after a cheap reliable 4x4
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Im on my second jimny, it's a toy car for me, green laning and train station duties.
I went out with 5 modified land drovers on Salisbury plain last week, the only thing I couldn't do was very deep water, my car is standard apart from all terrain tyres
Really simple little car, great fun.
Whereare you based, welcome to come see mine if in south
Cheers
I went out with 5 modified land drovers on Salisbury plain last week, the only thing I couldn't do was very deep water, my car is standard apart from all terrain tyres
Really simple little car, great fun.
Whereare you based, welcome to come see mine if in south
Cheers
AudiWurst said:
This. I bought a (high mileage) 2004 CRV last year for just over two grand, and it has been a good reliable car.
Rav4, X-trail or Forester would all fit the bill as well.
Forester? Subaru? I think that would get stuck, the L200 pick up we use at work gets stuck all the time, are the rav and the x-trail any use in very muddy conditions?Rav4, X-trail or Forester would all fit the bill as well.
Like any car an X-Trail is only as good as it's tyres. With decent rubber it'll perform better than Freelanders of the same vintage, although its not a Defender ! I've had two, both the same model albeit the current one has leather. 37 to the gallon, comfortable and capable of most things. I paid 2500 for my last one but it came with £300 of dog cage which I sold. I would think £2K would find one, but if not the 2.5 petrol is a good option if you are not doing too many miles.
Patrick1964 said:
Like any car an X-Trail is only as good as it's tyres. With decent rubber it'll perform better than Freelanders of the same vintage, although its not a Defender ! I've had two, both the same model albeit the current one has leather. 37 to the gallon, comfortable and capable of most things. I paid 2500 for my last one but it came with £300 of dog cage which I sold. I would think £2K would find one, but if not the 2.5 petrol is a good option if you are not doing too many miles.
No, petrol is no good, it need to be derv.Ford Maverick or Terrano as suggested above. Your budget should get you something reasonable.
I had a Maverick for two years.
Watch for, Rust in front wings above the wheel arches and also around the rear seat belt anchor points ( MOT Failure if bad )
Gave around 28mpg ( Ours was the 2.7 Diesel )
If you can go for the later facelifted ones ( Air Scoop on bonnet with Round headlights ) as the Diesel on those has an intercooler which gives a little more power, than the pre facelift with the Square Headlights and no bonnet Scoop.
Make sure tahe 4WD does actually engage as the transfer boxes can fail / get stiff with no use.
Was reasonable on road, quite car like to drive and you can run it in 2WD only on road which helps with MPG. Off road it was pretty good, I took it around Salisbury Plain with a couple of friends with Discoveries and it went everywhere theirs did apart from deep water as I had no snorkel.
I did have a set of General Grabber AT2's on it which helped with its off road ability.
I had a Maverick for two years.
Watch for, Rust in front wings above the wheel arches and also around the rear seat belt anchor points ( MOT Failure if bad )
Gave around 28mpg ( Ours was the 2.7 Diesel )
If you can go for the later facelifted ones ( Air Scoop on bonnet with Round headlights ) as the Diesel on those has an intercooler which gives a little more power, than the pre facelift with the Square Headlights and no bonnet Scoop.
Make sure tahe 4WD does actually engage as the transfer boxes can fail / get stiff with no use.
Was reasonable on road, quite car like to drive and you can run it in 2WD only on road which helps with MPG. Off road it was pretty good, I took it around Salisbury Plain with a couple of friends with Discoveries and it went everywhere theirs did apart from deep water as I had no snorkel.
I did have a set of General Grabber AT2's on it which helped with its off road ability.
fizzwheel said:
Ford Maverick or Terrano as suggested above. Your budget should get you something reasonable.
I had a Maverick for two years.
Watch for, Rust in front wings above the wheel arches and also around the rear seat belt anchor points ( MOT Failure if bad )
Gave around 28mpg ( Ours was the 2.7 Diesel )
If you can go for the later facelifted ones ( Air Scoop on bonnet with Round headlights ) as the Diesel on those has an intercooler which gives a little more power, than the pre facelift with the Square Headlights and no bonnet Scoop.
Make sure tahe 4WD does actually engage as the transfer boxes can fail / get stiff with no use.
Was reasonable on road, quite car like to drive and you can run it in 2WD only on road which helps with MPG. Off road it was pretty good, I took it around Salisbury Plain with a couple of friends with Discoveries and it went everywhere theirs did apart from deep water as I had no snorkel.
I did have a set of General Grabber AT2's on it which helped with its off road ability.
Its not so much the MPG, its more the fact that once its on site it will be strictly a site vehicle and be running on red, I am looking at the pajero in the morning, if its not what I want I will be looking to the terranos, they are not pretty but all it has to do is trudge around site for 6 monthsI had a Maverick for two years.
Watch for, Rust in front wings above the wheel arches and also around the rear seat belt anchor points ( MOT Failure if bad )
Gave around 28mpg ( Ours was the 2.7 Diesel )
If you can go for the later facelifted ones ( Air Scoop on bonnet with Round headlights ) as the Diesel on those has an intercooler which gives a little more power, than the pre facelift with the Square Headlights and no bonnet Scoop.
Make sure tahe 4WD does actually engage as the transfer boxes can fail / get stiff with no use.
Was reasonable on road, quite car like to drive and you can run it in 2WD only on road which helps with MPG. Off road it was pretty good, I took it around Salisbury Plain with a couple of friends with Discoveries and it went everywhere theirs did apart from deep water as I had no snorkel.
I did have a set of General Grabber AT2's on it which helped with its off road ability.
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