Rather than start a new thread, I though I'd bump this ancient one.
I live in a rural area and drive 100-300km most weeks. I sometimes tow a small car on a trailer or the odd load of firewood etc. I also do a little offroading but not full on rock-hopping. Muddy forest trails with the odd bog hole, dirt roads and similar. There are lots of these to explore where I live.
I don't want a huge 4x4 as we already have one of those as a family car. This car will mostly be just for when I am by myself.
Freelander 2 Diesels with a few kays on them seem to be a really good deal, on paper anyway. Cheap for what they are. Good economy, good power to weight, and they look great. While I'm a bit suspicious of the witchcraft of the "Terrain Response" system, from reading online reports it seems it will do what I need offroad. The towing capacity is also high enough to handle the towing I do.
What online reports won't tell you though, is what these cars are like when they get old.
Hence I am interested to hear from people who have put 250,000+km on a Freelander 2 2.2 Diesel. What problems have you had, how expensive were they to fix etc?
Thanks,
Brett.
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