Which Freelander to buy - sub £6,000?

freelaner said:

you ever had one? no
ever worked on one? no
ever worked on any engine? yes

know what yer on about? to a degree

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Freelaner said:

i bow to your superior knowledge of the subject then

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strange_days said:

Good to see you've finally learnt your place

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Jongould said:

The dowels melting is down to the use of plastic alignment dowles in the head, these use to go out of line and pul the head off center, was a problem they fixed later.

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Jongould said:

So the options are:

Freelander - You wont have 4WD for long and your doors will fall off

Discovery - Luxury offroading but you will need to buy a welder

Defender - Will go anywhere but will be a cold, leaky, miserable existence

So to summarise, buy a Shogan...

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Jongould said:

The K series is reknown for it throughout the industry, we have done plenty over the years and have seen a high proportion of rovers suffer this fate compared to other engines, it doesnt mean they all will but it is a really bad design fault.

The dowels melting is down to the use of plastic alignment dowles in the head, these use to go out of line and pul the head off center, was a problem they fixed later.

Dont get me wrong, the K-series is a fantastic engine, its just got a major flaw, if it wasn't for that then it would have been one of the most popular engines of all time...

As for the new TD4, well, all new engines are rubbsih as its al eletrical crap trying to control emissions and that stuff, the TD4 is a bit worse than most but they are all as bad...

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defender300td1 said:

Erm excuse me ! Don't forget range rover

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Jongould said:

Oh sorry, I forgot that, let me update that for yah...

Freelander - You wont have 4WD for long and your doors will fall off

Discovery - Luxury offroading but you will need to buy a welder

Defender - Will go anywhere but will be a cold, leaky, miserable existence

Range Rover - Ultimate luxury, Ultimate fuel costs, Ultimate repair costs

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Freelaner said:

There will, of course, be the costs of the Chauffer to be taken into account anorl

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Dr_evil said:

That can be fixed by getting a slave instead

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