Faults:

The retro fitted immobiliser broke, but it only cost me £40 to have it removed.

The steering box had a leak and I was quoted £1100 for a new one, but managed to get a 2nd hand unit for £80.

A rear brake cylinder needed replacing as it was leaking and all the brake pipes needed replacing as they were badly corroded. This also meant replacing the fuel pipes as they were so close to the brake pipes.

The front brakes needed stripping to get it through its MOT as there was more of a pull on one side. This cured the noticeable drift to the left when I let go of the wheel.

General Comments:

The car has done many miles, but it came with lots of history. I still enjoy driving it - my first 4 x 4. Bought originally for the seven seat option and because it has loads of space inside without being that much bigger than a large saloon / estate car.

It has never let me down, but maintenance has not been cheap. It has cost about £1,000 during the year I have had it.

Performance is mundane at best. There is some acceleration at about 2,500 revs, but it keeps up with traffic and is great at getting up hills, lots of torque.

There is only just enough room for my 6 foot 7 inch frame and I am unable to stretch out my legs whilst driving, but it has more room than many other similar cars.

The Terrano is practical if not inspiring and seems to be well put together. Everything still works on this one.

Faults:

My vehicle is an ex fleet car and initially looked in great condition except for the plastic mouldings which is scratched deeply.

Dealer warranty (second hand) replacements:

Both front seats.

Clutch and flywheel, had a dimple on it and had excessive idling noise.

Adjust torsion bars as the vehicle had a tendency to roll aggressively on corners, especially left hand corners (right hand drive) and sometimes even over the central divide, not good.

LCD on dashboard with clock, mileometer, temp gauge trip meter, now I have a new car.. ļ the mileometer is back to zero!!

Lose of power, unknown cause, seems to be fixed.

MI malfunction indicator was the rear break switch indicator.

General Comments:

This is my first vehicle of this class, it has oodles of power and on my first trip out I reached 90MPH (145KM/h), luckily it was tea time and the cops were on a break ~~ but this was impressive performance.

Don¡¦t like the seats at all, and I don't like the low driving position. It is somewhat uncomfortable and as I drive a Transit this puppy is a low down drive for me.

But it is great off road and we've taken it into some deep mud and we have to try really hard to slide. We had to use L range in a recently ploughed field which we did not want to drive though, and the machine lifted itself out rather than drove, if you know what I mean.

It has bags of power, the month we took delivery my Transit, fully loaded with about 1.5 tonne ripped her timing belt and broke three valve stems, but we recovered her with the Terrano ~ we towed the whole lot, van and load as if it was not there ~ the mechanic was seriously impressed ~ as I did not know any different it has taken a while for this to sink in.

I am doing 29/31MPH on diesel, mostly urban cycle.