GrumpyGel
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Hippo
Lord Hippo
Oldseadog
Well-Known Member
Tratterer looks betterer than the GaylandererYeh, there's a lot of "Landie DNA" in my Freelander!
GrumpyGel
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Ta. Look forward to them!
Tratterer looks betterer than the Gaylanderer
I agree. The sun hides all bodywork imperfections (filler that's fallen out!) and the bodywork hides all the imperfections underneath (burnt out wiring, fractured manifold, rust etc etc). Hopefully one day she'll look as good close up and run as good (if that's actually possible from a leafed 2 1/4 diesel). Not a particularly good pic of the Freelander - but as a pair, I like it
Started to read every page but got bored after a while and whilst some of the comments are amusing, others are just ignorant really. I'd just like to say that I own a Freelander 2 XS (my second one) and a 300 TDi Defender County Station Wagon. A little while ago a came across someone in our village who was stuck in thick greasy mud in a field - the vehicle was an Isuzu something which was attached to a very long trailer loaded with tons of timber. The Isuzu was almost sunk down to its axles.
Being of a helpful nature I offered to assist and hooked up to give him a tug - this went very well without any problems and he was obviously very grateful. So what you may say - this is bread and butter for Defenders, but of course I wasn't in the Defender at the time!
Being of a helpful nature I offered to assist and hooked up to give him a tug - this went very well without any problems and he was obviously very grateful. So what you may say - this is bread and butter for Defenders, but of course I wasn't in the Defender at the time!
THEengineer
whatever
yes but as its only your second post your new to the forum we are just having a laugh really personally i dont care which ones better they where both made by landrover and hippo is thick skinned
Hub
Active Member
I love all this banter about freelanders and defenders, and let's face it there's something about these two, they just go together like in a marriage. We're not harping on about discos and fenders, or evoques and freelanders? These two, little and large, it's like a love-in....
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Yer right. This fred is about bringing tratterers and Freelanderers together in harmony. So we can live in peace together.C'mon Hippo!
This ain't supposed to be a Gaylanderers dating fred!
Hippo
Lord Hippo
The original Series 1 Freelander is remarkably similar to the original Series 1 tratter. Both were a bold step forward for the company, entering a new market for the first time, when first produced. Both designs were a head of their time engineering wise and have become an iconic benchmark which others have tried to follow. The original Series 1 tratter went through many updates over the years, including coil spring suspension, electric indicators and synchromesh on all gears. The original Series 1 Freelander evolved over time too with the addition of an optional auto gearbox, ABS TC HDC and EBD on all models and an additional 6th gear. Both the Series 1 Freelander and tratter have an iconic design which is recognisable throughout the world, which continued as they updated both designs to the Series 2 Freelander and tratter.
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Oldseadog
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Yup, they improved the Tratter over the years, and as you sAy, they based the Gaylanderers on the original 1948 curvy Series I.
So in order to have any credence at all, the Gaylanders need another 60 years of development to reach the standard of a current basic Tratter!
So in order to have any credence at all, the Gaylanders need another 60 years of development to reach the standard of a current basic Tratter!
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Development and updates are much quicker these days. It took over 45 years to put electric window's in a tratter.Yup, they improved the Tratter over the years, and as you sAy, they based the Gaylanderers on the original 1948 curvy Series I.
So in order to have any credence at all, the Gaylanders need another 60 years of development to reach the standard of a current basic Tratter!
