extreme-4x4
30-09-2008, 22:42
hi just bough a ford maverick swb on a R reg, and i have to say i prefer it to my 06 plate freelander. although the seats are good but not as nice as the landrover
on the plus side it does really pull away better than the guttless landy .
its not noticeably more juicy than the landy , in fact i actualy think its cheeper to run , because the maverick has this lovelly whistling noise that tells you your throwing fivers out of the window. so i tend to drive it without letting the turbo go too much
with the freelander the excelerator has to be in the ON possition to get it to move , so i think im saving money
i paid 920 quid for the old girl as a trade sale from a garage, i prefer buying this way as they tend to let you have a good test drive and they seem to have less to hide, if they are crap they just shove them in auction . so you have won half the battle before you have started
she is showing 138k which... ok its high , but it sounds sweet and its a big jap deisel engine with no smoke and pulls well if anything she is a tiny bit tappy when cold starting but its very tiny and will be sorted when i get it serviced
she had really dull (white cloudy) red paintwork that has pollished up like new with a days work and a bottle of turtle wax
so id say all in all a good buy. im even concidering ditching the landy and getting a lwb for the wife.
the doughter bought a terrano from ebay a couple of weeks back in fact the same day i got mine , she wanted something for off roading up in the mountains with friends so she got one with big wheels and a winch etc, and she has said it goes everywhere, the first night out she blew a tyre off the rim, but she does drive them hard and they just have no fear at that age, i went out a couple of nights later with them and beleive me these kids can seriously drive . her only trouble is she has the winch and spends most of the time pulling vitaras and sj's out of the lakes . because we have found nothing too much for these terrano/ maverick's
i will try and do some vidio's or pics to upload
just please dont tell her where to get a snorkel....she will drown herself 8O
on the plus side it does really pull away better than the guttless landy .
its not noticeably more juicy than the landy , in fact i actualy think its cheeper to run , because the maverick has this lovelly whistling noise that tells you your throwing fivers out of the window. so i tend to drive it without letting the turbo go too much
with the freelander the excelerator has to be in the ON possition to get it to move , so i think im saving money
i paid 920 quid for the old girl as a trade sale from a garage, i prefer buying this way as they tend to let you have a good test drive and they seem to have less to hide, if they are crap they just shove them in auction . so you have won half the battle before you have started
she is showing 138k which... ok its high , but it sounds sweet and its a big jap deisel engine with no smoke and pulls well if anything she is a tiny bit tappy when cold starting but its very tiny and will be sorted when i get it serviced
she had really dull (white cloudy) red paintwork that has pollished up like new with a days work and a bottle of turtle wax
so id say all in all a good buy. im even concidering ditching the landy and getting a lwb for the wife.
the doughter bought a terrano from ebay a couple of weeks back in fact the same day i got mine , she wanted something for off roading up in the mountains with friends so she got one with big wheels and a winch etc, and she has said it goes everywhere, the first night out she blew a tyre off the rim, but she does drive them hard and they just have no fear at that age, i went out a couple of nights later with them and beleive me these kids can seriously drive . her only trouble is she has the winch and spends most of the time pulling vitaras and sj's out of the lakes . because we have found nothing too much for these terrano/ maverick's
i will try and do some vidio's or pics to upload
just please dont tell her where to get a snorkel....she will drown herself 8O