Peeps on ere often pick on Freelanders because of shortfalls they perceive they may have. It's a fact most peeps doing so rarely use the vehicle they own for the same thing they despise Freelanders as not able to do. Like never or rarely going oft road, and picking on Freelanders because they're not as capable as a tank with tracks.
Another eggsample would be not being able to tow a horse box with two horses int side. Now one would question why peeps do this. Very few Freelanders have a horse box. Even fewer have 1, not to mention 2 horses. So yer kind of get the feeling the supposed shortfall our Freelanders have in this instance means nowt.
So why should our lovely Freelanders be picked on for not being able to do something that we don't want to do anyway? What's the reasoning behind thinking we should own a vehicle that can do this even though we don't need to? The list goes on... oft road clearance... all vehicles get stuck at some point when oft road. Generally speaking the betterer yer vehicle is oft road the more yer want to do with it, increasing risk of getting stuck in the impossible, therefore tackling more demanding obstacles, and still getting stuck. Our Freelanders are more often than not our daily drive. Why would we want to race tanks oft road and damage our lovely Hippo's? We all know the best oft roader is a mountain goat. I don't need one of them either.
Peeps always moan about Freelanders using car engines and gearboxes. They're probably not old enough to remember the original tratter doing the same.
To answer yer original question: Freelanders do what they do and do it well. For the majority 4x4 or big vehicle user, a Freelander is more than capable of doing what they need.
Yer'll get fatter
On the occasions I've been at pay and play sites disco's have sat there and watched jap motors recover ma Hippo. So they're either lazy, snobs or worried the recovery may rip the back end oft their disco.