Jodsclass
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Just curious who runs an auto and who runs a manual & also has anyone ran both. My previous Freelanders have been Auto's and the auto box has always been the cause of me selling it on. Last one went at 70k and is the reason I sold the car for next to nothing as getting the car to ashcroft & having a recon box fitted where out of the question due to financial restraints at the time. I struggled so hard to get someone to even look at the box and never received a definitive answer.
I've never driven a manual FL and everyone I know who has owned one has always gone for the auto. I did love the auto but looking at buying them now they are considerably more money to buy used & have considerably less miles on them. I'm seeing manuals with 150K+ on the clock still going strong, while people with auto's are selling them with 100k. I've test drove 2 while looking and both have had clunky, horrible Jatcos. I drove my last FL Kalahari from almost new so I know how they are supposed to feel. These feel like mine did just before it gave up.
It's a bit of an incoherent ramble I know, but just trying to figure out if I should risk another Jatco (I did love it) or if the Manuals are better to live with long term? I have time & a small car fund to put Landy problems right (learned the hard way with my first Landy), but when huge components start to fail it's another story. I know I'll be buying a good car, everything that can go wrong has gone wrong on previous FL so i know exactly what to look for, but it is feasible to get the same high mileage out of the jatcos as it is out of the manuals?
I'm in the market for another FL but just wanted to run this by you.
Thanks guys.
I've never driven a manual FL and everyone I know who has owned one has always gone for the auto. I did love the auto but looking at buying them now they are considerably more money to buy used & have considerably less miles on them. I'm seeing manuals with 150K+ on the clock still going strong, while people with auto's are selling them with 100k. I've test drove 2 while looking and both have had clunky, horrible Jatcos. I drove my last FL Kalahari from almost new so I know how they are supposed to feel. These feel like mine did just before it gave up.
It's a bit of an incoherent ramble I know, but just trying to figure out if I should risk another Jatco (I did love it) or if the Manuals are better to live with long term? I have time & a small car fund to put Landy problems right (learned the hard way with my first Landy), but when huge components start to fail it's another story. I know I'll be buying a good car, everything that can go wrong has gone wrong on previous FL so i know exactly what to look for, but it is feasible to get the same high mileage out of the jatcos as it is out of the manuals?
I'm in the market for another FL but just wanted to run this by you.
Thanks guys.