geordiemick Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 (edited) Was looking at getting a 07/08/09 plate freelander 2 its got to serve as a work car for the misses also a family car for the kids and finally a shooting car for myself does anyone on here have any feedback on them or owns one ?? Edited February 5, 2012 by geordiemick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar_uk Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 I've got a 57 plate Freelander 2, had it for almost two years now and have had no issues with it at all. Gets used for my commute down to London every week and for work, at the weekend it's used for shooting etc so gets off road use and is usually in a mess and has a whiff of wet dog about it lol ! Averaging about 36mpg, it's a manual box but with hindsight I would prefer an automatic but then apparently the mpg suffers a bit from that. Never got stuck in mud, snow or whatever I've put it through and it's now done about 63,000 miles and never missed a beat. Might be worth checking out www.freel2.com as there are some knowledgeable Freelander owners on there who can give you some good pointers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiemick Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Cheers radar sounds promising, will give them a look, yours hasnt suffered the steering rack problem or something to do with a resivoir that ive read so much about?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar_uk Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 The only two slight issues I've had we're a faulty cigarette lighter socket and an annoying clunk from the drivers door when accelerating and braking, this turned out to be a known issue and I got the fix from the website I mentioned before and they were both sorted in warranty. Apart from those which were only niggles the car has been faultless, fitted her with General Grabber AT's a few month ago and she's even better in the mud and snow now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiemick Posted February 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 Surely there's more than one person on here with a freelander 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 Surely there's more than one person on here with a freelander 2 nah, most guys have more sense than that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiemick Posted February 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 Not the reply i was looking for, funny though :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksharp Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 I've got one, it's a 59 plate manual. Computer is showing 26mpg but I tow a lot and do a lot of short journeys. On a good run, I can get 500 miles to a tank. Had a few issues, mainly the steering lock stopping it from starting first time, this was fixed with an update. It had a new clutch in November at 28k, they said it was worn due to towing, but on inspection the clutch was like and it's a common fault with carbon dust stopping the adjusters adjust. It's the basic version so no terrain response but I've never got it stuck and always felt confident enough that it will get me where I need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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