Not legally binding - there has clearly been a error (deliberate or otherwise) with the price. Regardless of any myths around legislation that forces sellers to transact at erroneous prices, they always have the option not to sell at all - i.e. the withdraw the car from sale. At the end of the...

Average speed camera's rather than those which work at a fixed point are usually signed as such and distinguishable as they have one camera per lane - they can be front or rear facing. On motorways they are usually only used on a temporary basis in roadworks. On motorways with variable speed...

I was getting approx 33-34 mpg mixed town/country. This has risen by about 3-4 mpg since I took the INSA TURBO Rangers off and back on road tyres. I have a heavy right foot as well... (TD4 FL1 '02)

Unlikely - the fuel pressure regulator is like a 3-port valve, it constantly bleeds off fuel through a tank return to control the pressure in the fuel rail, at tickover more fuel will be being bled off than sent to the engine.

My experience is that the cheap "RING" bulbs you get at garages and the Halfords own brand are rubbish. Paid £8.99 for a AA spare bulb kit and the headlamp in that lasted only 3 weeks. I have since fitted Phillips bulbs (which were actually Volvo OE and in a Volvo box - bought at an...

I don't know the history as well as others on here but in my mind the TD4 (BMW M47 engine) was more modern and more refined that the Rover L-series. However it was never designed to fit into the Freelander and the Freelander was never designed to accept it, so there are some issues (i.e. needs...

Getting rid of the tax disc and going to an online system I understand - it's only what they did with MOT certificates a few years back. I also get why they will not allow tax to transfer when the car is sold - this will encourage sellers to send the V5 off immediately, even when trading to a...

I'm sure you have but for the avoidance of any doubt - you have released the handbrake? With all four wheels off the ground, the engine running and car in 1st gear, look underneath the car and look at the VCU. - If the propshaft from the gearbox to the VCU is not turning, you have a knackered...

This is well documented, suggest you search this forum and YouTube for Wheel Up Test. But if you have the car on stands with all four wheels in the air, put the car into first with the engine ticking over and all four wheels should spin (assuming you don't have brake binding issues).

That is probably best described as a "well accepted rule of thumb" used by the caravanning community where they are not only towing large, heavy objects but they are much more vulnerable to aerodynamics and wind forces. It's not law.

See my second post with reference to VOSA website. PS - I'm not trying to knock anyone I would just like clarity on this for my own interests. I agree the messages are very confusing...

From VOSA's gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/193236/A_guide_for_horsebox_and_trailer_owners.pdf On page 18: "It is perfectly acceptable for a goods vehicle to be used with a maximum plated train weight of less than the combined plated...

Can you clarify what you mean - MAM (maximum authorised mass) I take to mean the total weight of vehicle + load + trailer + load and should never be exceeded. Did you mean maximum gross weight of the trailer?

I would just like to correct myself here because what I said was wrong - having since done some reading and consulted local traffic plod - the actual gross trailer weight is used. i.e. if you have a 3.5T stamped trailer with 1t unladen weight you could put 900kg load on it and tow legally with...

I think the problem is that most people selling Freelanders with props removed seem to be under the utterly mistaken belief that they have improved it and hence won't discount it to cover the repairs. There is little to beat Freelanders (with traction control) on muddy farm tracks, I have got...

Yes, you can continue to display the tax disc if you wish but you don't have to after 1st Oct. If you sell the car after 1st Oct, when you send the V5 in you will automatically receive a refund for all full months left on the tax. If you sell the car on the 2nd of the month, you won't get a...

It's going to be interesting. I think the motivation behind the changes is that it encourages the seller to update and send off the V5 as soon as they have sold the vehicle as they will get a refund for every full month of TAX left on it, the longer they leave it the less they get. The quicker...

Great to see someone with a Freelander getting out and having some fun and using it for what it was designed for and what it is good at. Did a bit of laning in January near me, including one very muddy track alongside a field which I got across in my '02 TD4 on road tyres albeit very slowly and...

It's been covered on these pages a few times - since Feb of this year a diesel car of any year should fail if it was originally fitted with either a catalyst or DPF which has been removed - there is no myth about it. However, some MOT testers are relaxed over the new rules and the Ministry has...

When you say revving at 5000 rpm, is that your tickover? If so you have a throttle problem, and I think it's fair to say it is not roadworthy.... Don't take this as a dig but are you confident about what you have done/are doing?