Should I???

Get one that is...
After an accident (see my posts) in which my 04 scenic was totaled, I got a "that will do for now car", a 02 scenic!! not that I love them, just my brother-in-law had one, v clean, tested, taxed and cheap.
Not going to keep it tho, just dont feel safe in it.

So... what about a Freelander?
Looking at a 04 TD4 85k 5dr at €6500.

Land Rover Freelander 2.0S 5DR 51 - €6,500 (£5,584) - Used Cars on Autotrader.ie - New & Used Cars in Ireland

Is it the money?
What "goes on them"?
What is real life mpg like?

Advice please, its that or a Zafira!!!

Dunno about yr local rates James

Enginewise the TD4 is thought the best of FL's
Watch out for the IRD and VCU, do a check and ensure it works.
Clutch slave cylinders can sometimes fail on mountings

MPG 30 - 35 average

I'd spend the money making that bloody nice Series into a reliable every day runner!

if your after sfety in accidents go for disco or p38 rr or defender as all have very strong chassis ,freelander have no chassis but 2 tims sub frame front and rear and are worse than many cars in accidents

Check out the top gear clip where they had a crashed freelander on, should be on YouTube somewhere, basically compared loads of cars in the same crash, freelander really didn't fair well.

would love an RRC or disco, but over here the tax is €900 ish on a 2.5, even a 2.0 is €614!

After a few Renaults and a lemon of a BMW looking for reliability too, spent 1800 on the BMW engine and 2000 on the 1.5dci scenic!