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19-06-2012, 20:32
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Central England, in the Heart of the Black Country
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buying a used 4x4, advice please!
Ok, here goes.
looking to replace one of our cars with a budget of £8-12 ish k cash. want something with a reasonable towing capacity, reasonable fuel consumption and not too high mileage or old. It will be for 'soft road' purposes Don't mind looking outside the Nissan box, have seen a couple of nice Grand vitaras what would you buy? |
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19-06-2012, 20:55
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Location: Sevenoaks, Kent
Vehicle: Terrano 2.7TDi SE Touring
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The 1600 was a great tow car, and between towing, Business and off roading, I did 240K miles in it, in 3.5 years. Loved it to pieces, and the only time it gave me any grief was ironically on a non-damaging soft road day arranged by Suzuki, where unknown to me until it was too late, the radiator got clogged wading through a muddy pond. The Grand was also a company car, and was OK, but not as good as the older one. Pain to tow with, as it was badly underpowered until the turbo kicked in as 2000PRM, and would catch you out when trying to make a get away at a junction. Not only that, but Mine had to go when at only 60K, the cylinder head cracked, and the Suzuki mechanic told me that they were prone to it. When we came to getting the Nissan, it was a big jump to make, but once we drove one, and found how much room they had, along with how nice it was to drive, there was no competition. Having towed our Caravan, which is heavier than the one I had with the Vitara, and felt how nicely the Terrano tows, I could not chose the Vitara over it now. |
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19-06-2012, 20:59
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i have looked at a 2010 gv with 5k miles and a whopping 169 bhp! I have owned a lot of the older shaped ones, but never a TD i have we had a 53 plate 2.0 16v foryears and it towed very well. So undecided still
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19-06-2012, 21:07
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Hackenthorpe Sheffield
Vehicle: Terrano2 R20 lwb 2.7TDi
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what sort of gross trailer weight plank?
how many seats needed 5/7?
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19-06-2012, 23:01
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five seats will do and a decent caravan train weight say 1800k ish, not over worried about 85% "rule".
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19-06-2012, 23:52
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: North Wales Coast
Vehicle: nissan xtrail 2.2di
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Have A look at this at your trailer weight I would rule out an xtrail any going over 1400 seem to have problems , http://www.caravantrekker.nl/whattow...&serie=X-Trail
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