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QuoteWhat about a mercedes a/class quite high not bad spec drove 1 it was a nice drive aswell ??
Supposedly they are no good at speed nice car though.
Sorry my mistake, chassis is now Ford, but engine is still Beemer:
http://www.rangerovers.net/rrmkiii.htm
Ford (Jag) engines only came in last year.
Yeah, my brother is on his 2nd X5. After telling him that it was no good off road, and he should have bought a proper 4x4, I pmsl when he rang me to say he'd got it stuck. Admittedly, he did have road tyres on it, but even so. And he knows how to drive 4x4s as well, so wasn't being a prat...
Remember one of the reasons for BMW buying Rover in the early 90s was to get the 4 x 4 technology that their own engineers had struggled to get to work properly.
QuoteFord rejigged LRs are a million times better, but obviously that much newer, and expensive. Retain price well as (rightly) sort after..
I think your getting the wrong end of the stick, BMW currently own RR..QuotePersonally, I really didn't like the Multipla (about 4 or 5 years ago when I drove one). A mate had the Tuscan for the day and said decent motor. Dunno about the Kia.
The Kia and Hyaundai's are the same thing basicallyI drove a Sorento TDi a few weeks back and I was very impressed.
Quotehe does't like the idea of 3 seats in the front, also the fact its a people carrier and got all these extra seats he does't need!
Various reasons for changing, he'd like an auto and higher position. But i am trying to perswade him onto a megga
Ahhh trying to off load the project
QuoteI agree, as soon as BMW started fiddling with Rover/Landrover, silly reliability issues crept in - but thats the result when smaller family owned car companies try to become a mass producer without the know-how.
Its the complete opposite really, the BMW Range Rover is basically a jacked up BMW 7 Series, hence the monocoque. The old Rangey with its bizarre dog leg transfer system used to eat gearboxes and suffered from various electrical and engine related catastrophes.
If your going for a Range Rover of that age your best off with the last of the classic which is a 94/95. The first of the newer shape have poor electrics also the classics are cheap to convert to LPG I did mine for less than £300 [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Range Rover problems tend to be very expensive. Much more reliable than they used to be though. For that sort of thing, Discovery 3 is a nice motor, though not sure if you would get a 3 in that price range...
Mrs TheBoy's brother tests car safety and durability etc for a living. That means crashing cars and setting off airbags all the time. Now thats my idea of a job - non stop destruction
