What car: 4wd bargains?

[warp9]

Hi All
The mrs is due to give birth with our first one at the end of Jan and to be honest I'm a bit paranoid about her popping in the middle of a nasty snowy spell, which our E46 330 tourer was shockingly bad at dealing with last year. So I'm thinking a cheap 4wd to hack around the winter in might be just the ticket.

Criteria - no more than £3k ish (bangernomics is good!), 4wd, preferably manual.

That's it! Anything from modified Disco's, quattro's, Scoobies is all fair game.

Over to you guys.

[BlueMR2]

Just buy some winter tyres.

[nonuts]

BlueMR2 said:

Just buy some winter tyres.

This.

[Happy82]

Can you not trade in your current car and get a good example of a 4x4 vehicle fitted with all-season M&S tyres rather than going for something cheap and risking large bills to repair it?

Or just go for a good set of winter tyres and snow chains.

[amdowney]

I bought a cracking Audi A4 1.9tdi Quattro Sport Avant for just over £4k last month (has a few gaps in stampbook recently). I had the same with my old 328ci, it was utterly useless!

[miniman]

nonuts said:

BlueMR2 said:

Just buy some winter tyres.

This.

Jeez, the man has concocted a watertight reason for indulging in some off road antics and you're suggesting winter tyres? Shame on you both.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Range-Rover-2-4TD-Bobtai...

Get it bought.

[warp9]

nonuts said:

BlueMR2 said:

Just buy some winter tyres.

This.

I know this is the sensible option, but I guess I'm looking for an excuse to buy something cheap and fun!!

[Rsohyes]

Pulsar GTiR

[PlugUgly]

This and snow tyres would be pretty decent. My parents have had one for nigh on a decade and it's never needed anything doing to it.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

Or perhaps this?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

[deeen]

miniman said:

Jeez, the man has concocted a watertight reason for indulging in some off road antics and you're suggesting winter tyres? Shame on you both.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Range-Rover-2-4TD-Bobtai...

Get it bought.

I think he was hoping to use it on-road, as well?

[rb5er]

Impreza, evo4 or gt4.

[miniman]

deeen said:

miniman said:

Jeez, the man has concocted a watertight reason for indulging in some off road antics and you're suggesting winter tyres? Shame on you both.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Range-Rover-2-4TD-Bobtai...

Get it bought.

I think he was hoping to use it on-road, as well?

I've taxed worse.

[warp9]

PlugUgly said:

Or perhaps this?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

I've no experience of Rav4's - any good? An old bosses wife used to drive one, so have a bit of a hairdresser feel about them! Looks good from that angle though.

[rb5er]

Ermm they are toilet. not exactly an evo.

[Sods Law]

the best car I have had in the snow was a £1400 clio sport 172, It only stopped when I litterally beached it

[rallycross]

Bora v6'4 motion
Passat 2.8'4 motion estate

[richardxjr]

If you can find a Forester XT in budget, you've done well. Hilarious performance!

Currently under budget, a manual one, this sort of thing

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Subaro-Forester-2-0XT-20...

[W00DY]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...


http://pistonheads.com/sales/3147102.htm


http://pistonheads.com/sales/3138105.htm

Edited by W00DY on Monday 17th October 22:18

[SVS]

rallycross said:

Bora v6'4 motion
Passat 2.8'4 motion estate

[How old] are those within budget?

[richardxjr]

Crikey, that S4 Avant is cheap! You'll want winters for that too though, mine was useless on summer low profiles.