Freelander vs. Liberty?

Hello there,,,I am looking for a small SUV. This will be my first SUV. I am
looking for something for very light offroading---ie just off the beaten
path, some beach driving, and light snow. Before I started research I had
pinned it down to RAV4, CRV, ESCAPE. I soon realized that all these were 4wd
or awd--there was no low gear which could get me in trouble. I am currently
looking at the Jeep Liberty and will look at the Freelander---though it is
getting out of my price range a bit. Any comments please! Am I missing
another vehicle?

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
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> Hello there,,,I am looking for a small SUV. This will be my first SUV. I am
> looking for something for very light offroading---ie just off the beaten
> path, some beach driving, and light snow. Before I started research I had
> pinned it down to RAV4, CRV, ESCAPE. I soon realized that all these were 4wd
> or awd--there was no low gear which could get me in trouble. I am currently
> looking at the Jeep Liberty and will look at the Freelander---though it is
> getting out of my price range a bit. Any comments please! Am I missing
> another vehicle?
>
>
>
>

I hate to say it but you might want to look at the Nissan Xterra. It's
more truck than any of those things.
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"Sam Fisher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hello there,,,I am looking for a small SUV. This will be my first SUV. I
am
> looking for something for very light offroading---ie just off the beaten
> path, some beach driving, and light snow. Before I started research I had
> pinned it down to RAV4, CRV, ESCAPE. I soon realized that all these were
4wd
> or awd--there was no low gear which could get me in trouble. I am
currently
> looking at the Jeep Liberty and will look at the Freelander---though it is
> getting out of my price range a bit. Any comments please! Am I missing
> another vehicle?
>

Between the two, the liberty for sure. Freelander ranks low on the
reliability scale...

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 21:13:04 -0400, "Sam Fisher"
<[email protected]> wrote:

-Hello there,,,I am looking for a small SUV. This will be my first
SUV. I am
-looking for something for very light offroading---ie just off the
beaten
-path, some beach driving, and light snow. Before I started research I
had
-pinned it down to RAV4, CRV, ESCAPE. I soon realized that all these
were 4wd
-or awd--there was no low gear which could get me in trouble. I am
currently
-looking at the Jeep Liberty and will look at the Freelander---though
it is
-getting out of my price range a bit. Any comments please! Am I
missing
-another vehicle?
-
-
It would help if you told us what country you are in.

The Freelander and Liberty are 4wd as well. You will need 4wd for
what you are intending to do.

I would suggest also looking at Trackers and Vitaras (same vehicle,
different nameplate). These will be able to handle what you are
intending to do, and will cost a lot less than either the Liberty or
Freelander.

I have a 92 Tracker which I have used for light off-roading, mostly
logging roads in the British Columbia, Canada, mountains. It has been
able to handle everything I have tried to do.


Have you considered a used Defender?

Ian

I am a mopar man myself, But the wife keeps going to the land of the raising
sun. Honda chic herself. I though about the Xterra too.
But then the Liberty is going to TD next year. In europe they do well.


"Chris Phillipo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> says...
> > Hello there,,,I am looking for a small SUV. This will be my first SUV. I
am
> > looking for something for very light offroading---ie just off the beaten
> > path, some beach driving, and light snow. Before I started research I
had
> > pinned it down to RAV4, CRV, ESCAPE. I soon realized that all these were
4wd
> > or awd--there was no low gear which could get me in trouble. I am
currently
> > looking at the Jeep Liberty and will look at the Freelander---though it
is
> > getting out of my price range a bit. Any comments please! Am I missing
> > another vehicle?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> I hate to say it but you might want to look at the Nissan Xterra. It's
> more truck than any of those things.
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