andyfreelandy
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You'll get 10 years road tax from the difference in sale and purchase price !!
Nodge68
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Yes, all of those points are valid.
My wife likes VAG vehicles, so I have very expensive diagnostic equipment for them. However I have a FL2, so have another type of very expensive diagnostic equipment for that.
Things were so much easier when just a multimeter was all that was needed to test vehicle electrics.
Yeti not worth a lot
Got new cambelt and water pump though
It's a 62 plate so be lucky to get 2k for it
andyfreelandy
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Ian M in France
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We got a 2006 td4 Freelander 1 great car looks good parts not expensive just use as a car have not put tow bar on it and might use it for going up a dirt track and that's all. The td5 disco would pull 3.5 tons off road no problem, but the Freelander will run for 8 hours at 130 kmh and use well under a tank of fuel if it meets what you want then a go option
GrumpyGel
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That is so fecking totally mental and stupid.Just checked road tax and it's 395 quid (Yeti is 30)
How on friggin earth do they work that oit?
Kill ell mate, how much !!
Mind you, mines just turned 225k , not that you'd know by driving it, service history up to about 170k
Drives lovely but folks don't like big mileage
GrumpyGel
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8 x 130 = over 1,000 kms. @ 130kmh. You've got a fecking big aftermarket fuel tank on that baby.
Nodge68
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Down here, I couldn't buy a 10 year old Yeti for under £5k, and at that amount, it would be a pile of rubbish.
Nodge68
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I've done over 600 miles on a single tank in my FL2 but it has the advantage of a 15 gallon tank. However if I was to drive it at 80 MPH, I'd be lucky to see 450 miles out of those 15 gallons. 65 MPH is the sweet spot for economy in my FL2, where it does about 45 MPG.
Blimey !
I'd be over the moon at two and a half for mine
Needs a bottom gearbox mount and maybe a wheel bearing on back (not checked it yet)
Think I'll wash it tomorrow
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Ian M in France
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Hi yes, you are right took it on holiday this week took us 8 hours to get here and was doing 130 kmh a lot of the time, but not all the time think we did about 650 km tank was not 100% full so at 7l per 100km would be 45L think tank is about 59l 7 L per 100 is good very good for motorways, may have used a bit more, last time I checked it on a run was getting close to 6L per 100 but was on good roads and the limit here is 80kmh on normal roads and I do try to keep to it I find it very good on fuel
Henry_b
Think outside, no box required.
Honestly the 1.8 K with the PG1 gearbox is honestly shít gutless and the gearbox is hopeless, if you want one get the TD4Tempting
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Or a Rav 4
Ian M in France
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I had a 2.0 diesel when they first came out and it was okay but the one we have now, td4 drives so much better I know there is more to go wrong but there is space to work on it, no timing belt lots of info on line and here about problems, I would buy a well looked after late td4Honestly the 1.8 K with the PG1 gearbox is honestly shít gutless and the gearbox is hopeless, if you want one get the TD4
Or a Rav 4
Turboman
Mab An Gov
Becoming more of a problem with old cars.Just checked road tax and it's 395 quid (Yeti is 30)
I just paid £365 for tax on my Mondeo. Not that worried about it, as I didn't pay anything for the car.
But the tax on my wife's 10 year old (I think) Fiat Qubo is only a bit over 100 quid, and there isn't much difference in carrying capacity.
GrumpyGel
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Because I am but a thick stoopid furriner.....
WTF are some cars 400 quids and others about the cost of a packet of fags?
Turboman
Mab An Gov
I am not sure. But I think it is to do with the way the Government has changed the tax classes over the years.
Started off pretty simple, All cars paid the same, them 3 wheelers and motorbikes paid a lesser charge, I think mopeds paid less again.
Then they went to charging in bands, depending on the rated emissions of the car, there were 6 or 8 different bands, I think.
But after about 10 years of that, the Govt reialised they were losing billions in tax, because people bought low emissions cars.
So they had to change the system again, to the one they have now, which, to be honest, I haven't looked into, as I have never had a car that new.
So now there are about 30 different classes of road tax for cars that are on the road, including Zero rated for Historic Reg.
And that doesn't even cover trucks.
Turboman
Mab An Gov
Nodge68
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My Freelander 2 TD4 was £60 cheaper to tax than my previous Freelander 1 TD4, which make no sense, but then taxes rarely do.
