used car buying advice (land rover)

[BiggestNizzy]

My parents have decided to ditch the rover 75 and have their eye on this

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... 1/usedcars

I have no idea what do look for with these so looking for as much advice I can get. They don't do many miles so fuel economy isn't important (40k in 12 years)

[Dark]

Just about the worst car you can buy according to the Which? reliability & ownership surveys.

[rossybee]

Just about the worst car you can buy according to the Which? reliability & ownership surveys.

Aren't you thinking about the series 1 with 2.5 V6? It was notoriously sh*t.

This one however looks a cracker - my old mans got a 2.2td4 and it's been brilliant, and reliable.

Only negative I can see is high emissions therefore high RFL.

[Doc883]

A 2007 car so RFL not in the £400 plus bracket fortunately. MPG figures shockingly poor but if it's a low mileage car then probably not an issue.

[Jam_s160]

Our freelander was the worst car we ever bought... 3 attempts to rebuild the engine by landrover dealer which was sh*t service throughout. During our 1yr ownership... I genuinely counted 186 days sitting at the dealer. Joke and never again.

Its a long story... Sorry and the outcome never truly resolved. Move on.

[BiggestNizzy]

Road tax looks like £490 that basically kills the idea dead. They do 3500-4000 miles a year and its just not worth it.

[Doc883]

Road tax looks like £490 that basically kills the idea dead. They do 3500-4000 miles a year and its just not worth it.

My mistake, yes registered before 23 March 2006 would have been £280 but the Freelander is £490 pa. Pretty scandalous really and likely to kill cars like this off or make them nigh on impossible to shift.