Land Rover Freelander Station Wagon 2.0 Td4 S 5d (2001/Y) Owner Review
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Economy
Value
Good value all round exellent towing caravan.
Costs
Still expensive but dealers want them for nowt. They are very expensive when they go wrong, believe me it's cost a fortune and landrover wont help after 3 years.
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On the road
Driving
Like a rolls royce compared to early model pre 2000.
Performance
Pretty good compared to old di model. I have had mine chipped 165 bhp what a difference would recommened economy 40 mpg from 32 mpg.
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Living with it
Reliability
beware ive had 2 at 50000 miles new clutch fly wheel viscos coupleing prop bearings and transfer to replaces if you have a spare £3500 to chuck away buy one if not keep off them
Image
mine has about £2000 worth of extras from factory that why i went for s model and spend the extra on bars spots etc as the leather trim is not the best wearing from past experience go for cloth trim
Comfort
Excellent all round local or distance runs well done landrover.
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Security and Service
Security
No problems on this.
Service
what a load of rip off merchants and jobs not done right local garage did better service than landrover. if your warrenty goes over by 1 day forget about any help with cost to repairs not even goodwill be warned
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Problems and Ownership
Problems
Engine
BMW engine chip it to 165 bhp they are bullet proof and just go on and on 40 mpg now.
Other
Flywheels clutches prop bearings viscos coupleing last about 50k wheel bearings about every 20 30k
Ownership
Did you buy the car new?
Used
Would you buy the same model again?
No
Did you buy from the same manufacturer again?
No