Makalu

I want to replace our 2nd car as it is costing me an arm and a leg to run (Grand Cherokee Jeep Orvis 4.0L).

Wife says she still wants a 4x4 (of course, the journey to the nursery does include a small hill!)- and I say it has to be a smaller one!

Options?

RAV4
Nissan X-Trail
Mitsubishi Pinin Shogun thingy
Honda H-RV
Mazda Tribune
Suzuki Vitara

Any others?

Anyone got any of the above and have a comments on ownership etc...

Cheers all.
Mak.

[Edited by Makalu - 8/29/2002 10:34:17 AM]

Tiggs

why a 4X4?

does she think they look cool or is it a space thing?

T

ps- or is she mad?

Rich D

iTrader: (12)

My mother has had a Rav4 (larger 5 door one) for a few years now, she got it brand new on a '97 R plate and it has been a superb car, hence the 5 years of ownership and no plans to sell it in the forseeable future.

In this time it has never once had a fault, problem, break down, etc... and has been superb in every way. Even servicing is not expensive.

The other good thing is that they do not drive like a typical 4x4 and actually handle farily well with decent performance, thanks to a nice 2.0 litre 16v lump under the bonnet, which seems more biased towards torque than top end power, but does pull very well.

I can definately recommend one of these.

TonyBurns

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Id go for either the Rav4 or the Honda, both seem to fair well in both reliability and running costs.

Tony