RE: Shed Of The Week: Land Rover Freelander

[soad]

No, thanks.

Engine went pop, gearbox gone pop too.

[Clivey]

The reason the VCUs fail is because no bugger bothers having the fluid changed. I don't know whether they're actually told to in the service schedule, though.

[yellowbentines]

A friend of a friend once spoke to a bloke who met Jeremy Clarkson once and his gardener's wife had one of these that exploded every morning and killed her 8 times in the first year of ownership.

Poor shed, cant we just have an old man Volvo-Merc-BMW shed on constant rotation.

This place is going to the dogs..Haymarket are corporate nazis....boo hoo boo hoo.

You dont HAVE to buy it. Its meant to be light hearted Friday reading, not financial advice of how to invest a grand in an appreciating asset.

[pSyCoSiS]

Prawnboy said:

benjj said:

This is quite close to me.

Will 994 other people join me in chipping in a quid to buy it? If so I'll take it to a local quarry and push the useless piece of st into the water with the windows open.

Hateful conveyance.

LOL- you've got my quid.

I like this chain of thought. I think we are onto something here.

How about a FTSOTW - fk the Shed of the Week.

Get the worse rated / most hated SOTW cars and have them crushed, smashed, drowned, etc?!

There are plenty of people on here who can spare £1 per week. Or upto £5.

Sorry, that's just my sadistic side coming out!!!

[Blackpuddin]

yellowbentines said:

A friend of a friend once spoke to a bloke who met Jeremy Clarkson once and his gardener's wife had one of these that exploded every morning and killed her 8 times in the first year of ownership.

Poor shed, cant we just have an old man Volvo-Merc-BMW shed on constant rotation.

This place is going to the dogs..Haymarket are corporate nazis....boo hoo boo hoo.

You dont HAVE to buy it. Its meant to be light hearted Friday reading, not financial advice of how to invest a grand in an appreciating asset.

[r11co]

Just...., NO!

For no reason other than it is stupid looking.

This is an example of a car that was 'found out' ie. the hype, image, marketing and spec. lead to loads of attention and not a few sales followed by massive disappointment and a reputation in the gutter.

Better cars than this one have ended in landfill.

[chungasarnies]

Probably the worst interior I've ever seen in anything below the late HSEs. Miserable vehicles.

[marshall100]

My mum and dad bought one of these and still run it. I was horrified when they said what they'd bought, and low and behold the head gasket went bang at least twice since they've had it. It now stinks to high heaven of dog, and I can only hope they listen to me next time before they buy such a turgid lump.

st of the week, not shed of the week?

[J4CKO]

Theallotmentman said:

Truly awful car and shed feature. These are the epitome of crap.

Am I on pistonheads today or lostheads?

This is the beauty of Shed, it is like a bag of Revels, today is the nasty Coffee flavoured fker.

[cptsideways]

I think the PH editorial team needs a revamp



Who was guilty of that one!! The idea of shed motoring is billy bargain trouble free motoring thats cheap. That is none of those & the polar opposite to what shed motoring is about. Now if it was a Rav-4 or CR-V for similar money I'd commend you, sadly not I'm afraid to say.


Numpty motoring journo's at their best



Within 5mins of searching I found this as an example http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/suzuki-jimny-/3012498798...

[TypeRTom]

2/10. One point for having a removable roof as the weather is so nice at the moment. The other point for having 4 wheels.

[ecs0set]

yellowbentines said:

A friend of a friend once spoke to a bloke who met Jeremy Clarkson once and his gardener's wife had one of these that exploded every morning and killed her 8 times in the first year of ownership.

Poor shed, cant we just have an old man Volvo-Merc-BMW shed on constant rotation.

This place is going to the dogs..Haymarket are corporate nazis....boo hoo boo hoo.

You dont HAVE to buy it. Its meant to be light hearted Friday reading, not financial advice of how to invest a grand in an appreciating asset.

