Hi to you all Dave here just wanted to introduce my self as im completely new to this sort of thing and since i am in the process of buying my first freelander thought i should get my self acquainted as im aware of the problems that are going to arise. just bought an 03 plate freelander td4 after lots of research (on here thanks to everyone with all your great threads)
its not the first landy ive owned but the disco that i previously had rotted from underneath me. I dont really have any mechanical knowledge but am very handy with fixing other things. Not totally sure if i should buy a haynes manual to put on the garage work top (next to the kettle obviously). hopefully hear from someone soon even if its to say hi i can swap knowledge on training gun dogs and normal dogs and if any one ever wants a lab puppy im the man to come and see.
again many thanks to you all for all the interesting posts that im sure ill need at some point.
cheers Dave

Hi there and welcome! Ignore the incoming freelander hate! I've got one too and it's lovely

I'm getting a dalmatian soon and hopefully a German shepherd too! So I might be picking your brains for doggy tips

:welcome: i see your quite local to me, if you have limited mechanical knowledge you could do far worse than have a haynes handy

:welcome2: Hi from another Newbie

I have already bought a Haynes Manual

Its quite nice having a car that you can/have to tinker with. I've semi retired from Motorbiking at the moment so need a vehicle I can play with just keeping fingers crossed nothing major goes wrong

Lab Puppy - Tempting but my two Dachshunds already keep me pretty busy

Haynes is always good in that even if you can't doo the job or fix yourself it should give you a clue as to what's wrong. To a small degree that means less chance of a garage fleecing you

Oh, WELCOME!

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so nice to hear from you all and ive been out today and bought me a haynes manual and im gonna need it as having problems already with the window wipers gonna have a look round the site and see if i can put a post on somewhere
again good to hear from you all and to be made to felt welcome cheers