Suzuki XL7 - Off Road?

Hi all

Considering an XL7 for the 7 seats and easy access to the back, but what's
it like off road?

I've read that the std Grand Vitara is pretty good (Land Rover Recovery
Vehicle, someone said!) but with the xtra length would the xl7 be OK?

Looked at a Disco but price and practicality with the extra seats is a
problem. Shogun and Amazon are just toooooo big (and expensive!).

We've had a Sportage and a Freelander and both were good fun (Sportage much
better!) off road, is the xl7 likely to be any good in the mud? Experiences?

Clairebear

"Clairebear" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Looked at a Disco but price and practicality with the extra seats is a
> problem. Shogun and Amazon are just toooooo big (and expensive!).

Too big, perhaps - but too expensive? You can get a (7-seat) Pajero LWB
with 30,000 to 50,000 miles on the clock for six to eight grand ... and
that car will have a better specification than the equivalent Shogun. Sure,
it'll be "old", but the Japanese are not high-mileage drivers, don't use
road-salt, and look after their cars a lot more than do Brits.

The Pajero is also one of the few grey imports to enjoy UK main dealer
support and has a thriving "user community".

HTH,

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Geoff Lane
Cornwall, UK

Clairebear wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Considering an XL7 for the 7 seats and easy access to the back, but what's
> it like off road?
>
> I've read that the std Grand Vitara is pretty good (Land Rover Recovery
> Vehicle, someone said!) but with the xtra length would the xl7 be OK?
>
> Looked at a Disco but price and practicality with the extra seats is a
> problem. Shogun and Amazon are just toooooo big (and expensive!).
>
> We've had a Sportage and a Freelander and both were good fun (Sportage much
> better!) off road, is the xl7 likely to be any good in the mud? Experiences?
>
> Clairebear
>
>
>
Quick look at the figures show that the comparison of dimensions is
almost exactly teh same as LR 90 and 110. I had a 110 and neber really
worried about its extra size. Now have a standard GV and have no
problems with it off road.
One word of warning! When I needed new tyres I looked to see if there
was something better thatn the standard Dueller HTs and there was not
much of a choice in that size.
Must say that I am tempted to upgrade to the XL7, simply because of the
bigger boot.

"John Moppett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Clairebear wrote:
>>
> Quick look at the figures show that the comparison of dimensions is almost
> exactly teh same as LR 90 and 110. I had a 110 and neber really worried
> about its extra size. Now have a standard GV and have no problems with it
> off road.
> One word of warning! When I needed new tyres I looked to see if there was
> something better thatn the standard Dueller HTs and there was not much of
> a choice in that size.
> Must say that I am tempted to upgrade to the XL7, simply because of the
> bigger boot.

I have never taken my XL7 off road but I love it. Its an 04 auto and is as
smooth as anything.

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:39:08 +0000, John Moppett
<[email protected]> wrote:


>One word of warning! When I needed new tyres I looked to see if there
>was something better thatn the standard Dueller HTs and there was not
>much of a choice in that size.


What size are they? Can't you get BFG ATs?
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Paul Rooney

Paul Rooney wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:39:08 +0000, John Moppett
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>>One word of warning! When I needed new tyres I looked to see if there
>>was something better thatn the standard Dueller HTs and there was not
>>much of a choice in that size.
>
>
>
> What size are they? Can't you get BFG ATs?
235/60 16s. When I changed mine, about a year ago, I could find nothing
on the web and my local tyre dealer could not do any better. Might be
different now, but at £500 a set I ain't changing now!

On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:12:25 +0000, John Moppett
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Paul Rooney wrote:
>> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:39:08 +0000, John Moppett
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>One word of warning! When I needed new tyres I looked to see if there
>>>was something better thatn the standard Dueller HTs and there was not
>>>much of a choice in that size.
>>
>>
>>
>> What size are they? Can't you get BFG ATs?
>235/60 16s. When I changed mine, about a year ago, I could find nothing
>on the web and my local tyre dealer could not do any better. Might be
>different now, but at £500 a set I ain't changing now!

http://www.mytyres.co.uk is good, but I can't see BFG ATs there at
that size. They have General Grabbers. Some excellent road tyres
though!

Also Black Circles and Etyres.


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Paul Rooney