SnowmanV8
Well-Known Member
Say no more............
And?
And?
SnowmanV8
Well-Known Member
why start a thread on the freelander section just to slag them off ?????? don't make sense to me !!!!!
Its called forum banter and badge rivalry j really like the softroader for what it is. Just having a joke with friendly forum members who know me. My mum wants a new car and I'm still insisting the freelander is the only sensible choice for her needs.
WLJayne
Well-Known Member
That is something at least. Disco's is reasonably civilised eh what.
SnowmanV8
Well-Known Member
Perfect balance of on and offroad. Rangie is too soft, freelander is poor mans rangie, tratters just too rough! Series are a classic vehicle I would love to have as a weekend toy. So that just leaves the amazing discovery no brainer really
WLJayne
Well-Known Member
Wouldn't disagree with you mate, just don't tell the others....
handyandyrta
New Member
I had a friend who owed a disc and he had no brains either, must be an affliction that runs in the disco family
Nodge68
Well-Known Member
Disco's are fallible off road and horrid on it!! I've had to rescue a friend from the same easy off road track twice in the same morning! My V6 plodding through the mud no bother but what happens to his TD5? It gets stuck sitting on it's diff cases with it's wheels spinning. What tows him out? the so called hairdressers car
then to add insult to injury on the way back to mine, I get board of watching the back of his roly poly TD5 through the bends so I blast past and away with the Freelander V6's far superior power and handling!! Freelander 2 Disco TD5 nil
jamesmartin
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Disco's are fallible off road and horrid on it!! I've had to rescue a friend from the same easy off road track twice in the same morning! My V6 plodding through the mud no bother but what happens to his TD5? It gets stuck sitting on it's diff cases with it's wheels spinning. What tows him out? the so called hairdressers car
maybe in your dreams ,ace system makes td5 handle well
SnowmanV8
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Disco's are fallible off road and horrid on it!! I've had to rescue a friend from the same easy off road track twice in the same morning! My V6 plodding through the mud no bother but what happens to his TD5? It gets stuck sitting on it's diff cases with it's wheels spinning. What tows him out? the so called hairdressers car
Feel free to try it against mine. If your weak V6 doesn't throw a head gasket trying to keep up you will be bottomed out and broke when we get to a lane I know well.
englishbullterrier
Active Member
Diesel Do
Well-Known Member
I seem to recall birds going nuts for a fella with similar inclanations
Well, tis not a runner - bought it to break. Sat on my drive falling to bits slowly. Sorta slipped my mind I guess
Oh and Diesel Do owns 50% of it!! So I'm only half a murderer-wagon owner!
I've got one and a half of the feckers! So no slagging freelanders
Diesel Do
Well-Known Member
Cos freelanders can't go off road of course! Mines got more ground clearance than my D2
SnowmanV8
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Cos freelanders can't go off road of course! Mines got more ground clearance than my D2
Standard? And I'd like to see the freelander go up a hill a disco can't. That's with 2 competent drivers of course! And never said freelanders can't go offroad but if its too much for a discovery then chances are its too much for any offroad vehicle. Theres no way a freelander can go where a disco can't same way as there is no way a disco can go where a defender cannot.
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Nodge68
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Sounds far fetched but true! I couldn't believe how a TD 5 would get stuck in mud but it did, it just sat there spinning it's wheels. The damb thing doesn't even have diff lock! As for on road handling and performance? A V6 Freelander wipes th the floor with a TD5 fact.
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Nodge68
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With the V6 and auto box combination you don't really need low range, you just push the throttle and it and it goes.Mine has embarrassed several discos. Partly due to drivers. But freelanders are more competent than people realise, they do miss low range but only occasionally. You just have to hit things harder
