We bought our Freelander last year...only Euros spent on it were for the timing and auxiliary belts and tensioners -which is ordinary mainteinance for a lot of engines- and the rear differential mountings.
Prior from us a lady kept it for 14 years in admirable conditions, going religiously to the local Land Rover garage (a Land Rover specialist well known here) who fully stamped the Service Portfolio...2 batteries, 1 VCU at 155.000 km, transmission fluids changed every 60.000 km, timing belt every 100.000 km. Apart from that just the ordinary oil and filters changed every 15.000 km or 12 months.
Neither she nor we have never experienced major problems with the car...it seems far more reliable then other cars we had in the past years -especially a Chrysler Voyager and a Mercedes C220 Estate that were nightmares, the first for the engine, the latter for the electrics.
Our is a 1999 XEDI L-Series...and we love it (...waiting for something going wrong in 3...2...1...).