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    A few Questions?

    allo mate - yeah I seen you around!
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    A few Questions?

    allo! silver commercial eh? has it got roofbars on by any chance? If I think I seen you around a few times - I do like the commercials (looking at purchasing half a dozen of them for work at the moment as it happens - the price is right its just the mpg that I am having a problem with)...
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    A few Questions?

    allo left hand button next to the odometer??? I havent a clue, I keep forgetting to ask when I go into the dealers tyres - 2 bar sounds about right but double check in your manual if you are unsure - it may be different on a Sport as others on here will testify - Roverrons box will...
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    iPod for Freelander

    phewww - finally got the stereo out last night after some helpful advice from my local dealer - thanks Stratstone Stourbidge! According to one of the techs there, it is Land Rover wisdom that if they make the stereo extremely tricky to get out then they wont get stolen!!! (erm methinks if...
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    iPod for Freelander

    Got as far as this - the whole silver and black 'shroud' seems to want to come off as one piece but something is holding it in place - any ideas?? I am an impatient bugger and will end up snapping something soon!!!!!
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    First proper 'offroad' experience

    Nice one folks!! - thanks for not getting the hump with me / my post Just to prove that I am not a complete killjoy I know of some pretty good places around there that you can have a play around without getting into trouble or upsetting anybody though. If you come off Shell Island and head...
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    First proper 'offroad' experience

    I know that neck of the woods very well (check out where my pics are taken in the Freelander Gallery ;-)) as I worked down there with the National Park Warden and MR in the past. Get caught driving in the inland dunes on Shell Island and Messrs Workman Snr. or Jnr. will not take kindly to you...
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    FreeLander 2.0 TD4 Sport Advice

    Into my third month with mine now - apart from the odd niggle, I'm still loving it - pics posted if ya wanna look - I wish I could get the roof down a bit more bloody often tho'!!! Where in the Midlands are ya - Stourbridge here
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    iPod for Freelander

    Just purchased a lead from Maplins which looks like it may well do the job - any clues on how I get the CD Player put of the dash? (2006 Model) Ta Stu
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    Upgrading Front Brakes

    The servo on mine seems to be woefully lacking - if I am manouvering in a way that I need to 'creep' forward by applying pressure to the brake pedal on & off then the servo runs out of air by about the 4th or 5th prod - has caught me out on a number of occasions and is a right pain in the butt...
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    Newbie questions on V6l

    I found it here - http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/td4-head-gasket-29016.html?highlight=td4+head+gasket d'oh!!! wrong link!!! :D :D :D :D
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    Hello Everyone, i'm new !!

    watch it if you are going to Halfords - I snapped mine off when I was trying to fit me softtop - bought one of them £5.99, one-size-fits-all jobbies from Halfords - reception is crap, can just pick up a coupla stations on FM - I may have to bite the bullet and buy a proper LR one - aggghhh btw...
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    SilentLander

    r-blox is the dogs wotsits - I work in acoustics and use it to great effect for acoustic baffles. Weight-wise, it actually has a greater composite loss factor co-efficient than lead! (thats probably not that amazing to anybody who doesnt work in acoustics). If your engine overheats after fitting...
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    iPod for Freelander

    Ta muchly Monsieur Le Sludge - anybody know if the headunit does have changer inputs before I take a hammer to my dash to find out please Thanks Stu
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    Newbie questions on V6l

    Is that so?? - I thought it was just the K Series - would like to hear more please chap
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    iPod for Freelander

    thinking of updating from i-shuffle to an i-pod - did anybody ever find out if you can wire an ipod into the Freebifter stereo?? Cheers
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    Dept Of Transport Driving Initiative. Summer 2006

    DEPT OF TRANSPORT DRIVING INITIATIVE RE-LAUNCHED, MAY 2006. Information Release. As part of an ongoing Government initiative to improve the quality of driving in England the Department of Transport are re-launching their scheme to identify poor drivers and give good drivers the opportunity...
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    TD4 fuel tank capacity

    Mines the same, in the past with other motors I have managed to get the odd litre over but I have managed just shy of 65 litres in my Gaylander - thought the garage was ripping me off at first!!
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    Self Recovery

    Nice one James - thanks for sharing!!
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    where do you keep your hard one?

    Just been looking at the link for the armrest jobbies when i noticed these - http://www.qualityautointeriors.com/pc-249-8-freelander-se3-hardtop-storage-case.aspx couple of q's - where do you lot keep your hardtops when you have the ragtop on? does anybody know to another supplier of...