Johnalexander
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Hi , I'm wanting to spend 15k on 4x4.
What would you buy and why?
Would you stay clear of a particular vehicle ?
What would you buy and why?
Would you stay clear of a particular vehicle ?
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CornishRob
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Land Rover Defender Td5.
Had one for 3 years before my Z4m and loved it, and want another now.
Reliable, cheap to fix and service, Good residuals, Iconic....
But they are generally either love or hate.
Try one. 15K should get you a nice Td5 with probably 60k miles.
Had one for 3 years before my Z4m and loved it, and want another now.
Reliable, cheap to fix and service, Good residuals, Iconic....
But they are generally either love or hate.
Try one. 15K should get you a nice Td5 with probably 60k miles.
Depends a lot on your use tbh. For an all purpose vehicle I'd recommend a Discovery 3, we've had ours for over four years and it is by a huge margin the best family car we've ever had. Does almost everything brilliantly £15k would get you a very nice one.
Take a look at the disco3 forum: http://www.disco3.co.uk
Ronk on this Z4 forum is also very active on there.
Take a look at the disco3 forum: http://www.disco3.co.uk
Ronk on this Z4 forum is also very active on there.
Impossible to give any opinion without details of its uses. 4x4 covers from soft roader, crossover to hardcore off road.
Is it for off road, towing, driving position, space, other reason, etc.
Is it for off road, towing, driving position, space, other reason, etc.
CornishRob
Senior member
RoyE said:
Yep my dad has had three. Tried a Range Rover Sport, Big Mistake. So unreliable, it was a joke. The dealer took it back after a year and gave him his money back. I kept telling him he should have given up earlier, but he didn't. He now has a Merc ML, which is fine, but he wants to get back into another Land Cruiser. They seem by far the best vehicles reliability wise that we have tried. I do find the interiors a bit poor though compared to the Rangie.
Johnalexander
Member
Thanks. Car will be used for road but North of Scotland. Snow and farm track would amount to all challenges
Disco 3 for me!
If you look carefully you can get a nice one for 10 : 15 k
As said before, they are quite sophisticated bits of kit an must have a good service history.
Don't trust talented amateurs service plans. My D3 is now 8 years old and has been serviced on the dot every year and has had filters etc changed as indicated on the plan - it's been over serviced as its only done 40k miles
Terrain response is good and coupled with winter tyres it almost unstopable
After 8 years it still looks like a tidy car.
It's fast enough and gets 32 on a steady run and 22 around the doors - comfortable with air suspension - on all but bog standard base models.
The td5 is good but the D3 is a leap forward.
I would buy another one
If you look carefully you can get a nice one for 10 : 15 k
As said before, they are quite sophisticated bits of kit an must have a good service history.
Don't trust talented amateurs service plans. My D3 is now 8 years old and has been serviced on the dot every year and has had filters etc changed as indicated on the plan - it's been over serviced as its only done 40k miles
Terrain response is good and coupled with winter tyres it almost unstopable
After 8 years it still looks like a tidy car.
It's fast enough and gets 32 on a steady run and 22 around the doors - comfortable with air suspension - on all but bog standard base models.
The td5 is good but the D3 is a leap forward.
I would buy another one