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Old 14 June 2013, 06:38   #21
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Sorry no detective work involved, being a fellow Freelander 2 owner just happen to be looking at the show us your Landrover rig,then next looked at this so posted reply.
We better get ready for some more ( ribbin) about Freelanders
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Old 14 June 2013, 07:33   #22
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its usually peeps who have never driven one.
it suits my needs fine so folks can say what they want
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Old 14 June 2013, 08:22   #23
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I will put my Freelander 2 up against any other 4x4 towing a Ribcraft 585 full of camping gear plus SIB and engine up a very wet and slippery track,
Even I was surprised having had many Landrover s and with 25 years offroad driving experience
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I will put my Freelander 2 up against any other 4x4 towing a Ribcraft 585 full of camping gear plus SIB and engine up a very wet and slippery track ...
Great! A race. Where'll it be held?
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I will put my Freelander 2 up against any other 4x4 towing a Ribcraft 585 full of camping gear plus SIB and engine up a very wet and slippery track,
Even I was surprised having had many Landrover s and with 25 years offroad driving experience
When I had my Freelander 2 I once towed a big Nissan 4x4 with a broken clutch and a horse box with a pair of nags in it up a hill, through a town to a car park - even the rossa was impressed. Would have been a great car if it had been a little more reliable,
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Would have been a great car if it had been a little more reliable,
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i started this thread as a 'howdy' to another Ribnetter - hi by the way. Were you heading back to Newcastle? If so you sure know the nip throughs to avoid the A14!!!!!

How come it's turned into the proverbial car slating show????

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i started this thread as a 'howdy' to another Ribnetter - hi by the way. Were you heading back to Newcastle? If so you sure know the nip throughs to avoid the A14!!!!!

How come it's turned into the proverbial car slating show????

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Nice cars them Mercs... German arn't they.
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Nice cars them Mercs... German arn't they.
....... Even Better with a Proper No.Plate!
I've Always wondered Why the Krouts did'nt make Outboards!?...Especialy if they went like my Stihl Backpack Leaf blower
Maybe Seafareing not thier thing...These Days.
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....... Even Better with a Proper No.Plate!
I've Always wondered Why the Krouts did'nt make Outboards!?...

Perhaps!! they didn't want it to go sour on them
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Sorry Portholme.... just like Shaggy ..."it wasn't me!"
Freelander 2 ... not Freelander 1
Roof Box makes an annual appearance at Summer holiday time, and lives in the loft the rest of the year, no ribnet stickers on the car or anywhere else, and I seldom traverse the A14, and am not even in the UK currently.

BUT - Howdy ... and if whoever was driving the Landy was managing to keep up with your S3, then it was probably stolen from someone on here

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i started this thread as a 'howdy' to another Ribnetter - hi by the way. Were you heading back to Newcastle? If so you sure know the nip throughs to avoid the A14!!!!!

How come it's turned into the proverbial car slating show????

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If it was stolen it was being driven quite legally. Police are red hot on the road we were on and I got caught by a mobile camera two years ago. Embarrassingly I was driving my wife's mini convertible, with the roof off at the time. Caught red handed a hundred hard riding miles into hair dresser country!!
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Genius thread. Like a little stream going hither and thither. :-)
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