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skippysi Member Since: 12 Mar 2021 Location: Up North Posts: 3 |
New member so please be kind....
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12th Mar 2021 9:54 am |
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Andy131 Member Since: 09 Dec 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 2175 |
It really does depend on the previous owners.
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12th Mar 2021 12:49 pm |
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RealBeale Member Since: 13 Jun 2016 Location: Birmingham Great Barr Posts: 910 |
Top tip , always do an MOT check on any potential vehicle you may be thinking of going to look at. It is a very good indicator of how a vehicle has been looked after. Try an avoid vehicles that fail MOT's along with a list of advisories too, where it passes within a few days, but only the failures were fixed. Those advisories will become failures over time and shows the owners only do the bare minimum just to scrape a pass and don't look after their cars.
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12th Mar 2021 9:12 pm |
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Grue Member Since: 29 Apr 2018 Location: New Zealand Posts: 364 |
We bought one at 175k miles and were expecting to pay some $ getting her right. Full fluids servicing (gear box, ptu, haldex, steering etc), rear shocks, Cambelt and water pump, handful of sensors (couple are bad, rest preventative maintenance). Still a few surprises - handbrake, driveshafts... but we still recon we're ahead of the game as got her for a good price.
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12th Mar 2021 11:43 pm |
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Nodge68 Member Since: 15 Jul 2020 Location: Newquay Posts: 2071 |
I bought (won on ebay for £2k) a Rimini red TD4 SE with 119k miles, last summer with a misfire. Turns out the moron who had been working on it managed to drop a nut in to the intake, which found its way to No2 cylinder, making a mess of the piston and cylinder head. I repaired the head as best I could, and fitted a replacement piston. After a lot of messing, I've managed to get him drivable, but there's still a misfire, and some roughness when starting from cold.
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13th Mar 2021 8:43 am |
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Farmer Chalk Member Since: 07 Jul 2016 Location: Sevenoaks Posts: 138 |
No we did the same thing....bought a 13MY with 110,000 miles on....more risky as it was more expensive but it’s been great!
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13th Mar 2021 10:43 am |
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Grimdog Member Since: 08 Sep 2020 Location: Wakefield Posts: 313 |
I bought a 2010 td4e HSE last August for £4.5 k, 150k miles. Not much service history, but company owned. New matching boots all round and pretty tidy overall. Spent around £300 changing all fluids, filters, cam belt and ancillary bits. No other issues apparent after 7 months of ownership and 4k miles. Loving the car. It was ( and is ) a risk. Lots and lots of car for the money, also quite a few expensive things that COULD go wrong. My advice is if you are handy with the spanners, go for it. I have no regrets. |
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13th Mar 2021 11:09 am |
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bxzx16v Member Since: 11 Jul 2013 Location: Sunny Sheffield Posts: 629 |
My wife's Fl2 maybe coming up for sale soon , 2007 Td4 Gs manual in black . It's got the optional panoramic roof and factory tinted rear windows. We've owned it nearly 8 years and it's been fantastic , anything that's wanted doing it's been done with quality parts .
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15th Mar 2021 6:41 pm |
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skippysi Member Since: 12 Mar 2021 Location: Up North Posts: 3 |
Hi Mark, I might be interested in this, but can't reply to your message as I'm a new member. Please can you PM your telephone number or email address. Thanks |
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16th Mar 2021 11:48 am |
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skippysi Member Since: 12 Mar 2021 Location: Up North Posts: 3 |
Thanks to everyone for your help. A Freelander does look like the perfect car for us and with your advice, I hope we can find a good one.
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16th Mar 2021 11:49 am |
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Lee337 Member Since: 09 Mar 2021 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 5 |
It's been interesting reading this as I'll be looking for an FL2 in the near future well end of June anyway. Some good info here to file away in my 'Try not to get ripped off when buying my next car' file. |
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16th Mar 2021 1:45 pm |
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