This thread is a ****take. There's no way some clown is going to post about a lovely 1.8 K-series for sale by his very good mate that just happens to have had the all too familiar "economy" conversion, be told by everyone who replied to avoid it & search the forum to then come back & say he's found an even better £5k plus v6. A real newbie would have been busy asking you all why he should have avoided the first car & after running his search be saying the usual newbie comment re the petrols "Surely they can't all be this bad" He's also totally ignored the buy a diesel advice given to him without even coming back with something like "but I don't like diesels" or something similar. That's why I'm thinking wind-up here.
 
LandyLover65 said:
To update you all, I didn't buy the 1.8, I bought a 2003 Freelander 2.5 KV6 5-Speed Automatic with FSH, new tyres, new brakes, new cam belt, new battery, new plugs, oil, filters, and new track rod ends as they were getting a bit wooly.

And the price was only £5,500, not too bad, especially as he wanted 6 Grand for it!

I've already given it a good test drive (red line for a good time, if you're in the speed limit you ain't goin' fast enough kinda thing!), and she is as beautiful to drive as she is in condition.

I have to say though I don't know exactly what they were thinking when they put one of those "racer" exhausts on... So I replaced it for a proper exhaust that does what it is supposed to - Makes the engine quiet! Ugh, youths! :lol:
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Best get yourself a warranty slapped on it quick smart.:eek::eek::eek:
 
If you are happy with it then buy it ,you can buy any car and it can either run perfect or bugger up next day, but why would a Landrover garage give a car with an obvious fault / deviation from original spec a certificate stating it's in great mechanical condition ,or isn't a big lump of metal missing from the drivetrain considered important anymore ??
I know lots do it ,but why buy a 4x4 then remove the prop and vcu "because of fuel costs" if you want to save fuel don't buy a car shaped like a brick.
I would seriously worry about further problems with drivetrain with this bit removed ,and don't forget to inform insurance as this would definately invalidate it in the event of an accident.
 
Great, so now you have 2 head gaskets to worry about...

£5.5K? I think you may have been ripped off.
I paid £4650 for our 2005 Freelander TD4 S manual. 116K on the clock, recent VCU and gearbox oil, FSH and a few upgraded bits and bobs.

The TD4 is the only reliable engine in the Freelander series. Why? Because it's German...
That's why they cost more!

You trolling?
 
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