Posted in June 2008

Freelanders to the rescue

Source: Green Fingers
Monday 16th June 2008, 5:10pm

Land Rover dealer's generous donation will help save lives.

THE crew of the North Wales air ambulance can continue to save lives even when weather prevents the chopper from taking off – thanks to a motor dealer.

Brand new Freelander

Llandudno Junction-based Conwy Land Rover, have provided the crew with a brand new Land Rover Freelander 2, 4x4 model - the UK's best selling SUV.

Third Land Rover donated will help save lives

It is the third vehicle the company has provided for the Caernarfon-based team who would otherwise have their activities hugely curtailed during bad weather.

“Over the past 16 months the Land Rovers have proved invaluable on occasions when the weather has prevented the helicopter from taking off or when it was being serviced,” said paramedic supervisor Ian Binnington.

“The vehicle is also used to attend incidents very close to base, such as at local caravan parks, and when very rough terrain is involved.”

The Land Rovers would normally cost about £25,000 each so the donations are very welcome.

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Freelander - Where to look online.

Source: Green Fingers
Tuesday 3rd June 2008, 11:26am

A quick search for information about the Freelander returns many results..read on

Blimey - great idea from Whats Going On - finding Freelander on Social Networks - I just took a look and there are Facebook groups already - One is encouraging some unfortunate chap called Jack Freelander to come out of the closet.

A couple more are http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4936818331 and even more specific is this freelander 2 group.

Finding out about Freelanders Online

Entertaining as these Facebook groups are many people who are considering buying a Freelander want to see authoritive reviews and comments in the "social media" and that is often found in online versions of traditional newspapers and magazines.

Free Forums For Freelanders

Sites such as Euroncap has the freelander saftey report freely available and is considered impartial and there are a multitude of landrover forums where freelander owners can ask opinions of other trusted members.

Land Rover Blogs

Some are so keen to praise the brand that some enthusiasts take the time and trouble to maintain a dedicated LandRover Blog - it is of course most likely that the reviews will have some bias but on the other hand there is nothing to prevent disgruntled owners expressing their concerns about the vehicles they drive.

Motoring Journalists

Top Gear is a well respected motoring authority and anyone looking to find out information would be well rewarded by a visit to its account of the Freelander from Clarkson and the boys (making all the blooming noise) rather than just get the hard sell from landrovers freelander web page.

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