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[biggriffin]

No it's petrol. It drives fine, no problems apart from the smell.

Well at £150 its a disposable car, if you get 6 weeks out of it be quids in. Just don't be surprised when it blows the HG 

There fixed it.

[Kate]

It's tested until September. I just couldn't bare another mot.

[Viral_Jim]

For 150 notes. Yup I would say a bargain!

[terry paget]

HG on a k-series isn't  bad though if you watch them and catch em early. Also iirc an Uprated gasket is available that helps prevent the issue re-occurring.

I suspect it's the same engine as in daughter-in-law's Rover Streetwise, alloy block with wet liners, plastic inlet manifold, HG failed on Emma's car before she met Ben, and a roving mechanic replaced it with the new 'superior' laminated stainless steel gasket. She was always topping up the coolant, and she kept it going until Tom was born, when it stood unused for 4 weeks. Then engine would not start, or even turn over. With help from this forum I found water in no. 1, so took it apart.

I found the cylinder liners were flush with the block, not proud of it, so replaced the gasket with an elastomer gasket, as advised by Streetwise Forum. Car is still holding coolant 14 months later. HG kit cost £80, easier job than on Jonny's Omega 2.2.

I drove a Freelander in Canada, nice car, Kate. I hope it lasts you many years.

[Kate]

Thanks Terry.

There a lots of roads were I live which are narrow and in terrible condition. I was out in the Freelander yesterday, on some of these bad roads, and it handled them really well. I thinks it's a good choice of vehicle for here.

This is one of the better roads.

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Can you even class that as a road 

[zirk]

Why has it got a clothes dryer bolted to the roof rack.

or is a Multi Frequency Aerial for calling International Rescue. 

[Kate]

That's my CB radio aerial.

[terry paget]

Thanks Terry.

There a lots of roads were I live which are narrow and in terrible condition. I was out in the Freelander yesterday, on some of these bad roads, and it handled them really well. I thinks it's a good choice of vehicle for here.

This is one of the better roads.

That's the sort of road I recall from my rallying days. We young fools spent our weekends racing around such lanes, usually at night. If the car got a bit sideways it left the gravelly bit and wandered on to the green stuff it went out of control and through the hedge. At least in that deep lane it would be contained.

[Kate]

Is this you Terry?

[BazaJT]

Absolutely amazing Wonder what if anything was going through their minds to make them believe that was a good idea

[Nick W]

Absolutely amazing Wonder what if anything was going through their minds to make them believe that was a good idea

The public are good at it. Then when you arrive with a truck to 'rescue' them the first thing they say is how are you going to get it out of there without damaging it? The correct answer is I guarantee I won't damage the truck!!!

[STEMO]

Absolutely amazing Wonder what if anything was going through their minds to make them believe that was a good idea

Obviously it wasn't the Renault drivers fault because the Astra driver is female.

[Crazycarzowner]

Absolutely amazing Wonder what if anything was going through their minds to make them believe that was a good idea

The public are good at it. Then when you arrive with a truck to 'rescue' them the first thing they say is how are you going to get it out of there without damaging it? The correct answer is I guarantee I won't damage the truck!!!

 

Really makes me laugh when the recovery truck arrives Nick's right, the faces on the numpties involved when their cars get ripped apart loaded on to the truck.  Even when the bump they've been involved in has completely trashed their car they don't want it to be 'damaged' 

[Nick W]

Absolutely amazing Wonder what if anything was going through their minds to make them believe that was a good idea

The public are good at it. Then when you arrive with a truck to 'rescue' them the first thing they say is how are you going to get it out of there without damaging it? The correct answer is I guarantee I won't damage the truck!!!

 

Really makes me laugh when the recovery truck arrives Nick's right, the faces on the numpties involved when their cars get ripped apart loaded on to the truck.  Even when the bump they've been involved in has completely trashed their car they don't want it to be 'damaged' 

Numpty is not the recovery industry term!