New to Land Rover - Freelander S2 2.2 TD4 Auto ownership.

After over 6 years of running a Jeep Grand Cherokee (WJ) 2.7 CRD we reluctantly decided we needed to change for something newer. We are not off roaders - got into 4x4 ownership after getting stuck on a fishing lake after a very light snow fall in our old RWD estate car. First ever 4WD was a Merc 300TE 4-matic, followed by a Nissan r3mR, an awful Hyundai Santa Fe then Jeeps. We still have a WK 3.0CRD Mk1. We like the high driving position, easy to get in & out of plus a great load carrier for fishing, holidays etc. I have never considered the Range Rover vaiants as many seem to be money pits especially when buying older used.

Our Freelander has service history with 54k on the clock - my first observation when driving is there seems a lot of general road noise and drive train sounds when the radio is off. No whines or anything just noisier than I expected on different road surfaces. That said our old WJ engine noise was such that you coud only hear the diff whine when decelarating!

Hello and welcome to LZ

Welcome Aboard

Can't help you w.r.t freelanders - far too modern for me - might be better posting the question in the freelander section of the forum ...

IMHO, getting rid of a car because it is old, isn't really the way forward ..... If I had to replace my D1, I'd be going older, NOT newer ...

I hear what you say but with older cars you get to the point where you are spending too much every year on maintainance to the point where you spend more than the vehicle is worth - run it too long and it can become worthless plus spares get difficult. Different when I was younger as I did all my own repairs but now I have to pay to get a vehicle fixed due to poor health its a new ball game. Then there is reliability - breakdown cover gets expensive once cars get older our Jeep used to go to France 3 times a year but I got to the point where I wasn't sure it would get back home. My record ownership (not that high) is 12 years I have averaged 6-7 years for my last few cars.

Welcome to the forum

The FL2 diesels ain't as quiet as you would think. When yer got such a good engine it's brilliant to listen to.

Hi and welcome mate