Something to keep the TF Company

Thanks to all that offered advice and suggestions on my 'which 4x4' thread :broon: However it seems I ignored most of it as I bought a Freelander last Sunday :yesnod:

I went to see the locally advertised one on Saturday and it was a complete and utter nail... it was so rusty it looked like it had been left standing in salt water for several years (which I guess it might've been lol) but after driving it I felt right at home.... and happened to find another slightly better looking one not too far away. Went to see it on Sunday and was hooked from the minute I set eyes on it... it's Tahiti blue (or if LR didn't do Tahiti, it's as near as you can get to tahiti!) and I even have a touch up kit for it left over from my F days :lol:

It's relatively clean and tidy (the engine bay was suspiciously clean, but makes it easier to spot leaks in the coming days/weeks/months...) anyway, it seemed to drive well (once I'd stopped stalling it :oops: ) and I couldn't find anything obviously wrong with it so decided to bite the bullet before prices rose to silly amounts.

It's a 2001 Y reg and has 74,000 miles on the clock. It has a few minor things that need attention (drivers window switch is wired the wrong way up, there's a hole where the 12v lighter should be, there's a switch that doesn't have the top on it so I've no idea what it's for and the rear NS window doesn't work) - but I forgive it of these faults as I love it already. I've been working further afield than I usually would and so have taken the Freelander to see how it went - and it hasn't broken down on me yet in 200 miles :woohoo: :lol:

So we now have two Janlanders :woohoo:

Scrubs up well too!

Could have done with that on the Driveway of Doom....

Tremendous Jan. Bet you can't wait for it to snow can you! :oops:

Nice looking truck it is too. :broon:

it's Tahiti blue (or if LR didn't do Tahiti, it's as near as you can get to tahiti!)

Moorea blue then. :lol: Get it? :coat:

It looks good Jan all the best with it . :broon:

OLB Old Loony Bird

BVC Be Very Carefull

Now what shall we get matching next

Looks great Jan,,,and less likely to flood in this weather too!

Happy driving! :drive:

Proudfoot wrote: Could have done with that on the Driveway of Doom....

I'm not sure I would trust even this on the Driveway of Doom!

Softly~Softly wrote: OLB Old Loony Bird

:omg: Less of the old please! One Loony Bird I wouldn't complain about... maybe... :lol:

Softly~Softly wrote: Now what shall we get matching next

Well I don't like dogs and you don't like cats.... so it'll have to be Botox

What kind of mpg does it do Jan?

Not really sure yet Leigh - I've done about 230 miles on roughly half a tank (50L) so far - that's been mostly motorway miles but does include an hour of crawling one mile through traffic this morning.

I would hazard a guess as somewhere around 35, but won't know til my next fill up - and my usual commutes are country lanes rather than motorways so may take me a couple of weeks or more before I find out my true figure.

I quite like these

OLB wrote:
Well I don't like dogs and you don't like cats.... so it'll have to be Botox

If you insist :whistle: