Which 4x4?

hi, i insure my 1999 freelander for £140 with cherished car insurance for £140 for the year fully comp 1500 mile limit over that reverts to third party

donbuz said:

hi, i insure my 1999 freelander for £140 with cherished car insurance for £140 for the year fully comp 1500 mile limit over that reverts to third party

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So for my 16,000 miles a year that would be £1400.........plus......

Hi guys, found a freelander locally, and it seems to be a bit of a bargain at only £1000 for a 2001.
It has 150k on the clock- is this too much?

However, not much info, I got the guys number now so will speak with him tomorrow.

Also not sure if this is the td4 or not?

HenryF said:

Hi guys, found a freelander locally, and it seems to be a bit of a bargain at only £1000 for a 2001.
It has 150k on the clock- is this too much?

However, not much info, I got the guys number now so will speak with him tomorrow.

Also not sure if this is the td4 or not?

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Is that in Blackheath/Charlton, London?

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HenryF said:

Hi guys, found a freelander locally, and it seems to be a bit of a bargain at only £1000 for a 2001.
It has 150k on the clock- is this too much?

However, not much info, I got the guys number now so will speak with him tomorrow.

Also not sure if this is the td4 or not?

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I think the TD4 has td4 on the back. If no TD4 or v6, I think that means it is a 1.8 petrol.

HenryF said:

Also not sure if this is the td4 or not?

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It's a 1.8.
Not a bargain at all for that price with that mileage and that engine. Keep looking and keep away from this one.
Td4 will say so on the tailgate, so if it doesn't say Td4..................

What about a scenic there was a 4x4 of that wasn't their, or 1 of those jap import mini van things that are jacked up?
Or even a 4x4 Lanzhou I bet they would be reletavly cheap to insure

Epicuser said:

I think the TD4 has td4 on the back. If no TD4 or v6, I think that means it is a 1.8 petrol.

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You just beat me to it.....

everytime the k-series is mentioned there is a furore against it

td4's are just as bad if not worse

Freelaner said:

everytime the k-series is mentioned there is a furore against it

td4's are just as bad if not worse

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And I respectfully disagree! You have 24K+ posts, and I respect your opinion, but IF I could source a diesel plant for my wife's V6, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Can we agree to disagree?

That is your right as an LZer

Doozles are good for submerging and towing that I'll agree to.
Petrol k series is an excellent engine if maintained correctly.

I have owned most 4x4 variants over the years and to be honest the all have there faults in one for or another, landrover is good because there are tons of parts around and they are mostly cheap.
Suzuki sj absolutely amazing off road with choice modifications I currently own two as well as my freelander one is spoa with a chassis cab pick up body that I am just about to tube, it runs a 1600 vitara engine 413 gearbox and samurai axles 33x13 tyres and goes almost where I point it. But it's ****e on fuel and not much better on the road. Owned loads of them over the years and will include a pick of my old tinny

Series Humm tough one that. I sold my series 3 petrol to buy the freelander. I loved it to bits was fun to drive and cheap to insure as it's a classic but again fuel cost killed it for me. I painted mine up a funky camo and fitted a winch and stuff used to get use as an airsoft combat truck

300tdi disco... Good truck again owned one for a couple of years mine was lifted 4 inches 35 inch rubber winch etc etc all carpet removed fuel turned up turbo turned up stereo turned up but rust is the killer if you can't weld if you can buy an mot fail and repair much cheaper.
Had a v8 es too but I regret selling that to much to talk about it

Nissan.... Japanese reliability I had an old leaf sprung patrol but parts were hard to come by for my year again juicy but my one was a 3.0td

Freelander td4 well bloody good on fuel fits in car parks (not for much longer mind) drives well easy to work on will be getting offroad action and towing my boat

Lots to choose from 😀
Insurance try Adrian flux not to bad for young drivers just make sure it's a brand name you use. A bud of mines lad had £3000 quid taken from him by a fake company of course never got it back
Goid luck and pics for inspiration

Woops put the landy pic in the wrong place

Thanks again for the replies- really helpful.

I got a quote from adrian flux for £2.2k so getting slightly better, any tips on getting it down further?


The bloke reckons that it is diesel not petrol, cold the td4 badge have come off?

Oh and it's in south wales.


Cheers

HenryF said:

The bloke reckons that it is diesel not petrol, cold the td4 badge have come off?

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Could have I suppose. Its not some left over L Series car registered late after production? They had no diesel badging. Is it auto? The L Series wasn't available (I think) in auto. Mind you I think the L Series didn't come with clear front indicators - they were yelllow. Need a pic of the engine bay.

DVLA recon its a diesel of 1951cc taxed till October and MOTed till September. So is 1951cc a TD4?

Mine is a td4 but it's not badged as one anywhere on the car
It a 51plate my next door neighbour has a 54 plate face lift and that does have td4 badges

Maybe someone skipped the kseries and put an lseries in it?
Try getting it on a commercial insurance not sure it's allowed with the rear seats tho or not?