Do you regret buying a Freelander?

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Do you regret buying a Freelander?

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I don't regret buying either of my FLs. I do sometimes regret selling my commercial td4 but things happen for a reason and I missed it so much I had to buy another to replace it :)
 
The jury is still out at the moment.
I love the road presence. I'm quite impressed with the ride. I'm happy that it has electric windows, air con and the usual car features.
Having put it up in ramps to have a good look round it doesn't look to abused underneath either.
I am disappointed that I was a twit and bought a converted 2wd. I naively thought they were all 4wd. Time will tell but it's been fun so far.
 
they are all 4wd out of the factory. if yours is 2wd then someone has been playing with it.....

love mine, wouldn't be without it!
 
i do, but not because theres anything wrong with it, purely because its too nice for me, ideally i need the luxury and niceties of a car with a pickup on the back for trowing crap in, currently looking at the dark side in Hilux, l200, ford ranger and isuzu twin cab jobbies.

still have my disco 300 as a play toy tough :)
 
Yes, I guess I do.

I have sold mine and am 4wd less at the moment.

main reasons:=

Extortionate road tax

Constant 'worry' about the VCU (mine was always fine!)

MPG. With some money spent on a Synergy, EGR bypass and new hoses I managed just over 30mpg

Rear door/window gremlins

So, overall I loved my HSE Auto but common sense had to kick in at some time and for the amount of miles I did it was not worth the costs.

But, do I miss it?. Oh yes.
 
Im not sure yet :confused:
Mine is currently sitting on the drive with a VCU issue (awaiting the enthusiasm to get it on ramps and drop the VCU and shafts)
If its only the VCU then im going to be happy, as its running a leather interior, has been facelift converted and everything else works (and im sure will be great for towing the caravan)
If its not and the IRD has killed itself as well....then yes, I will regret buying it big time!
 
Since writing my first post on here I had to bin Freelander No 2, as neither Roger Young or Land Rover couldn't fix a recurring problem.

Has it changed my mind? Okay, it was a set back, but it didn't put me off as other than this, they've been reliable and sh** happens; I traded it for another and all is well again.
 
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Obviously not enough as I bought another , then an extra one to be sure !:D

My mate with a Grand Vitara warned me not to - but then I'm not the one with a rusted through sump , £50 "fan belt"or an exhaust dropping off :p
 
Tigger said:
:D

Why is it that so many people assume that a Japanese brand = reliability and quality? Sure ain't my experience....
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'Cos that's what they've been told .....;)

Having said that I suspect my 2000 Freelander is of a better "quality" than my 2005 version of same . But both do what I want , when I want (so far!) and are relatively cheap and easy to fix etc . No regrets at all :)
 
If my old 98 1.8 died tomorrow - i will have had it 2 years 8 months with no regrets, it owes me nothing and its a pleasure to keep her going :)
 
Tigger said:
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Why is it that so many people assume that a Japanese brand = reliability and quality? Sure ain't my experience....
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Eggsactly.

Mind you, our Freelander's currently sick, so poodling around in the '92 Toyota till its fixed. Don't think the Starlet has ever been off the road for more than an hour or 2 in our 11 years of ownership. Been the perfect backup to our Landies :)
 
Remembering back to my first (and only) Japanese car, a Nissan Sunny, it was only a year old when I took it on. It was cheap and reliable but, even in comparison to the Astra that replaced it, it was so tinny/plasticy. For example, the metal back bumper used to take a few knocks (mostly by others!) and being used to fixing this sort of thing, off it would come and into the vice in the workshop for "realignment" with some hefty tools. Then, one day, I realised that I was completely wasting my time; I hadn't realised that the metal was so thin and nasty, that I could easily reshape and straighten it on the car using just my bare hands! It was little stronger than baking foil!
That was fairly typical of that car.
I had a run of 3 Jap bikes, from Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki. I just accepted that bikes were only built to do a maximum of 20-30,000 miles or 4 or 5 years, sometimes not getting you to your destination, before being unviable to maintain. I moved to Triumph in 1995 and I kept that one for 19 years before selling it (with confidence) to a friend who plans on carrying on adding 12,000 miles a year to it, mostly commuting in and out of London!
I've never felt the need to buy another Jap bike or car since!
 
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I've had my 2.5 V6 since new (2002) and it's still going. Exported into Lebanon 6 years ago and the roads here give all cars a trough time, but it continues to climb mount Lebanon (bloody steep in places) OK even though it's a little down on power these days.

It has some knocking sounds and squeaks (mainly suspension), the interior does not show it's age like other cars. The leather seats will be good for quite a few years to come, the seat belt winders not longer spring back so good.

Considering importing:

BA2117 - Monroe Freelander Front Shock Absorber | LR Parts

to help with the very poor roads here.

I regularly use descent control no issues.

The wife still keeps nagging that I got a soft back, but in the summer it's just FAB! Using the shower protector in the winter as the soft-back shrunk a few years ago cuz exporting a hard-back out here is pricey.

The V6 still makes a nice sound when I kick it down :) and I would not change it.
 
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