What's the catch with buying a cheap Landrovers

[OwlHoot]

Viewing the used Landrovers for sale here, ordered by price from low to high, some seem remarkably cheap for their mileage and general appearance.

I wondered if there was a catch. I mean do they have 8 litre engines that guzzle fuel like a parched camel at a water hole? Or do they cost £3000 a year to service?

Any ideas?

[Uncle Albert]

They may have fixed them since, but my sister had one about 7 years ago from new. Once the warranty finished it started needing some very expensive maintenance.

[proggy]

Viewing the used Landrovers for sale here, ordered by price from low to high, some seem remarkably cheap for their mileage and general appearance.

I wondered if there was a catch. I mean do they have 8 litre engines that guzzle fuel like a parched camel at a water hole? Or do they cost £3000 a year to service?

Any ideas?

As soon as you hand over your 50k the thing you bought will drop in price each day, and it will guzzle fuel costing you even more as well as the high road tax and expensive repairs. Stupid investment.

[Mich the Tester]

Viewing the used Landrovers for sale here, ordered by price from low to high, some seem remarkably cheap for their mileage and general appearance.

I wondered if there was a catch. I mean do they have 8 litre engines that guzzle fuel like a parched camel at a water hole? Or do they cost £3000 a year to service?

Any ideas?

I think the catch is that you´ll look like a gangsta rap wannabe.

[Mich the Tester]

You could buy a really nice car for a lot less.

[mudskipper]

Place up the road from me does them.

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[DaveB]

They are far from economical on fuel and the early Freelanders are known to suffer from reliability problems.

[DimPrawn]

Which model are you looking at would help?

[Zippy]

The petrol engined ones are very expensive to run(get diesel) , a new set of tyres will be at least £600, the insurance for mine was £800 ten feckin years ago (clean licence)) and a service (required frequently) was around £400. So, cheap to buy, but expensive to run.
If you have the money - get one

[Cliphead]

New or old one of the most unreliable cars around. A mate bought a new Freelander a year ago, it was back to the garage three times in the first month to get faults fixedand apparently that's the norm.