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[Doctor Gollum]

You don't need road tax to drive on your fields

Probably make a good baked bean tin that one...

[106pete]

I know they are terrible for off road but started looking at BMW x5's again manual gearbox only, there aren't so many around and will have to look at slightly older years for the same price but they seem way nicer inside and I did like my old BMW

[tunnie]

Many many moons ago at Birmingham car show I went out in a Kia Sorento 1st gen, on their off-road course. I was very capable, it was doing same course as all other 4x4's, Rangies, Nissan x Trail and so on.

Huge queue for Range Rover, sod all for Kia, so went in that. 

[aaronjb]

I know they are terrible for off road but started looking at BMW x5's again manual gearbox only, there aren't so many around and will have to look at slightly older years for the same price but they seem way nicer inside and I did like my old BMW

Only 2.3t towing weight on most models though, 2.7t on others.. IIRC the current year is 3.5t.

Double checking that I ended up on the "horseandhound" forums where the prevailing argument seems to be "Buy a Discovery, it's the only thing that will tow anything, plough through mud and not leave you looking like a lemon when you're stuck"

[Viral_Jim]

I suspect the X-5 would leave you firmly in the lemon camp. Not sure they can move themselves off-road, much less a couple of tonnes of nag van as well!

[X30XE]

Someone turned up in a Mercedes ML to buy my Sis in law's horsebox and then promptly got stuck in 1 inch of mud and had to be hauled out by tractor 

[the alarming man]

I certainly wouldn't buy a sorento had one has a company car for a little while whilst it coped ok with mud/snow/ice it felt very flimsy..unlike my discovery 3 weeks ago I was towing a double decker but that had slid onto a round about 

[citroenguy]

For example:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201611159781061?make=VOLKSWAGEN&sort=price-asc&advertising-location=at_cars&transmission=Manual&postcode=s728dw&radius=1500&model=TOUAREG&fuel-type=Diesel&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&page=1

or:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201603081763133?make=VOLKSWAGEN&sort=price-asc&advertising-location=at_cars&transmission=Manual&postcode=s728dw&radius=1500&model=TOUAREG&fuel-type=Diesel&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&page=1

[106pete]

I was liking the Touareg and BMW but found the years I want are all in the higher scam bracket, over £500 is too much.

She keeps on banging on about the Kia that's down the road from us, it's a private sale but about £800 over priced, do you really think it's worth seeing and expect him to drop that much!!

[2boxerdogs]

I was liking the Touareg and BMW but found the years I want are all in the higher scam bracket, over £500 is too much.

She keeps on banging on about the Kia that's down the road from us, it's a private sale but about £800 over priced, do you really think it's worth seeing and expect him to drop that much!!

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Got to be worth a look , piecewise depends on service history & mileage, must be prepared to move on the price tyres & timing belt change are always a good starting point to start with.Belt on the Terracan is 5 years or 50,000 miles I would imagine the Kia is similar don't know for certain.

[106pete]

The Kia has a timing chain which everyone believes last for ever. They definitely do not but it's not classed as service item, more fix when it's rattling of jumped a tooth and trashed the engine.
I think sat I'll give him a call, see if he's goin to budge and possibly view Sunday.

The wife keeps asking why I'm not trying very hard to get a new car lol, eeeerrrr cos I dont want a bloody 4x4. Can't win that battle tho, just put it off for as long as possible.

[biggriffin]

You should know by now, NOT to ask advice on what car to buy on here, as all you will get is horror stories, about every make, basically BUY what you want, give it a dam good service and carry on.
 
As for your little trucker test, just pay £2k and do the full fatty test.

[106pete]

You should know by now, NOT to ask advice on what car to buy on here, as all you will get is horror stories, about every make, basically BUY what you want, give it a dam good service and carry on.
 
As for your little trucker test, just pay £2k and do the full fatty test.

The wife said she's looked into it and it'll cost about £450 for a day course and test at the end, I've done a fair amount of towing just never heavy loads.
I don't think I can stretch to 2k for hgv licence although it would be nice.

[EMD]

You should know by now, NOT to ask advice on what car to buy on here, as all you will get is horror stories, about every make, basically BUY what you want, give it a dam good service and carry on.
 
As for your little trucker test, just pay £2k and do the full fatty test.

 

Wish someone had told me not to buy my old 106 pug 'POS' 

[106pete]

You should know by now, NOT to ask advice on what car to buy on here, as all you will get is horror stories, about every make, basically BUY what you want, give it a dam good service and carry on.
 
As for your little trucker test, just pay £2k and do the full fatty test.

 

Wish someone had told me not to buy my old 106 pug 'POS' 

Ha doesn't everyone know not to but a old Peugeot