Freelander Sport Diesel Td4... family car.. impending...

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:41 pm

Been looking at a Freelander Sport on Autotrader, looks the bolocks.

A car for the missus obviously but I think it looks the part.

http://dealerservices.autotrader.co.uk/ ... motors.htm

Its the blue one..

Anyone live nearby got a spare five mins to give it a look over? Is it as clean and shiny as it looks in the pics or have they been taken carefully to hid the scuffs and dents? Bit difficult from an oil rig

jj · Post by jj » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:38 pm

Garage is 5mins from me - I can go take a squint if you want? Its a garage that used to be a petrol station and has all sorts of cars, if you know what I mean, but they do have a fairly wide selection.

Post by **campbell** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:44 pm

D'you know John, you are so right! My missus would go bananas over that too. Hoping to save up for a Freelander 2 but that one has got me thinking...

Good luck, hope it pans out.

[how sad are we...excited over a Freelander eh]

scottyf · Post by **scottyf** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:06 pm

We had a freelander out for a test drive and I wasnt impressed at all. Titchy boot for the size of the car. Had friends with one too and they had nothing but problems with it. The rear window would go up and down of its own accord. They went out one winter morning to find snow IN the car..but the car was completely sealed!

Dont know about freelander2 though!

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:13 pm

John you have PM

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:23 am

jj wrote:Garage is 5mins from me - I can go take a squint if you want? Its a garage that used to be a petrol station and has all sorts of cars, if you know what I mean, but they do have a fairly wide selection.

Cool.

I have a contact who works with Landrover who rekons this car has only had one warranty issue that was fixed and other than that it is top spec... DVD player with screens bespoke fitted in the headrests..

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:30 am

scottyf wrote:We had a freelander out for a test drive and I wasnt impressed at all. Titchy boot for the size of the car. Had friends with one too and they had nothing but problems with it. The rear window would go up and down of its own accord. They went out one winter morning to find snow IN the car..but the car was completely sealed! Dont know about freelander2 though!

My mother is on her 2nd freelander. First one had a few probs, including transmission problems. Her current one is the V6, and has been trouble free, if not a bit on the thirsty side.

MacK · Post by **MacK** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:59 am

Td4 engine is out of a BMW 3 series, plenty of torque, I've driven one off-road, everywhere in second gear. Worked well, for a small 4x4.

Post by **campbell** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:27 am

MacK wrote:Td4 engine is out of a BMW 3 series

that's interesting to know...presumably the 2 litre from 320d and the like, 4 cyl, single turbo etc IIRC...imagine if it was the 3 litre bi-turbo 6

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:33 am

scottyf wrote:We had a freelander out for a test drive and I wasnt impressed at all. Titchy boot for the size of the car. Had friends with one too and they had nothing but problems with it. The rear window would go up and down of its own accord. They went out one winter morning to find snow IN the car..but the car was completely sealed! Dont know about freelander2 though!

I'd have to agree with the above - my old man has a 54 plate (1.8 K series

) and every time I drive it I come away equally as unimpressed

Plasticky inside, crap driving position (the seat's too high relative to the wheel, plus you're peering thru the very top of the windscreen, and I'm hardly a lofty chap)...

The Td4 is supposedly much better tho'

Rag_It · Post by **Rag_It** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:34 am

The TD5 in our Disco i believe was the 2.5 litre BM engine

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:44 am

Rag_It wrote:The TD5 in our Disco i believe was the 2.5 litre BM engine

Wrong - the BMW mill is a 6 cyl, yours is a 5 (hence the Td5

) which I think is LR's own creation

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:08 am

There are a few older gentlemen that I work with have them and they think they are great "cars"...

This one has the "Sport" suspension which has a fron anti roll bar fitted and stiffer springs and is meant to drive as well as a BMW X5..

jj · Post by jj » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:12 am

John Reid wrote: This one has the "Sport" suspension which has a fron anti roll bar fitted and stiffer springs and is meant to drive as well as a BMW X5..

Having driven a freelander with air susp (50th anniversary one) and an X5 I would be amazed if they`d managed that.....

I`ll go take a look at it anyway and check bodywork etc

Rag_It · Post by **Rag_It** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:01 pm

rossybee wrote:
Rag_It wrote:The TD5 in our Disco i believe was the 2.5 litre BM engine
Wrong - the BMW mill is a 6 cyl, yours is a 5 (hence the Td5 ) which I think is LR's own creation

Well they shoul dhave used the 6 Cyl engine, might have given it a bit more poke!