chloe16v
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Registered: 29th Nov 07
Location: Rotherham
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what are peoples views on these?
been looking at afew on ebay as the corsa is not practical for my dogs
is there anything i should look out for with them that may go wrong?
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K17STY
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Registered: 13th Dec 02
Location: West Lothian
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Discovery is prettier. orr go old skool and get a Defender 110 
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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4x4 system has a few weak points, most common being the viscous centre differential, VCD I think which can sieze and give you permanent four wheel drive. Which sounds nice but it stresses the other diffs and they will fail prematurely. You can tell by reversing on a full lock on lose ground, the rear wheels will skip if it is locked.
1.8 petrol is notorious for head gasket problems. Diesel engines are better, TD4 from 2001 is the best although mine had an intermittent fuel pump which would occasionally mean it wouldn't start.
I liked mine, my mum still has one and they're a very useful car but most LR forums will not really recommend them as a hassle-free purchase. The bits aren't cheap and the type of things which fail are not generally fixable at home.
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chloe16v
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dont like the older discovery and the freelander is quite alot cheaper  it will be only used for the dogs, maybe a couple of times a week when i take them out walking to the country park afew miles away and take them to ring craft, cant get a crate in my car for them and they defo dont fit in the car with the kids in
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jo1945
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I'd just get a nice estate car if I was you, freelanders handle like boats and WILL go wrong. My mom's got one and it's had an endless list of faults, and a friend had a petrol one which was nothing but trouble until she had to sell it to webuyanycar.com with a broken clutch, brakes, suspension and engine. Estates will be easier for the dogs to jump into as well as they're a bit lower and will give better economy as well. You'll only need a 4x4 if you're going off road a lot or towing something heavy.
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chloe16v
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Registered: 29th Nov 07
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well the man with the bright ideas just said if i get a 4x4 he can get rid of his an we'll use mine to tow the caravan  dont think this is a good idea after all 
but iv always wanted a 4x4, i love the rav4 but there just not big enough 
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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Seriously, don't get the 1.8. You think "oh, the head gasket won't go on me" (i did ) and sure enough...
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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Volvo estate FTW!
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oceansoul
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Sunbury, Surrey
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My mate had one. Had no end of problems. She actually took it back to land rover and cancelled her payments (was on finance)
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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quote:
Originally posted by Twiggy
Volvo estate FTW!
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Anty
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Registered: 19th Mar 08
Location: droitwich
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v70 out back
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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my dad/mum have a 2002 2.0 turbo diesel one. very nice with full leather and all the usual stuff.
it did go wrong last xmas though and took months to fix and cost 1800 quid iirc.
injectors were over 200 quid each
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pippin
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Registered: 27th Jan 09
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yea just dont buy the petrol engined 1
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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my dad has 1 and i love it and dogs fit no problem you can even get purpose built cages for em
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