98 Diesels, any good?

[steve@offroadin]

Wifey is on about a freelander again, budget of £4k, seems to be 98/99 DI money. Are they a safe bet or a bag of poo? I know the TD4 is better but to expensive at the mo and I aint doing a K series

[Cobies]

I've had my 99 xedi for about 6 months now, nothing to expensive went wrong yet, and I like it. Brace yourself for everyone telling you to save for td4, ok in an ideal world. My situ meant i had to save for a while for my di so didn't want to wait any longer.
check the car out first of course but i dont see anything bad about my car, i love to drive it (havent really enjoyed driving for years pre landy) and it seems to like being driven.

i'm no expert but i hope that helps

[Deleted]

I've got a 98.................she is a good girl most of the time. But I have had a new clutch, new ABS ECU, New VCU for the Prop. The heatercore leaks water. There is something wrong with the ABS (but no one knows what).......................But apart from that it's a good car, she has done over 115000 miles so I can't expect the earth I guess............mind you I do :evilgrin:

[Blippie]

The engines have reputaion for being bomb proof. It's the same Perkins Prima engine that was used in Sherpa vans, the Maestro and Montego, and the Rover 200/400, etc.

OK, so they are not glamour cars, but if you think how popular the Montego was with minicabbers you get an impression of its reliability over hundreds of thousands of miles.

Cheers

Blippie