Complete newbie! - Page 2

MickyG1982 · 12th Nov 2009, 21:43

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Originally Posted by saltireblue

just calm down to a panic, mate. You'll soon get your hands on him / her

I just got her! She is an absolute beauty (as far as hippo's go!).
She does however have a couple of minor problems like a knackered electric window in the back - strangely not the boot window! - though the motor does work the window doesn't move. The clock is a bit dodgy, the wipers are a bit too intermittent on the intermittent setting , she's also a little damp in the toolbox area & occasionally locks using the plip (but unlocks fine using it!

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Guess I should have been a bit more thorough with the test drive but as far as I can tell these minor niggles are nothing too uncommon for an X reg Freelander & certainly seem to be easy enough for even a novice such as me to fix - looking at the forums here (and of course a Haynes manual).

All in all, I'm quite pleased if that's all that's wrong with it, especially as my Rover was very much on it's last legs!

dave bradford · 12th Nov 2009, 22:05

Welcome MickyG, It was my 1st land rover when i joined the forum. The information & help that you may need is always there when you want it.
Happy driving, enjoy the forum.

Cheers

Dave

landymike · 12th Nov 2009, 22:05

welcome

RyderUK · 13th Nov 2009, 01:58

Hi fella! Have fun here. They're mostly a goo dbunch (if a littlesensetive sometimes!) Just remember Pay and Play refers to plaing offroad and PAYING for the damage. At least it does if you are doing it right!

saltireblue · 13th Nov 2009, 07:45

Congrats, Micky.
The damp toolbox problem has been discussed many times on the freelander forum so do a search there, equally the window problem is fairly common and a search will help you.
Happy driving

MickyG1982 · 13th Nov 2009, 18:03

On an interesting note, the remote central locking seems to have sorted itself out! She'll now unlock & lock using the remote! That's one tiny niggle down not that many to go!

RyderUK · 18th Nov 2009, 00:32

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Originally Posted by MickyG1982

On an interesting note, the remote central locking seems to have sorted itself out! She'll now unlock & lock using the remote! That's one tiny niggle down not that many to go!

Some problems the Dos of LR solve for free... others take a little more prayer!