Freelander TD4 HSE Build date 13th September 2004
I collected it 10 days later and I've driven 92000 miles in it.
Best all round vehicle I've ever owned. I've driven just about every 4X4 you can imagine in ex-war zones on 3 continents and a Freelander was the choice when I decided to buy my own 4X4.
The M47R BMW engine built in Steyr Austria clinched it.
More than enough off-road ability for my purposes. I have driven up tracks that a UK farmer would hesitate to go with a tractor. Only the ground clearance has stopped me - on very, very few occasions.
It's comfortable on long journeys - I often travel over 2000 miles in 4 days, I love driving up (and down) Alpine passes

and visiting old friends in the Balkans, but the daily run before I retired used to be 10 miles to work and 10 miles back. Great for that as well.
Considering my 'press on' driving style it's pretty economical too - I couldn't afford to go on my foreign trips with a bigger LandRover.
I love my Freelander and will keep it - until it or I finally give up.
