Thread: Which 4x4 is best?

Rashby I think the combined opinion is Disco II TD5 but it is a Landrover site.

Wha? Steady Ned.

LPG'd V8 might be more usefull to him, he hasn't said what he intends to do with it yet...



EDIT. NO I think hangover's on the right track, everyone's been had..

Originally Posted by rashby

Hi guys,
been looking to buy a used medium size 4x4. Heard some bad things about a lot of makes out there. Wondering which models are the best. I dont do a whole lot of off roading but need a bigger car every now and then. Also have a priority on economy because I use it to get around town, prob mix of town highway driving. Options are to get a turbo diesel or a petrol then convert to gas. main options ive been looking at;

grand cherokee
ford explorer
jackaroo
dicovery

any of these duds, which are best to convert and have the engine longevity, comfort factor. cheers.

The Jack or the Disco are the only 2 decent choices but I know where you could get an exploder relatively cheap, come to think of it I could probably get you about 20 exploders relatively cheap because they are crap.

Ive owned 2 Cherokee's, they should have stuck with the XJ as they are pretty good but the grands are crap on crap, small inside and uncomfortable, under powered and unreliable as well as expensive to run and repair.

Jacks are a good solid car but with the diesels you need to be picky about what model you get as some of them had problems with injector rail and the V6's you may as well have a Disco V8 for fuel economy.

Disco's are a good balance on and off road in standard form but are still based on a solid chassis with live axel front end so an IFS Jack will be nicer on the road and a little more car like.

Dont discount a DID Pajero, they are a nice bus with plenty of room if your not going to take it off road too much.

With mellons like that g, no military uniform could hide them, where the iraqis blind

[QUOTE=rashby;595627]Hi guys,
been looking to buy a used medium size 4x4. Heard some bad things about a lot of makes out there. Wondering which models are the best. I dont do a whole lot of off roading but need a bigger car every now and then. Also have a priority on economy because I use it to get around town, prob mix of town highway driving. Options are to get a turbo diesel or a petrol then convert to gas. main options ive been looking at;






My Defender has a turning circle of a beached whale, not so good as a town car.

rashby gave us a choice of one...

of four vehicles

my next buy will be a late (03 -04) Disco 2 TD.

that choice is easy.

my wife is currently choosing a new small(ish) car -
she has 20 or more to test, and then decide....

for the record, my nearish neighbour, Paul, has an 03 Explorer, works fine for him and his family, but it is not an offroader, but his, umm, driveway, is a bit of a challenge - 300 metres of 'ruff as' and when wet, lotsa fun!

GQ

Originally Posted by HangOver

I smell TROLL

no return comment for the originator

And not even an offer of silicone wiper blades

Originally Posted by Redback

Another uninformed comment from someone that doesn't know anything about Explorers,

it's always "a mate had one and......blah balh blah"

Very similar to a toyota owning Landy expert

Baz.

Ok, I havnt owned an exploder because I think they are crap because of the 2 mates ones that I have had to fix and pull out of roads that a commodore could drive down

I know of another V8 one that the interior trim was falling appart, I saw it myself and it only had 1800km's on the clock, door trims, seat stitching, head lining.

The 3IC at work has one(V6), just got a quote on getting it RWC to sell, $10000, it's stuffed mind you he hasnt looked after it very well my other mates one (also V6) got traded in on a falcon after it granaded the engine after having the timing belt done AT A FORD DEALER.

There is no doubt that someone had to get a good one, you must have been it but the rest were crap.