V6 and I ( a Freelanders tale)

I'd heard these creations were trouble but what the heck it was cheap .
It was acquired from a very nice metropolitan policeman in East London and as I drove it away from my rear view mirror I swear I saw him run. Must have got an emergency call or something . Good to see our boys in blue so committed to the cause .
During the test drive the central locking on the drivers side had packed up and the rear window had lost the plot constantly rising and falling without invitation . The nice policeman had a poster stuck to it advertising something or other but during the demonstration it got lost in the door never to return - a small problem only ... Surely.
I bought the V6 and having handed back the nice policeman various bits n bobs belonging to his wife and children found in the weirdly shaped and frankly undersized cubbie holes and storages facilities around the cockpit I set upon my journey home .
Speed bump . It was only a speed bump! 100 yards down the road and this has sent the dashboard off the scale . Every light lit up , no all off again , no on again , what's that one ? Hill descent mode ? What ?? Oh all off again panic over , now the speeds all gone , won't do more than 10 miles an hour ! Gone into get me to a hospital mode !! Oh back to normal now , home we go .
I recall thinking how generous the nice policeman had been to leave me so much fuel . Not only that but how much economy the V6 had displayed on the journey so far . Furthermore and fantastically it seemed that the further I drove the more petrol I had left !! A car that produces fuel as I drive - I'll be rich !!!
Sh1t. No I wont , this thing is reading backwards , up is down , down is up ,red light is full and needle pressed hard to the top is. ..... Bollox
I find a petrol shop fast and pull in . Climbing out of the passenger side door ( the other ones busted remember ) I remember thinking goodness gracious .. Or something similar.
Seven months later the V6 remains . Sometimes the drivers side door opens and sometimes it doesn't , the rear window button on the dash is avoided at all costs , the lights on the board do their own thing but are ignored and the petrol gauge still reads backwards. Nevertheless each day everyday this thing gets my wife to work and back . Dogs and logs and chickens and feed all aboard the skylark and all to the tune of a horriblerumbling whining noise from underneath.
'A HORRIBLE RUMBLING NOISE FROM UNDERNEATH' ? How's longs that been going on I said
'Ages ' she said
I thought it might need a new tyre she said

'That's ya central drive shafts and bearings ' the man from the local Landrover specialist Mender Place said -I think that's what he said
'Oh and a sensor on the manifold is shot and a break light is out ya rear window is half open for some reason and have you been fiddling with the petrol gauge ?'

Yeah yeah yeah I said
Can you fix it ? I'll leave it here and get a cab back , can you MOT it too ? Call me when it's done ..no rush , see ya

As I sit here this Saturday morning , orange juice in hand , wife gone to work in a RAV4 I can tell you that the V6 no longer rumbles and whines , no longer has a dashboard like a Christmas tree and is no longer without MOT . The fact is that at this moment the V6 no longer does anything ! On the return journey from a successful trip to see the MOT man the V6 stopped . Just stopped . No warning , no clues from the dashboard usually so keen to share . Just rolled silently and slowly to a graceful halt .
The man from the local specialist Landrover Menders has it once again atop his ramp and we wait ...
I wonder what's wrong this time , I wonder how much it will cost , I wonder how long it will take ? I wonder why I've got a V6

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Haha very good

hope this story continues

I sympathise with you, I really do, but have to admit reading your post did give me a good laugh. I don't know what you do for a living but I think you should definitely consider writing comedy as your literary talents are certainly more advanced than your instincts when it comes to car buying! Hope you get the problems sorted without recourse to a second mortgage. I mentioned a Freelander, as a possible future purchase, to my (20+ years experience) indie one day & he went decidedly pale.

I feel your pain, I truly do. I have had similar woes on the Range Rover L322 forum. We mask our pain and tears with humour but trust me, they see through it on here!!!:smash:

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It's all down to poor maintenance ��

Although it would be better for you if the man made it better I feel the rest of us would miss out

I feel your pain I have 3 Freelander's just lucky first was 04 TD4 3 door E version put on the upgrades and for a few years behaved its self, then 1 day found what I though was oil on the ground under the front it turned out to the high pressure pump billed 1500 for refurnished pump and fitting. Since then behaved the usual worn out bits, then needed a car for work a rover streetwise great wee car , that was replacedby the beast 2 TD4 Van 03 148000 on the clock towed away much cheapness needed a transfer box former owner to lazy to sort out 150 of a petrol 1.8 same item, them 2 years later fell over a 01 V6 auto for 100 saved from scrap's, engine has broke the timing belt or it is lose not sure new starter first soldiered burned out. The thing turns over the car doctor is going to have a word above the belt so have to wait now trying to find out if I can save it as body minted, ask all the questions replace engine change to TD4 or break which I would not be happy. The boss say's no more or she wants the house done. I think the Freelander if looked after can keep up with its big brother's. So looking for a miracle.

That gave me a good laugh. Sorry to hear about your woes - at least you don't let it get you down!