyI5TDa2j0zJp9TU _gr4Zt4h9pNudb_biY&t=1&usg=__raHZuWjClXjWwcXTcFgFNqWP3Hc=
mowgli
04-08-10, 09:03 PM
whats the big deal...

i've seen toyota rav4s, shogun pinins & various yank stuff that were in 2wd, even a lot more imprezzas than you think are actually 2wd......

i know a bloke who was 100% sure that he owned a quattro..... but there was no back diff..... apparently they didn't have one...
Stuart
04-08-10, 09:08 PM
Just like the Ford Kuga, it was released with 4wd then they found feck all were selling so dropped to 2wd to get better emissions... WIN
claire6069
04-08-10, 09:15 PM
you'd best hope porters mate dont see this, he loves landrovers, gets proper excited about them lol

edit - the same one that was sent to look for tartan paint and a bag of sparks lol
mowgli
04-08-10, 11:00 PM
/\ that figures.....

i do like disco3 & rangey sports though.... but you can keep your defenders & freelanders....
Stuart
04-08-10, 11:02 PM
Mike, a Rangey sport IS a Discovery lol
L14MNP
05-08-10, 12:35 AM
and a D3 is a 3 ton car :O
Jack
05-08-10, 07:46 AM
You'd never see ME driving a 4wd vehicle.
mowgli
05-08-10, 07:57 AM
Mike, a Rangey sport IS a Discovery lol

they might be underneath, but when you compare a sport diesel v8 to a disco3 v6td it is rather like chalk & cheese...

ps. i had a car with the same underneath as a volvo s40.... a mitsubishi spacestar.. chalk/cheese....
Stuart
05-08-10, 08:24 AM
TDV8's when unrestricted are quite a laugh..... especially when M5's cant get away lol
robertdevlin69
05-08-10, 11:53 AM
You'd never see ME driving a 4wd vehicle.


wat about the celica jack?
GDN16v
05-08-10, 11:58 AM
Freelander's are crap always have been and always will be!
MK1_Ben
05-08-10, 12:36 PM
Freelander's are crap always have been and always will be!

Even when they're built to Rally-spec? (taken at a local rally to me, there are 5 or so identical ones of these made).

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/5670/81044153.png
mowgli
05-08-10, 12:45 PM
so they run in the same national class as subarus & evos.... and guess what??? they are much slower than them too....
Sturge
05-08-10, 12:47 PM
That's one of the M-Sport built cars. They were built for recces and gravel crews. A few still being used to good effect, also one being used for cross country rallying.

Freelanders are pretty underrated really, still pretty effective off road, just a shame it was rover derived engines and boxes in the early ones, last of the freelander 1's and the freelander 2's are fairly decent! Although they are still a bit gay compared to their brethren lol
mowgli
05-08-10, 12:50 PM
weren't they built with focus style interiors & controls for the safari recce ???

i test drove an ordinary one once & hated it.
Spudly
05-08-10, 05:31 PM
You'd never see ME driving a 4wd vehicle.



Lol thats cos its always laid up off the road and youre driving the sh!tty renault blue loon lol
Jack
05-08-10, 06:23 PM
Tut. Its not laid up. Its just resting :d

I really ought to drive it more. Only did 5k in the last 12 months :tard:
Spudly
05-08-10, 06:24 PM
Tut. Its not laid up. Its just rotting :d

I really ought to drive it more. Only did 5k in the last 12 months :tard:



Again edited for troofs!!


:cry:
Jack
05-08-10, 06:26 PM
Er negative! Its got some rust, but thats been there for ever. The nova has gone from clean to total rusting hulk in about 12 months, where as the Celica has managed >5 years with only a couple spots coming up :p
Lee
05-08-10, 07:08 PM
That's one of the M-Sport built cars. They were built for recces and gravel crews. A few still being used to good effect, also one being used for cross country rallying.

Freelanders are pretty underrated really, still pretty effective off road, just a shame it was rover derived engines and boxes in the early ones, last of the freelander 1's and the freelander 2's are fairly decent! Although they are still a bit gay compared to their brethren lol

I dunno

I remember watching the first Camel Trophy when the freelander came out. Basically each team had a freelander or two and a 110 support vehicle.

TBH they may as well have driven the 110's through the jungle, walked back with a 100km long winch cable, and just winched the useless heaps of turd all the way through.