Hello all. Thought I will share my ownership experience with you!

Well I had my 2010 Freelander TD4 SE with 108 000 km on the clock for 2 years now.

In the true form and in keeping with all the posts here I had the following problems:

Black Smoke coming from the exhaust repaired at ZAR 4214.22.
First level rear diff repair ZAR 6559.74
Major service and new brake disks front and pads front and rear ZAR 15500.00
New battery ZAR 1495.00
New gear knob due to spring breaking ZAR 785.22

All repairs done by my local LR dealer.

In the two years I have covered just on 13 000km.

Yes to me it is a lot of money to maintain it, but I still smile every time I get behind the wheel...

Wish I could afford the Discovery Sport tough..... maybe a used one in a year or three..!