What SUV to buy?????
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Looking for an SUV 4wd - to tow a caravan and deal with Romanian snowy winters.
Between £25,000 - £30,000 if 'New' but will consider second hand.
Must be a diesel, automatic and not too bad on road tax. Comfort and refinement are high on the priority list.
Mazda CX-5 = ride comfort & road noise not acceptable
Seat Ateca = ride is too firm
Nissan Qashai = can't get 4wd auto!
Suggestions please........
Between £25,000 - £30,000 if 'New' but will consider second hand.
Must be a diesel, automatic and not too bad on road tax. Comfort and refinement are high on the priority list.
Mazda CX-5 = ride comfort & road noise not acceptable
Seat Ateca = ride is too firm
Nissan Qashai = can't get 4wd auto!
Suggestions please........
Robscar said:
Looking for an SUV 4wd - to tow a caravan and deal with Romanian snowy winters.
Between £25,000 - £30,000 if 'New' but will consider second hand.
Must be a diesel, automatic and not too bad on road tax. Comfort and refinement are high on the priority list.
Mazda CX-5 = ride comfort & road noise not acceptable
Seat Ateca = ride is too firm
Nissan Qashai = can't get 4wd auto!
Suggestions please........
Saw towing a caravan and dealing with snow and thought Defender. Then I noticed had to auto, good on tax, comfortable and refined...Between £25,000 - £30,000 if 'New' but will consider second hand.
Must be a diesel, automatic and not too bad on road tax. Comfort and refinement are high on the priority list.
Mazda CX-5 = ride comfort & road noise not acceptable
Seat Ateca = ride is too firm
Nissan Qashai = can't get 4wd auto!
Suggestions please........
In my experience Volvo's are pretty good and tick all your boxes. You could try a previous generation XC90, an XC60 or an XC70 AWD.
Some Land Rover product that isn't a Defender, last generation Freelander? Discovery 3/4?
Romania winters are pretty harsh. If you're gonna be spending any amount of time there I'd think about spare parts.
Loads of Dusters, cheap to run and 4x4 but not the most comfortable. Wannabe gangsta Range Rovers everywhere but parts are not that easy to come by.
A mate of mine is a sales manager for the company, he had a Land Cruiser before the downturn, this was taken away so was left with the dilema. He was going to go for the Mazda 4x4, but looking into it parts are not easy to come by. He ended up with a Duster.
First choice for me would be the Land cruiser, may be a costly to run but they are reasonably common and plenty of Toyota garages- I get my Lotus serviced in a Toyota garage there and they're pretty good.
Second would be a Tiguan for a smaller/cheaper car.
Romanians love the German cars, especially VW diesels. Plenty of these around so parts will be plentiful. A friend has one, its really comfortable, loads of toys and even parks itself. Would be interesting seeing it do this with a caravan on the back!!
Loads of Dusters, cheap to run and 4x4 but not the most comfortable. Wannabe gangsta Range Rovers everywhere but parts are not that easy to come by.
A mate of mine is a sales manager for the company, he had a Land Cruiser before the downturn, this was taken away so was left with the dilema. He was going to go for the Mazda 4x4, but looking into it parts are not easy to come by. He ended up with a Duster.
First choice for me would be the Land cruiser, may be a costly to run but they are reasonably common and plenty of Toyota garages- I get my Lotus serviced in a Toyota garage there and they're pretty good.
Second would be a Tiguan for a smaller/cheaper car.
Romanians love the German cars, especially VW diesels. Plenty of these around so parts will be plentiful. A friend has one, its really comfortable, loads of toys and even parks itself. Would be interesting seeing it do this with a caravan on the back!!
deltashad said:
Romania winters are pretty harsh. If you're gonna be spending any amount of time there I'd think about spare parts.
Loads of Dusters, cheap to run and 4x4 but not the most comfortable. Wannabe gangsta Range Rovers everywhere but parts are not that easy to come by.
A mate of mine is a sales manager for the company, he had a Land Cruiser before the downturn, this was taken away so was left with the dilema. He was going to go for the Mazda 4x4, but looking into it parts are not easy to come by. He ended up with a Duster.
First choice for me would be the Land cruiser, may be a built costly to run but they are reasonably common and plenty of Toyota garages- I get my Lotus serviced in a Toyota garage there and they're pretty good.
Second would be a Tiguan for a smaller/cheaper car.
Romanians love the German cars, especially VW diesels. Plenty of these around so parts will be plentiful. A friend has one, its really comfortable, loads of toys and even parks itself. Would be interesting seeing it do this with a caravan on the back!!
No automatic option available on a Duster - otherwise I would have looked at it......A Tiguan was on my list so agree there....The Landcruiser is to high on tax/fuel.Loads of Dusters, cheap to run and 4x4 but not the most comfortable. Wannabe gangsta Range Rovers everywhere but parts are not that easy to come by.
A mate of mine is a sales manager for the company, he had a Land Cruiser before the downturn, this was taken away so was left with the dilema. He was going to go for the Mazda 4x4, but looking into it parts are not easy to come by. He ended up with a Duster.
First choice for me would be the Land cruiser, may be a built costly to run but they are reasonably common and plenty of Toyota garages- I get my Lotus serviced in a Toyota garage there and they're pretty good.
Second would be a Tiguan for a smaller/cheaper car.
Romanians love the German cars, especially VW diesels. Plenty of these around so parts will be plentiful. A friend has one, its really comfortable, loads of toys and even parks itself. Would be interesting seeing it do this with a caravan on the back!!
sleepera6 said:
It's not good on fuel or tax. So that's why I put Q5. I was tempted to put an SQ5, but no low miles ones.
Thanks for your suggestion - or a VW Tourag as very similar.....what about something slightly smaller....the Q3 is too small no boot space but Q5 seems a bit big and tad expensive.Robscar said:
sleepera6 said:
It's not good on fuel or tax. So that's why I put Q5. I was tempted to put an SQ5, but no low miles ones.
Thanks for your suggestion - or a VW Tourag as very similar.....what about something slightly smaller....the Q3 is too small no boot space but Q5 seems a bit big and tad expensive.My missus recently bought a Hyundai Tucson in Premium SE spec. It cost about £27k and really is a very nice place to be, with every gadget you can think of - heated seats front and rear, chilled and ventilated seats, heated steering wheel, electric boot release, full length panoramic roof, park assist etc etc. Try one, you'll be surprised.
tomsugden said:
My missus recently bought a Hyundai Tucson in Premium SE spec. It cost about £27k and really is a very nice place to be, with every gadget you can think of - heated seats front and rear, chilled and ventilated seats, heated steering wheel, electric boot release, full length panoramic roof, park assist etc etc. Try one, you'll be surprised.
Many thanks - a Tucson was on my list of possibles.Gassing Station | Car Buying | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff