Tyrer banks

Can you recommend a brand of replacement tyres for my Freelander – 51,000 miles on the clock - most long journeys to and from the Scottish Highlands from our home in Lincolnshire, often towing a fully...

Four by flaw

As some manufacturers fit bigger and bigger wheels as standard, ride quality gets worse and worse. We live in a part of the country prone to flooding, and so we have a 4x4 for its 'wading' ability. The...

Fraud consoled

I recently replied to an Auto Trader on-line ad for a Land Rover Defender. Despite taking as many precautions as possible, including viewing at the seller's home (name and address on V5), doing an HPI...

Surprising Discovery

My daughter and her family have been living in Tokyo for over 2 years where they have a Discovery 3 bought when they arrived. It has proved an ideal car for carrying around their 3 children and all their...

Wheel question: What's the insurance implication?

I own an 06 model Range Rover Sport that came on 20" Continental Summer tyres which are rubbish for anything other than road-driving! As I have horses and tow a trailer, and with last November/December...

Waits and measures

I would welcome your advice on which 4x4 to choose. I intend to purchase new and keep the car for 10 years during which time I estimate I will drive 150,000 miles. I want a diesel engine and automatic...

Driving me Knuts

In early September I visited Guy Salmon my local Land Rover dealer in Knutsford having read a good review of the new Discovery 4. There was a very nice example in the showroom and I requested literature...

Pull over

I’m looking for some pointers towards a new car. I’m about to purchase a mid-sized caravan and want to trade in the wife’s 04 Golf 2.0 TDI for a 4x4. We will only be towing 3-4 times a year so the car...

Freeland’s just another word for…

A year ago I started to experience slow deflation of the tyres on my then 4 year old Freelander which has 18” alloys. My local tyre dealer (ATS Euromaster) found a slow puncture in one tyre but they...

Drip freed

At the moment, LandRover has two finance agreements. The one I am interested in is 0% finance where you put down half the value of the car and then pay the second half off in two years time. I have a Freelander...