He has a bad back and normally drives autos, he just wasn't sure of the combination of 4wd and auto.
Hi, he'd definitely like a steptroninc, his current car is a 530 with it, I have a 320d with it too. I've been looking at the TD4s but they don't seem to have it, seems odd.
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If he's going to do much off-roading, I recommend a manual.
Steptronic is called CommandShift on Landys, most late TD4's have it. The auto is actually better off road, as the torque converter avoids the need for slipping the clutch
I recommend the opposite. Lack of low ratio on Freelanders means that edging over obstacles requires a hellish amount of clutch slip. Without slipping the clutch, the long first gear ratio means that you are travelling uncomfortably fast to take obstacles.
With an auto, you can hold it on the brakes and creep over stuff and edge up hills without abusing the clutch.
very rare to find a manual v6, not many of them about and usually early models pre facelift
This one is a petrol TD4 LR2 apparently
Land Rover Freelander 2.2 TD4 GS 5DR 1 lady owner from new