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mark.yellow.series.3:
landrover freelander is the best in its class.

WishIhadaLandy:
Couple of questions about freelanders:

1. Does the lack of low ratio make a big difference when off roading (i have driven one but not where a low box would have been useful, as it was in a car park, albeit a sand one at the beach)?

2. What is 8 inch's of ground clearance compared to a discovery or defender?

3.what sort of fuel comsumption are the TD4's?

4.Are they good value as a second hand buy?

Thanks for any answers. :D

V8MoneyPit:
Answers (IMHO):

1. Low range only makes a difference if you are going places where you need to trickle along slowly. The first gear on the manuals is a bit high even for some greenlaning IMO. I used to slip the clutch going in and out of our fields because the track is rather rough in places and the car would bottom out if driven too quickly.

2. The 8" might be exagerated a bit. The main problem is breakover angle. The limited clearance is under the centre of the car where a Disco/Defender is much higher even though their axles aren't that much higher.

3. TD4's get to upper 20's mpg on the road. Might just get into low 30's if you are on a long motorway run.

4. TD4's and 5dr's seem to hold value reasonably well after the initial plummet from new (like most new cars!). Both the 1.8 and V6 seem to have poorer residuals. V6 quite thirsty, but loads of grunt. 1.8's can be difficult to sell on. There are loads on the market, so lots of choice. Lots of choice means you can haggle at the time of purchase, but has the opposite problem when selling!

Steve ray:
1st & Rev (using HDC) make the Freelander pretty decent off road.

The ground clearance is an issue - it certainly tests your ground reading skills. The ETC helps a great deal.

MPG: our Td4 gets about 30 - 31mpg 'knocking about' and higher up the 30's on a run. Air flow meter (wire in air intake can be faulty if you are not getting near these figures)

Td4 5-doors hold their value best.
Avoid 1.8 petrol - mainly becasue of all the bad press, they are hard to sell on. The 2.5 V6 petrols are better, but have alove affair with filling stations!

Overall, a motor that's best in it's class (it's still a Land Rover afterall) even though a few people are prejudiced towards em!

Thrasher:
We had 2 Freelanders ... and now we don't :-)

Traction systems are A1 - engines are ... er... well....

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