As per my other post , wifey is looking for a white car or whatever , been perusing the AT site for a few hours , looked at various cars Inifiniti FX's , Mercs , Another XF , Jeeps , Audi's and Beamers but came across these Freelander 2's , anyone of you gents on here had one , are they any good or are they just the same as the Sports and L322 in terms of reliability .....

TIA

IMHO Mick, they are great cars! They are comfortable, quite powerful and rewarding to drive... The JLR gods chose this platform for the EWOK for good reason pal!

Don’t get me wrong, its NO FFRR replacement! NEVER!!! But, in its own right

Cheers Craig , mostly for SWMBO'd to run around about in with 2 grandkids and their luggage ... Double buggy and such .. Been looking for days for something to replace her Merc GL .... Looked at numerous different marques ...

Plus it doesn't help matters when she can't be arsed going to look at specific motors ..... But if it were Gucci sh.ite and other designer crap she would be there in a jiffy

We've got an i6 HSE which we've had for a year now and are very pleased with it. It's comfy, reasonably quick, and corners well for the size of it. The i6 engine is lovely and smooth too.

Agree with what Craig says, it's definitely not something to replace a FF, but to run along side one, it's a great car.

David. 2002 4.6 Vogue SE - Alveston Red with Lightstone Leather
2007 Range Rover Supercharged in Java Black with Ivory Leather
2012 Range Rover 5.0 SC Autobiography in Indus Silver with Jet/Ivory Interior
2012 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography in Baltic Blue with Sand Interior

And with the new Disco Sport now out, prices should be heading in the right direction.

Unfortunately its a Land Rover so budget for a rear diff repair. Was going to be where I went after a FF but not so sure now I have spent some time on the freelander 2 forum. Mine was a blue one!

My wife has a 10 plate HSE, with 70k miles it is a great car, I also use one at work.

Both cars have been trouble free barring an sensor failure on my wife's car. (DPF temperature)


They are a vast improvement over the Freelander one!!

The same platform is used on the replacement Discovery Sport, but wheelbase stretched a bit, the new engines are due out now/soon replacing the Ford/Peugeot 2.2 lump.

They are great to drive, but as said no FF. Regards
Royston

2008 4.2 Supercharged Autobiography
1994 Classic Vogue SE
1999 Rover BRM
1987 Rover Vitesse Twin Plenum

Had one for about 3 years (owned from 60-somethingk to around 130k) - early 56-plate. Great as a smaller LR. Not without their issues but, on the whole, considerably less costly to own than the larger vehicles. Only thing that went wrong on mine was the PAS pump and rack.

Mine was written off in an accident while towing a horse trailer (complete with horse) and the protection offered was excellent.

(For anyone interested - We were hit between the trailer and car from behind by the third party. Spun 180 degrees and the trailer came over, nearly swiping another vehicle and ending up upside down in the hedge. All 3 vehicles involved plus the trailer were written off but everyone involved, horse included, came out as good as unscathed! ) Visiting from DISCO3.CO.UK
Discovery 3 TDV6 Auto HSE Zambezi Silver

Thanks for the replies Gents .... Typical woman she has now changed her mind ... She just ought to get a 44 seater as there are hundreds of them driving about all owned by local bus company

Looks like a German marque again

Dooooohhhhhhhhhhh

Ah well she finally made her mind up .....

Merc GL went bye bye yesterday ...........

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