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M1kbee

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I will be looking to change my car next year (or sooner depending on how my current car survives).

The two cars I have narrowed it down to are:
The Fiat Multipla
The Land Rover Freelander.

I have had a Multi before and I know it is a great car. I have never had a Land Rover at all and even though I like the look of the Freelander (not as "farmy" as the Defender or Disco and not as chav as the Range Rover), I am not sure what to be on the look out for.

I am familiar with basic mechanics to the point where I can spot when a car has a problem but is there anything I should be on the lookout for that Freelanders have problems with?

My budget is between £2000 - £4000 and the cars I have spotted in that area are usually coming on for 100,000 miles.

I'm planning on a manual diesel.
 
Quite different cars - I prefer the Freelander - get a TD4 it will at the top of your budget and some though - budget for some essential mods and changes of components - say £1000 and you should have a good vehicle which will outlast the Fiat

Do not buy a petrol one no matter how cheap. The older Rover engined diesel is good but the
BMW engines TD4 is a better engine.
 
I agree completely with angeloc - get a TD4 with the BMW engine. Lots of little niggles - but a great machine - with character.

I've driven nearly 100K in my 2nd one - they don't make Freelanders with BMW engines anymore so I'll be keeping this one forever!
 
No contest really given that, in my humble opinion, the Fiat Multiplas may have been reliable but its still the ugliest vehicle ever to be built.
 
If you want a Freelander, shop wisely and well - do your research and read everything on here - and buy a Td4

If you want a Multipla then please buy a Berlingo (or a Renault Kangoo 4x4) Both excellent and often underrated - but at least they're not Fiats

Good luck in your search, whatever you go for
 
Cheers for the info guys. I'm not trying comparing the 2 though.

Vissie - Go down your local Fiat dealer and take a Multi for a test drive. It is the inside that matters on those, not the outside. I will agree that the mk1 was not to everyones taste and the mk2 is just another car now that Fiat have chickened out of putting the high beams under the windscreen (great place to have them when some c*** cuts you up).

What I am looking for really is common faults e.g.:
Ford make their wishbones out of cardboard and the cost around £150+ labour to replace.
Vauxhall can't make a turbo diesel engine that works.
 
M1kbee said:
Cheers for the info guys. I'm not trying comparing the 2 though.

Vissie - Go down your local Fiat dealer and take a Multi for a test drive. It is the inside that matters on those, not the outside. I will agree that the mk1 was not to everyones taste and the mk2 is just another car now that Fiat have chickened out of putting the high beams under the windscreen (great place to have them when some c*** cuts you up
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Looks like you realy want a Fart In A Tin then.. Personally I'd buy anything else but... Up to you but don't rule out the Kangoo 4x4 (or a half decent vehicle)
 
M1kbee said:
Cheers for the info guys. I'm not trying comparing the 2 though.

Vissie - Go down your local Fiat dealer and take a Multi for a test drive. It is the inside that matters on those, not the outside. I will agree that the mk1 was not to everyones taste and the mk2 is just another car now that Fiat have chickened out of putting the high beams under the windscreen (great place to have them when some c*** cuts you up).

What I am looking for really is common faults e.g.:
Ford make their wishbones out of cardboard and the cost around £150+ labour to replace.
Vauxhall can't make a turbo diesel engine that works.
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You'd have to shoot me in the back of the head and drag my rotting corpse, to get my inside a Fiat.

I'd rather drive Freelander with an open mind to the fact that if i dont maintain it properly, im going to spend alot of time on the hardshoulder of the M1.

Common Faults : Everything, well except the sunvisors seem to be pretty reliable, although im sure there is someone on here who has a faulty one :rolleyes:
 
I find the sun visors a bit too deep and when you flick them up they slap up noisily - but the text of my Hippo is great !
 
I'm not sure if ours has sun visors fitted. Can any other owners please tell me how to check for them, and if we do have them can you please explain how they work?


Sorry, it's been a long day :hippie:
 
Todays Fiat’s really aint that bad, in fact some of em are bloody good, but the Multipla joke is total bag of ****e. I’m not a Freelander fan at all, but how the hell you managed to compare the two is beyond my comprehension. :doh:
 
RED 109 CSW said:
I'm not sure if ours has sun visors fitted. Can any other owners please tell me how to check for them, and if we do have them can you please explain how they work?


Sorry, it's been a long day :hippie:
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You live in Nottingham , they would be of no use to you anyway.
 
Years ago, when I was poor and between Landies I had a Panda 4X4, the old un, 80's boxy thing. Bloody marvellous in the snow! Totally brilliant.......in snow, slow, noisy and thirsty in normal use! , rotted away v fast, awful interior, ah, now what did I have before it, a 109 2.6l petrol........
I've driven the new Panda and I have to say it isn't bad, still a bit cheapy plasticy inside, but nippy enough, but interior space poor.
Had a Uno as a driving instructing car for a while, totaly reliable.
My FL1? best car I've owned, not perfect by any means, but what car is?
 
The multipla does and always will look like it's been set alight and put out with a bicycle chain.

People will think you're really cool if you have a freelander (even if it does cost a fortune to repair when VCUs, IRDs, Injectors etc fail...).

We chose a Freelander over a Honda CR-V and HR-V despite increased running and insurance costs. It's the roundall that matters :p
 
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