Here is an advert for a Clutch Master Cylinder for a Fiat Marea: advert

It is interesting to note that the same unit was used on a Lancia Delta and an Alfa 145. The description also states that it also fits a "Lancia Lybra" which is a car with a funny name and even funnier looks ( LMGTFY). Otherwise, despite the fact that it is in some way related to motoring, this advert holds absolutely no interest at all to PH subscribers, except those who happen to own a Fiat Marea, Lancia Delta or Alfa 145 with a dodgy clutch.

This weeks shed fails for the same reason.

Edited to add, a Lancia Lybra would actually be a much better candidate for SOTW! http://en.autode.net/car/4813720

Edited by ecs0set on Friday 25th July 12:37

[siwil1]

Bennet said:

I can't quite imagine what set of motoring needs anyone could ever have where a £1000 freelander would be a logical, sensible answer.

I bot one 3 yrs ago, the totally unloved 1.8 5dr.

The questions it had to answer were what can I put 2 dogs in, go over rough ground walking /working dogs, put rubbish in, keep our family cars away from mud crap etc etc and help out when the BMW wont work in the snow.

Its been fine I service it myself the K series is fine if looked after, its cost me much less over 3 yrs than the Audi A6 its protecting. Total probs over 3yrs clutch slave cylinder and prop shaft bearing.
Yes its a shed, unloved my many as it seems but mine owes me nothing and just keeps on going !

• Touch wood !

[rgracin]

In a moment of madness, I listened to my wife who wanted one of these, and we bought one new. It was crap! Went back to Landrover numerous times to fix a clutch that would bite within a fraction of a mm from the floor. They never fixed it.

It was slow with poor fuel economy, a tiny boot. All things I knew before we bought it, but they just seemed to gorw in size of irritation when it became obvious that there were no redeeming features.

Replaced it after a year with a 5 year old V70 T5. Best thing I ever did. More seats, more speed (a bit!), better fuel economy and bigger boot.

Still cant beleive I agreed to get one!

[rejn]

athol said:

100% mate. The proportions look great too. Something the Pontiac/MR2 Ferrari fakers could learn a thing or two about.

http://www.njuskalo.hr/auti/lancia-delta-yugo-ogla...

Wow - that looks awesome, and only €9k...
A bit of a thread tangent, but does anybody know if it'd be possible to register that in the UK?

[rejn]

pSyCoSiS said:

I like this chain of thought. I think we are onto something here.

How about a FTSOTW - fk the Shed of the Week.

Get the worse rated / most hated SOTW cars and have them crushed, smashed, drowned, etc?!

There are plenty of people on here who can spare £1 per week. Or upto £5.

Sorry, that's just my sadistic side coming out!!!

Put me in for £5 too.

[dbdb]

cptsideways said:

I think the PH editorial team needs a revamp



...The idea of shed motoring is billy bargain trouble free motoring thats cheap. That is none of those & the polar opposite to what shed motoring is about. Now if it was a Rav-4 or CR-V for similar money I'd commend you, sadly not I'm afraid to say...

That's not 'Shedding', that's bangernomics.

Shedding isn't cheap, sensible motoring, it is buying the cheapest, flashest, silliest car with some MOT, for a grand. The best sheds are nearly always those where you instantly think, "What could possibly go wrong".

The gamble is that nothing important ceases to function and that the old thing dies gradually. Thus a Toyota Camry V6 would be a more sensible choice of elderly car than an '88 Maserati Biturbo, but the Biturbo would be a better Shed of the week!

I don't find the Freelander appealing, but it's certainly a talking point. Four pages of comments in a couple of hours! It makes for a more interesting read than most of the Hot hatches which have been featured, at least to me.

[VolvoT5]

J4CKO said:

FFS will someone please find a Yugo 45 to draft in.

My mother had a Yugo 55a when I was a kid. Good little car actually, I would take one over a Freelander for sure.

[dbdb]

VolvoT5 said:

J4CKO said:

FFS will someone please find a Yugo 45 to draft in.

My mother had a Yugo 55a when I was a kid. Good little car actually, I would take one over a Freelander for sure.

I think I would as well!

[gck303]

An alternative perspective:

http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/cars/land-rover/fr...