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[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Rich

Oh and get some with 16 inch rims it's hard to find decent off road tyres for the 17-18inch wheels.

No you can get them, but would probably have to take a taller tyre. Off road tyres don't come in low profiles.

An AT tyre (a proper one) will work well for the OP's application. I run General Gabber AT2, excellent.

[Viney]

Originally Posted by Gazza77

I'd love a Series 1 Landy, but that will have to wait till the Caterham 7, new Disco 3 and Daytona 675 have been added to the MX5 and ST in my yet to be extended garage.

Eh? i was talking about the v70 AWD (Cross country and the A6)...oh never mind

The Forester is a good but but the service intervals on the Boxter engine are quite short according to Subaru. Also, didnt Renault do a 4x4 scenic? Or, how about a Panda 4x4. It took on a rangerover and beat it on top gear once. Depends on how big/small a car you want.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Gazza77

I'd love a Series 1 Landy, but that will have to wait till the Caterham 7, new Disco 3 and Daytona 675 have been added to the MX5 and ST in my yet to be extended garage.

blimey when did you win the lottery??

I have never rated landrovers as highly as most folks, IMHO plenty of more capable machinery (and reliable!) out there.

[ophic]

I've got a Kia Sportage and I'm very happy with it. Definitely "soft roader" but coped brilliantly with snow and ice when my MGF would not move for love nor money (nor digging nor sand/grit).

The older ones aren't so good but the newer shape ones are excellent. And a friend of mine scored one for £10.5k BRAND NEW.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

No you can get them, but would probably have to take a taller tyre. Off road tyres don't come in low profiles.

An AT tyre (a proper one) will work well for the OP's application. I run General Gabber AT2, excellent.

Yeh I've been looking into a 2inch lift kit and some better tyres. I've been quoted £200 fitted for the lift kit so not too bad, am looking into some taller tyres but want to make sure I don't get rubbing problems on full lock.

[Gazza77]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

blimey when did you win the lottery??

I have never rated landrovers as highly as most folks, IMHO plenty of more capable machinery (and reliable!) out there.

Nowt against X-Trail's (obviously!) but if I'd won the lottery we wouldn't be discussing the merits of a 2nd hand £7k one....

I doubt anyone being a Series 1 buys it for reliability anyway.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Gazza77

I doubt anyone being a Series 1 buys it for reliability anyway.

Agreed I was thinking more about the Disco 3.

[fizzwheel]

If its going to be a 2nd car and you want to lug stuff about in it, why not go down market.

We bought a Ford Maverick from Lozzo just after Christmas, Liz has been using it to get to work in the snow last week, got through the snow no trouble and it has quite road bias tyres on the rear axle.

Its got selectable 2WD, 4WD High and Low range on the gearbox, we've not tried it off road, but its was cheap and it makes a good workhorse which is what we wanted. Its quite good on road to, will cruise at 70mph on the motorway OK, but we've had 90mph out of it as well. Feels just like a car to drive.

Just a thought, I wouldnt want to spend alot of money on a car that I was going to use to haul feedbags and stuff around in...

[Rich]

The ford maverick is a similar size to the x-trail and freelander. Hear a few good things about them.

[fizzwheel]

they do a short and long wheel base version, ours in the LWB, its massive inside with the rear seats out and the middle row folded down flat.