What Are Xtrails Like?

[jims-terrano]

So are there any good cars around 5 years old? or even a bit younger? Love the Terrano but doubt there will be another down my drive.

[cncfabs]

Originally Posted by jims-terrano

So are there any good cars around 5 years old? or even a bit younger? Love the Terrano but doubt there will be another down my drive.

No there all crap

[zippy656]

Originally Posted by Bedhead1157

Another thing about Freelanders, have a good look underneath, if the viscous coupling dies, it's megabucks to replace, so many people have dumped it and the propshafts giving a nice 2wd.

Couplig with bearing £550

Fella at work hqving one fitted this weekn £250 for fitting and a few other bits

Find out then if difs are ok.

[rustic]

Originally Posted by davenclaire

other mate has a gaylander bought it with a blown head gasket fixed it since then new clutch. gearbox. sensors. hill decent. window mechanisms shit loads

Oh, one of the better ones then.

[clivvy]

im convinced the X-Trail is the way to go Jim, as a used buy. Good when new because you have warranty.

if you must go Landrover, then for me its Defender ONLY. Otherwise, younger Terrano, or a Hyundai Terracan (I call them Turrican, for games geeks)

or a Suzuki, or MAYBE a Toyota...

[firebobby]

How about the Jeep brand

[rustic]

Originally Posted by firebobby

How about the Jeep brand

Petrol are thirsty, diesels probably under powered.

Other than that, not heard many bad things.
Although some of the other American Chryslers have a few issues.

It would be the cost of ownership, parts, service items that could be an issue.
I was amazed at how cheap parts are for our Mavericks and Terranos, I guess it is down to volume and after market part suppliers.
It is also the fact that the Terrano has been around for over 20 years, and the engines much longer than that in the London Taxis.

[davenclaire]

what about this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2008-mitsi...item338a0194d0

[rayf3262]

Originally Posted by cncfabs

No there all crap

Around 15 years ago,....
I asked a colleague who was living and working in LA:
"Niel, why don't you replace your Mercedes with a newer one?"
He replied: "I can still fix this one without expensive Mercedes assistance"

[jims-terrano]

Well I reckon unless I win the lotto I won't be getting another 4x4. What ever I get will cost an arm and a leg to fix, CNC is correct I reckon.

[Sweety]

If you want something you can fix easily Jim start the long hunt for a low mileage mint condition 55 plate Terrano as the road tax is only £280 a year unlike the 06 plate thats £480 TBH I looked at so many different 4x4's & cars before getting my T2 which could easily pull a caravan & had good MPG whilst towing my eyes & brain hurt. Mondeo's are great tow cars & give very good MPG but once the mileage go's up so does the repair bills for the likes of clutch & DM fly wheel, injectors are £800 & a dealer has to program them into the ECU, fuel pumps £2k it's not just ford all makes suffer the same problems even VW The days of fixing cars is just about gone now sadly, mechanic's these days just replace parts if an engine needed a new set of piston rings they wouldn't do it just tell you you need a new engine

[AlexD333]

I was looking at mutsubishis too, went on their forum and atleast two variants of engine suffered from cam chain failure, the earliest i found was at 41k this was chain snapping!! Not rattling...

And the dealerships didnt want to know apparently.

And as mentioned above the dual mass cheesecake i mean err the dual mass flywheel... Correct me if I'm wrong but they are all crap!

Ive got to agree with sweetly and say why don't you hunt for a terrano 55 reg. cheap road tax too.


Oh and lastly... Look at he amount of freelanders for sale on auto trader.... Something not right there...

The terranos have proven their reliability

[clivvy]

yh, I agree, the Mitsubishi are an expensive option - fine if you have the money to maintain them, they are good workhorses.

Jim, im positive there is something out there. You need to consider the Outbacks, Hyundais, Terranos later models, Defender etc etc.

[Bedhead1157]

Uncles X-Trail back at the mechanics, had to drive from Donegal to Belfast in limp mode, either that or just won't make power. He is not a happy bunny.

A mate has given up on his Shogun and bought an Audi A4, the Shogun is on it's third engine at 160k, he doesn't trust it any more, he reckons that even if the DMF in the Audi lets go, it's cheaper than yet another engine for the Shogun. Last engine was £600 from the breakers.

[eurag]

A friends 05 plate x-trail has had turbo, intercooler, injectors, dm flywheel and clutch replaced at just under 100k. Cost over £3000. Always serviced by dealer before its due. Not good.