Northern Irelander
Well-Known Member
No ABS, TC on my FL, I can't fault it in the snow.
What snow?
What snow?
Agreeddon't need ABS either when you can cadence brake with you own right foot. No electrics to go wrong there either.
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Is this a lucky bastid or what, I'm well fooking jealous offroaders rantpage and landrover site
Is this a lucky bastid or what, I'm well fooking jealous offroaders rantpage and landrover site
Regarding comparisons between "Proper" Land Rovers and Freelanders, I have a 88" Ser III and a Freelander. I know the Ser III is better off road, but not by as much as some people think, but the Freelander takes me to work, 55 miles, much of it along duel carriageways, often at speeds I'm not going to admit to here, day in day out all year round. In fact in 4 1/2 years I've done 100K miles, much as I like my Series I wouldn't want to do that in it, quite apart from using roughly twice the fuel.
When conditions do get bad in the Freelander I don't have to wrap myself up in scarf gloves and hat to drive it.
As regards the cadence braking v ABS argument, it doesn't matter how good you are, you cannot control the brakes on individual wheels.
I agree there is no substitute for good careful driving, but if you are not able to use the technology to help you, you're not as good a driver as you think you are. You do need to take the trouble to find out what it does when though.
Like others though I am often impressed at how far the Freelander will go without TC cutting in, but I suspect that is partly by using skills learnt in the Series.