Which 4x4 for light off road use - 7 seats...
Discussion
Afternoon gents.
Just after some advice as I'm a bit lost in the minefield of the second hand car market.
I'll keep it brief... need a 4x4 for light off road use, ie soggy fields, potentially frozen/lightly snowed on dirt tracks. Also for towing and family camping holidays.
It has to be a 7 seater as I have 4 kids, and the budget is approx £4K, could go a bit higher, but no more than 5.
My thoughts -
Land cruiser Colorado - like them, if the rumours are true it should be a reliable thing. Hard to find in VX spec within budget, and I'd like leather. Not a lot to dislike but £4K doesn't buy a particularly great example!
Discovery 2 - Love the classic shape. Easy to find a good spec'd one. Very tempting but internet horror stories of rear end rot and general issues is a bit scarey!
Mitsubishi Shogun circa 2003/4 - quite like these. Other than the rear bench seat being a single piece all or nothing affair, I can see much wrong with them except for the common cam chain pulley issue which is easily sorted with some preventative maintainence!
Volvo XC90 - I like these in principle but everything I've researched suggests XC90s in this budget would be ruinous due to gearbox borkage, prop shaft spline issues and electric gremlins.
So what do the Off-road beards of PH think?
Thanks in advance.
Just after some advice as I'm a bit lost in the minefield of the second hand car market.
I'll keep it brief... need a 4x4 for light off road use, ie soggy fields, potentially frozen/lightly snowed on dirt tracks. Also for towing and family camping holidays.
It has to be a 7 seater as I have 4 kids, and the budget is approx £4K, could go a bit higher, but no more than 5.
My thoughts -
Land cruiser Colorado - like them, if the rumours are true it should be a reliable thing. Hard to find in VX spec within budget, and I'd like leather. Not a lot to dislike but £4K doesn't buy a particularly great example!
Discovery 2 - Love the classic shape. Easy to find a good spec'd one. Very tempting but internet horror stories of rear end rot and general issues is a bit scarey!
Mitsubishi Shogun circa 2003/4 - quite like these. Other than the rear bench seat being a single piece all or nothing affair, I can see much wrong with them except for the common cam chain pulley issue which is easily sorted with some preventative maintainence!
Volvo XC90 - I like these in principle but everything I've researched suggests XC90s in this budget would be ruinous due to gearbox borkage, prop shaft spline issues and electric gremlins.
So what do the Off-road beards of PH think?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks for the suggestions gents.
Only 2 Pathfinders in budget, both nails. Really like Pathfinders but realistically they're out of budget.
Can find any Commanders with 7 seats, was it an option?
The Qashqui+2 is over budget, but it searching for it did put the Terrano on the radar.
Only 2 Pathfinders in budget, both nails. Really like Pathfinders but realistically they're out of budget.
Can find any Commanders with 7 seats, was it an option?
The Qashqui+2 is over budget, but it searching for it did put the Terrano on the radar.
Thank you for taking the time to give me such a comprehensive response. Shoguns do seem good value with a lot of car for the money. Must admit I struggle slightly with the image issues you mention, but at the end of the day if it fits the bill for my purposes, I think I can get over that.
Thanks for the usual and expected suggestions 30bhp! Small seats aren't an issue as all the are between 4 and 10 years old so small seats will be fine for a fair few years.
As it happens today I stuck what appears to be the ultimate compromise vehicle - Volvo XC70 with optional 7 seats.
It's the D5 163 lump so powerful enough for the family bus, frugal, 4x4 enough for the light use I need it for.
If I can find a good one I think it may be a short term option until funds increase for a proper big boys 4x4.
As it happens today I stuck what appears to be the ultimate compromise vehicle - Volvo XC70 with optional 7 seats.
It's the D5 163 lump so powerful enough for the family bus, frugal, 4x4 enough for the light use I need it for.
If I can find a good one I think it may be a short term option until funds increase for a proper big boys 4x4.
This is the one I found. Happy to post the link as I'm not in a position to buy for about 6 weeks or so.
Agreed it's strong money, but they're worth what someone will pay and he XC70 has a strong following.
And also agree about suitable tyres... I shall be starting a thread in a few months asking about decent road biased car tyres with a bit of off road capability!
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
Agreed it's strong money, but they're worth what someone will pay and he XC70 has a strong following.
And also agree about suitable tyres... I shall be starting a thread in a few months asking about decent road biased car tyres with a bit of off road capability!
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
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