Help???

Hi! Seen a Freelander i like TD4 but its done like loads of miles! (150,000)

Guy seems to have looked after it and it has loads spent (receipts available including discs, pads, clutch VCU thingy .....

My question is

Is that kinda mileage ok? I have a limited budget but can remember the days when 100,000 was considered v v high and im not sure cars back then would do much more!?

Any advice/help bout LR's with big miles and perhaprs things i need to check before i empty my piggy bank!

Thanx

Some might say it's only just been worn in at that mileage . Sonds like it's been really well looked after - how are the tyres? Ideally they need to be the same and simialr amount of wear. If the VCU has been done then it will last for at least another 70k depending on whether you look after it, so that's alot of money you won't have to spend.

Sounds like a real honey compared to some of the scrap heaps people buy and then have problems with .

Will.

Sounds like a real honey compared to some of the scrap heaps people buy and then have problems with .

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How can you say that, the VCU may have been changed 70,000 miles ago, for those who think its a sevice item. Loads of receipts may be due to loads of problems. Any car with 150,000 miles is giong to need to be looked after, Nobody can tell you if its a good buy with the information you have but if its cheap and you like it buy it.

Leave it in your piggy bank mate until you find a proper car!! To be honest I wouldn't want it if it was free!! You will be sorry if you go for it they're **** at everything except breaking down !!! I do work on landrovers on a daily basiss and do love em to bits !! But for your own good health don't do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!

ferretboy said:

Leave it in your piggy bank mate until you find a proper car!! To be honest I wouldn't want it if it was free!! You will be sorry if you go for it they're **** at everything except breaking down !!! I do work on landrovers on a daily basiss and do love em to bits !! But for your own good health don't do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Jesus buddy did you get a bumper harvest of exclamation marks this year from all the rain? Shave a few of them off and your post might even start looking like an informed opinion and not just parotted nonesense.

I see Freelanders everywhere every day, and at the end of the day that tells me that they can't all be crocks. In fact I see more old ones than 2003 onwards facelift models. Yes, 150k is a high mileage - but you could buy a 50k one from an owner who doesn't give a **** and it would be a million times worse. 'Speshully if it was a 1.8 petrol like mine.

Don't listen to the ranters or the ravers, do your own homework and make an informed decision. Freelanders are very impressive, when they're working properly - alot of that comes down to whether you take proper care of them or not.

I know this may seem long, but there is no better guide for anyone looking to buy a Freelander:

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/1620217-post9.html

Will.

Don't let the mileage put you off, i bought one with 148,000 on the clock and it was the only thing i was worried about however i bit the bullet and bought it.

It now has 163,000 on the clock and the engine is as sweet as a nut just can't fault it as long as it's been looked after I.E well serviced (my oil and filter was done every 6000 miles) then just buy it and enjoy your hippo:clap2:

ferretboy said:

Leave it in your piggy bank mate until you find a proper car!! To be honest I wouldn't want it if it was free!! You will be sorry if you go for it they're **** at everything except breaking down !!! I do work on landrovers on a daily basiss and do love em to bits !! But for your own good health don't do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The thing about working on cars on a daily basis is you only see the broken ones! The freelander was the biggest selling 4x4 land rover did so based on the figures that means you'll see more if you work on land rovers on a daily basis! So based on this philosophy I'd never drive a Mercedes (ex diagnostic tech) cos I saw **** loads break down, or maybe a discovery cos I've taken **** loads of money welding them back together! Freelanders do have some issues, most can be avoided with correct maintenance but as you work on them daily you'd know that?
If you can't say something constructive, don't bother! I have a freelander and a D2 I actually prefer the freelander


DD

Hi there BSX,

I'm one of the people who say that it's not properly 'ran-in' until it's past 100K.

Mine has past that mark and I'm happy that I'll get twice that - because I've looked after it and changed the oil and filters etc.

A neglected TD4 will be just as suspect as any other neglected vehicle.

The M47 was one of the most popular BMW engines - they built literally millions of them - and 150K is not remarkably high mileage - high yes - but not at all unusual.

One that has done lots of long journeys will be in better condition that one that has only done the 'school-run' or 'down to Tescos'.

I saw one at the weekend with over 500K kilometres (312K miles) and it sounded and looked great - the owner has no intention of changing it, and when he does he wants another one.

Singvogel.

Singvogel said:

I saw one at the weekend with over 500K kilometres (312K miles) and it sounded and looked great - the owner has no intention of changing it, and when he does he wants another one.

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That's amazing!

It's amazing what ANY well looked after vehicle can achieve .

What amazes me is the huge mileages you see on BMW and M-Benz taxis and on BMW police cars, in their home country.

They are double or triple shifted - so the engines are almost never cold.

But they service them with an almost clinical regularity.

Then they sell them on to 'poorer' countries where they have a complete second lifetime of service.

Another interesting fact is the large number of used Landrovers of all types being exported to Eastern Europe and the Balkans where they are converted to LHD. Mileage seemingly unimportant

Where labour costs are lower these older vehicles are refurbished and kept going whereas in the UK we would think it economically nonviable to do it.

S.

Singvogel said:

Where labour costs are lower these older vehicles are refurbished and kept going whereas in the UK we would think it economically nonviable to do it.

S.

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Yes, if you're willing to get your own hands dirty here you can have great cars for so little money! Not just Land Rovers either.