Got in my L reg Disco today and at first it seemed like the battery was dead. Then I heard some cracking and a smell of smoke under the centre consol under the hand brake area. Then the car started but the hand brake is now locked. I can push it handbrake lever down but it pops back up as though...

Hello I'm new to the forum and have joined because i have the chance of having a land rover. This might sound very strange but a friend of the family offered me her vehicle, but having no cash at the time I did not even look at it as it was out of my price range. Now my mum (God bless her) has...