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This car has the abiity to take me whever I want to go and in all weathers
I ran this car for 86,000 and it returned an average of 38.94 (imp) MPG whihc is about 10 MPG better than the Discovery Td5 that it replaced - one of my objectives given the fuel price rises in UK in 2008
After the 2 ton Discovery with similar torque, the Freelander is actually fun to drive. It's nimble in the corners and quite brisk accelerating
The manual trasnmission'sdual mass flywheel and clutch are not robust enough for an SUV. I had a replacment of both at 35,000 miles and OK thereafter but I sense da returning rumble whcih is why I replaced the car. I chose manual trans becuase of the better fuel economy (by at least 5 MPG) and the auto box is not withoutadverse durability reports
Compared with Discovery, Freelander has more limited ground clearnace which can be a concern off road
I am lucky to have a great dealer just 12 miles away. He has well-trained technicians and has always done a good job (even if it took 2 visits). I have bought 3 new cars there and I feel like a valued cusotmer - I am quite technical and they know they cannot "blind me with science"
This is a good car and I will buy another one of the same or similar specifitation
