Serious comments only please! Tata Safari.

I was at a show on Sat and saw this vehicle.
My needs are as follows: Four-wheel drive, good boot space (I have two
energetic Border collies), good head room. Reasonable fuel consumption (I
don't do off-roading as a particular sport, but I do go off-road doing other
things, also as I live 900 ft above sea-level, the winters can get a bit
dodgy).
I do not need a full-blown Landrover, and at a price of £10k for a NEW
vehicle, this looked too good to be true.
Has anyone here any experience of these things?

"Gordon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I was at a show on Sat and saw this vehicle.
> My needs are as follows: Four-wheel drive, good boot space (I have two
> energetic Border collies), good head room. Reasonable fuel consumption (I
> don't do off-roading as a particular sport, but I do go off-road doing
> other
> things, also as I live 900 ft above sea-level, the winters can get a bit
> dodgy).
> I do not need a full-blown Landrover, and at a price of £10k for a NEW
> vehicle, this looked too good to be true.
> Has anyone here any experience of these things?
>
>

The build quality is crap and buying one means you are married to it with no
prospect of a divorce. Spend your 10k wisely on a good used Discovery,
Trooper or Shogun which will depreciate at a quarter of the Tata's rate.
£10k will buy you a lot of used vehicle these days. Don't be seduced by the
'new'.

Huw

Gordon came up with the following;:
> I was at a show on Sat and saw this vehicle.
> My needs are as follows: Four-wheel drive, good boot space (I have two
> energetic Border collies), good head room. Reasonable fuel consumption (I
> don't do off-roading as a particular sport, but I do go off-road doing
> other things, also as I live 900 ft above sea-level, the winters can get
> a bit dodgy).
> I do not need a full-blown Landrover, and at a price of £10k for a NEW
> vehicle, this looked too good to be true.
> Has anyone here any experience of these things?

Before you buy one, consider how long you want to keep it for, then see how
many you can find for sale of that sort of age and what their prices are.
It'll give you an idea of how they hold their value, and of how good they
are.

IME they're a decent workhorse for a year (maybe not as long, they're _that_
badly built) until things start to break or corrode, though they also lose a
completely inordinate amount of value, from which time they are virtually
unsaleable ...

Yout choice, of course, but if you need reliability then I'd suggest you
look elsewhere.

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Paul ...
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"Gordon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I was at a show on Sat and saw this vehicle.
> My needs are as follows: Four-wheel drive, good boot space (I have two
> energetic Border collies), good head room. Reasonable fuel consumption (I
> don't do off-roading as a particular sport, but I do go off-road doing
other
> things, also as I live 900 ft above sea-level, the winters can get a bit
> dodgy).
> I do not need a full-blown Landrover, and at a price of £10k for a NEW
> vehicle, this looked too good to be true.
> Has anyone here any experience of these things?

Honestly, if you intend to keep a vehicle for afew years and then expect
some re-sale value dont go near the Tata. If you want to buy one used (say
upto a yr or so old) and run it til it completely dead then fine.

Build quality is worse than dreadful, and spare parts will require you to
visit the few and far between dealers. There isnt a an aftermarket source of
parts ASAIK.

A used Trooper / Shogun would make a *much much much* better investment.

Tim..

Tim.. wrote:

> A used anything at all would make a *much much much* better investment.

Typo corrected .........

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The Caretaker .........