yes I never thought I'd buy one or particularly want one, although I've always had a bit of a soft spot for defenders but that's irrelevant... I was out car shopping today and stumbled upon a 2002 freelander, old I know and high milage but it was the most appealing motor I'd encountered on the day and seemed to tick boxes I didn't know needed ticking... I might have bought it there and then but it was close to closing time and dude wanted to go home, so better for me it saved me from impulse buying and gave me opportunity to read up on freelander experience. I'm sure you're all aware of the stuff I've read so I won't rehash it. Needless to say this expains 50% of my thread title "probably won't"... I wouldn't mind a freelander, but I do mind unexpected failures, and what car at 15 years old wouldn't fail somehow, but right now I don' t need a car which might crap out and leave me stranded when I'm starting a new job. Now I'm good with cars, used to be a mechanic and a damn good one... doing head gasket and fixing other things are no problem.... I just don't want to have to, so that's my dilemma. The car's done 125k already, and I can test drive it tomorrow if I decide I want to, so how many gaskets, transmission works it's had, problems solved and remain to be solved I just don't know ... uh, I just wanted a straight forward and cheap-ish car purchase I could rely on well for at least 6 months of my new job. Thanks for reading so far, I guess freelander posts like this won't be rare, but this is mine and dunno what to do.