Scottish Elises

anyone have experience with freelanders - or ?

need a cheap (around £5-6k) to get through winter (at least) and to tow a horse box now and again.

cheers
R

I like freelanders but do not get a 1.8k series they suffer from HGF more than the elise! go for a diesel.

5-6k get a Shogun.

Or, if you can find one at that money, a Navara.

Jap is the way forward.

We had a V6 (yes, it was that thirsty) Freelander. Not just overly enamoured with it. It had to heads and therefore 2 gaskets. Yes they failed. Thankfully, within warranty.

r055 wrote:to tow a horse box now and again.

cheers
R

Something you should be telling us? ... new hobby?..... bird?....

aye, its not for me...

GF just moved her horse to the outskirts of auldhouse where the roads are 'interesting' at the moment, never mind when the snow comes!

I got hit by a Merc C-Class yesterday on that road Nearly took my fecking arm off!

Freelanders have a terrible reputation for reliability especially the early ones as the back wheels go at a different speed to the front ones

Jap is probably best of reliability but go have a look in the classified if you want a toy/towcar

tuscan_thunder wrote: Or, if you can find one at that money, a Navara.

Would second that but can you get them for the money ?

although a friend of mine got one as a company car and he had a new transfer box and diff all within 6 months and it still wasn't right Nissan eventually took it back!

what about an old S1 landy nothing on it to break
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auldhouse where the roads are 'interesting' at the moment, never mind when the snow comes!

I can second that went the back road when the A726 was closed in July and discovered that anything less then a 4x4 is risking damage, roads are truly a disgrace. Cost me new alloy, tyre and geo check.

Keith

thinfourth wrote:...go have a look in the classified if you want a toy/towcar

my work blocks out photo sharing sites etc so cant see the body of that thread on classifieds Paul.
What is it?

BiggestNizzy wrote:

tuscan_thunder wrote: Or, if you can find one at that money, a Navara.

Would second that but can you get them for the money ?

although a friend of mine got one as a company car and he had a new transfer box and diff all within 6 months and it still wasn't right Nissan eventually took it back!

what about an old S1 landy nothing on it to break
or
http://www.scottishelises.com/phpbb/vie ... 3&start=43

I've seen than about £7,500 but that was a while back.

We're on our second one - 1st one was unbreakable - only thing that went wrong was a doese of very dirty (ie flakes of metal/rust) diesel which needed the fuel filter etc changed.

Second one, new shape, has, touch wood, been fine, a broken windscreen apart.

Ours are reguarly in 4wd and in low range occasionally so tranfer case is well used

r055 wrote:

thinfourth wrote:...go have a look in the classified if you want a toy/towcar

my work blocks out photo sharing sites etc so cant see the body of that thread on classifieds Paul.
What is it?

Land Rover V8 with LPG conversion £3000 ONO
It has a 2â€

nice!

expensive to run?

LPG conversion

So 50% cheaper than petrol or derv


Mac

we've just got TV in cumbernauld - dont know where the closest LPG retailer is!

what about tyres, servicing, things breaking etc - expensive?

Old Inns for autogas


Mac