It's not an 06MY with a 2505kg gvw though.

I notice on Microcat some alloy wheels have part numbers specific to 2006 Model Year, wonder if this is due to the higher GVW of the Td4 and V6. The drivers handbook states that 15" wheels are only fitted to the 1.8 with the normal GVW.

Don't know if it's still the same, but LR used to give the supplying dealership a bonus if the buyer took the car back there for it's first service, indicating the customer was happy with them. Back in the late nineties it was about £500 to £1500, depending on model.

Shows why there's so much leeway on Freelander speedometers with up to 4 different tyre options on some wheels.

On the download version of microcat you can input the reg number or vin to get the build info, yours built 1/9/2005 Dealers often upgraded base models that LR had sent them for their stock.

Basic commercial if no air-con.

Your VIN tells you what Model Year car you have, 1A###### is a 2001MY, 2A###### a 2002MY, etc. Date of registration is not accurate for MY as a car could have been sat for months before being sold and registered with the DVLA

Have the Michelins in stock 17" size on our lasses Fl, and larger 15" Kumho KL78 AT's on mine. Can't really fault either, good all year round.

But good enough for on road use in the snow up in the Pennines. The OP says he may only want to go up to 60 profile wintery tyres not massive off road ones.

Michelin Latitude Cross were standard fit on Defender steel wheels and are available in 225/55 r17

Remove the egr valve, clean it out, and refit it. Then block the vacuum pipe off to disable it. Did this to mine 9 years ago and it's been as clean as a whistle since, I also did the crankcase vent mod as well.

Remove the indicator relay and see if it goes out, contacts might be shorting just enough to power the low watt bulb.

The Becker unit fitted in a Freelander was also fitted by Ferrari and Porche, it's possible a third party is producing map updates for the posh folk.

There is someone selling 2015 satnav discs for a tenner on a few of the fb groups.

If it's the nearside drive shaft it's the gearbox oil that needs topping up, don't know about changing the bearing on the gearbox side though.

This thread from 2007... https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/freelander-td4-2003-snapping-wheel-studs.46107/

There's been threads about rear wheel studs snapping due to that

If the brake pads are well worn the caliper will have closed up and will clear the wheel. Been threads over the years on calipers catching after new pads fitted.

Wouldn't connect anything to the handbrake switch in case it feeds back to the CCU/Instrument pack. You could fit second switch.

Disconnect the MAF sensor so it runs on default settings.