Any advice out there

I am looking at getting my first 4*4 the reason being I do a lot of fishing
and a lot of the places I fish have vehicle access but are not suitable for
a road car. Basically rough gravel, steep hills and occasional fording of
shallow rivers.

I have been looking round and my budget will cover a Freelander, a Nissan
X-Trail or a Honda CRV. Can anybody advise on teh best choice please.

Bob

"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am looking at getting my first 4*4 the reason being I do a lot of
fishing
> and a lot of the places I fish have vehicle access but are not suitable
for
> a road car. Basically rough gravel, steep hills and occasional fording of
> shallow rivers.
>
> I have been looking round and my budget will cover a Freelander, a Nissan
> X-Trail or a Honda CRV. Can anybody advise on teh best choice please.
>
> Bob
>
>

my choice........the Diesel Grand Vitara.

dj

On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 20:14:29 -0000, "Bob" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I have been looking round and my budget will cover a Freelander, a Nissan
>X-Trail or a Honda CRV. Can anybody advise on teh best choice please.

I have a Freelander and I really, really want an X-Trail.

The Freelander rear seats tip up but don't lay flat to get out of the
way to create a large floor space. I imagine with fishing expeditions
you have rods and the like which you might like to lay in the back, so
check whether the rear seats will suit your needs when folded - they
don't for me.

The X-Trail rear seats fold flat giving a cavernous load space. That
sold it for me - I just have to make the money line up and I'll have
one.

I looked at the Honda CRV a while back. Didn't really come across as
the car I had to have.

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On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 20:14:29 -0000, "Bob" <[email protected]> wrote:


->I have been looking round and my budget will cover a Freelander, a Nissan
->X-Trail or a Honda CRV. Can anybody advise on teh best choice please.
->

If you are serious about fording rivers ect on your own then you should look for
a diesel 4x4 with a low range gearbox, look at adding a snorkel and of course
some self recovery equipment.

--
Geoff
www.anoraks.uk.net

Sorry I misled people on this, I won't be fording rivers just streams that
run across tracks, 6 inches deep at the most. The biggest problem is badly
rutted tracks.

Bob

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> On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 20:14:29 -0000, "Bob" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> ->I have been looking round and my budget will cover a Freelander, a
Nissan
> ->X-Trail or a Honda CRV. Can anybody advise on teh best choice please.
> ->
>
> If you are serious about fording rivers ect on your own then you should
look for
> a diesel 4x4 with a low range gearbox, look at adding a snorkel and of
course
> some self recovery equipment.
>
> --
> Geoff
> www.anoraks.uk.net

"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I have been looking round and my budget will cover a Freelander, a Nissan
> X-Trail or a Honda CRV. Can anybody advise on teh best choice please.
>
Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin 5-door?

Budgie

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> "Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >
> > I have been looking round and my budget will cover a Freelander, a
Nissan
> > X-Trail or a Honda CRV. Can anybody advise on teh best choice please.
> >
> Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin 5-door?
>
> Budgie
Try the RAV4 D4-D 5 door, excellent to drive, superbly reliable, rear seats
fold, slide or remove completely, 44 mpg local, can do 50+ on a long run,
holds price well. OK for softroading, leisure activities, caravanning.
Roger

Superbly Reliable? My mate has a Rav4 with 66K miles FSH and it jumps out
of 5th.


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> Budgie <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > "Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > >
> > > I have been looking round and my budget will cover a Freelander, a
> Nissan
> > > X-Trail or a Honda CRV. Can anybody advise on teh best choice
please.
> > >
> > Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin 5-door?
> >
> > Budgie
> Try the RAV4 D4-D 5 door, excellent to drive, superbly reliable, rear
seats
> fold, slide or remove completely, 44 mpg local, can do 50+ on a long run,
> holds price well. OK for softroading, leisure activities, caravanning.
> Roger
>
>

Hi all,

Well I have spent the day in negotiation for a 4WD.

I looked and had a test drive in a Freelander, X-trail, Rav4 and a Honda
CRV, I was trading in a Peugeot 307 estate HDI with 6,000 miles on the
clock.

Basically my view of the cars driving was as follows.

Freelander, dreadful seat adjustment poor and a soggy drive. I think I
would get seasick on a long drive.

RAV-4 - Drives like a car or perhaps a people carrier. Engine fine but
seems to be revving quite high even in top gear.

Honda - not very nice comfort, I couldn't get the seat right. Noisy at
speed.

X-Trail - a really good drive, corners really well and cruises well with the
sixth gear fuel consumption must be good on a long run. The driving
position is completely adjustable. I did almost 20 miles on the test run I
enjoyed it so much. I also like the option to have 4WD when you need it.

Part exchange this was a real eye opener the best offer was the Honda but I
didn't like the car, the worst was the RAV-4 by 4.5k and it made the cheaper
car as expensive to me as the others. I must admit to using the offer I got
on this to get a better deal on the X-Trail.

I have therefore ordered an X-Trail T-Spec, the downside I cannot get it
until the end of April, mind you I always worry about a car when I can have
one tomorrow (Freelander).

Thanks for your comments you really did make me look wider and I did check
out everybodies suggestions


Bob



> I have been looking round and my budget will cover a Freelander, a Nissan
> X-Trail or a Honda CRV. Can anybody advise on teh best choice please.
>
> Bob
>
>

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 17:35:54 -0000, "Bob" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I have therefore ordered an X-Trail T-Spec, the downside I cannot get it
>until the end of April, mind you I always worry about a car when I can have
>one tomorrow (Freelander).

You do realise that you've just made me very, very depressed

I have a Freelander and I want an X-Trail.

PoP

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