Ok some say that I'm mad and some know that I am, but I've just bought my second Freelander. My first was a 2000 1.8 s I had heard all the horror stories but I already had a MGF so I was aware of its problems, well it turned out to be a absolute peach of a car, never missing a beat doing everything I asked of it the only thing I did to it other than servicing was to fit a 52mm throttle body. So back to now well I've now bought a 2002 td4 gs I can only think the previous owner got fed up of spending money on it as it came 140k miles 12 months MOT, 4 new tyres, new rear exhaust, viscous coupling and bearings and new calipers, the bodywork is excellent the interior has a badly torn drivers seat and is filthy but nothing that a good valeting wouldn't put right and it needs only 1 window cable I've found a replacement seat (£20) and done the clean up and it now stands quite proudly on my drive so for £900 I don't think I've done too bad. My only complaint with it is a drumming/resonance which starts at around 3000rpm yes it's annoying but I'll keep checking for anything loose so far I haven't found anything, so after we get back from holidays I'll keep checking when I have more time but until then it's got some work to do towing our caravan.

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Well now back from holidays 1400miles 800 towing caravan at 1400kg, fuel consumption towing 28mpg and solo 38mpg so still happy, the vibration is definitely engine as I can get it to do it when stationary although I've checked mountings checked and tightened front bumper mountings it is a little quieter but the vibes are still there so I'm open to suggestions. The vibes start at around 2750rpm and reach their peak at around 3500rpm, I was suspecting the the crankshaft pulley but I can see no slippage marks around it but I'm not ruling it out.