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Old 11 April 2007, 11:37 AM
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Default Oopppps...... need a new car

Mrs D's car Citroen Picasso looks like it'll be buried at sea......following a small river incident. (My fault not hers !) Need a 5 dr diesel replacement that'll house 4/5 in comfort. (Picasso had 3 individual rear seats, making kiddy seats easy, rather than two outer seats and a hump for someone to perch on in the middle). I'd like a mid sixed 4x4 (height & towing ability), as much as I like cars, I hate spending money on them, so no more than £10k.
Options I can see are Rav4, X-Trail & Freelander, any opinions on these or any others I could add to the list ?

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Old 11 April 2007, 11:42 AM
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CRV Honda.

Excellent, as is the RAV4, X-trail gets good reviews too.

Freelanders at that price will be somewhat unreliable, although the best off road/in rivers
Old 11 April 2007, 11:54 AM
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From what I know, 1) Rivers are wet & 2) the CRV diesel hasn't been out long & is c.£15k ?

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A boat !

Another Picasso with floatation devices fitted.
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FO - although I did spy a nice pedallo in Costco the other day

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From what I know, 1) Rivers are wet & 2) the CRV diesel hasn't been out long & is c.£15k ?

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If you shop around you may be able to get a diesel for admittedly around £2k over your budget.

With that in mind, RAV4 gets my vote
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Rav4..................... can't go wrong with that choice.
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Originally Posted by Dunk
Mrs D's car Citroen Picasso looks like it'll be buried at sea......following a small river incident. (My fault not hers !) Need a 5 dr diesel replacement that'll house 4/5 in comfort. (Picasso had 3 individual rear seats, making kiddy seats easy, rather than two outer seats and a hump for someone to perch on in the middle). I'd like a mid sixed 4x4 (height & towing ability), as much as I like cars, I hate spending money on them, so no more than £10k.
Options I can see are Rav4, X-Trail & Freelander, any opinions on these or any others I could add to the list ?

D
Quite an appropriate username one thinks
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PIAR or CIAR/L?

This thread is useless without pictures
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More like PIS






(Picasso In Stream)

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Come on then, let's have the full story!
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