"If u actually want to go off road its gotta be a land rover  "
Took the words out of my mouth, or off the keyboard at least......
The big question is whether you will actually be using it off-road or not - some (alleged) 4x4's are useless off road and are just a big car, but there are plenty of other big cars out there that are a lot more comfortable.
If you are going off road, then Land Rover are difficult to beat. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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True about the land rover, but not the best ride on the road. First 4 x 4 i've owned is the nissan x trail, it rides well on the road and the very limited use i've had off road it's done the job. Also very spacious inside with back seats that fold flat to give good room in the boot when needed (though not massively wide boot space tbh.) £10k will get a good model too. |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
Glasgow |
"If u actually want to go off road its gotta be a land rover "
Most 4x4's off road use is putting two wheels on the pavement 'cos the owner can't drive too well.
I have to agree re Land Rover, or at least Defender and Range Rover.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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done plenty of off road driving in my time and would go no further than a land Rover, but its more that i just like to be high up when driving and apart from the Nissan Qashqai there ain't much more that offer you that well apart from the Van I drive to and from work everyday |
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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago
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"If u actually want to go off road its gotta be a land rover
Most 4x4's off road use is putting two wheels on the pavement 'cos the owner can't drive too well.
I have to agree re Land Rover, or at least Defender and Range Rover.
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have a friend who had an evoque on loan for a week whilst his defender was off road due to an accident he stated it could do practickly everything that the defender could and was very very imprest |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
Glasgow |
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I have to agree re Land Rover, or at least Defender and Range Rover.
have a friend who had an evoque on loan for a week whilst his defender was off road due to an accident he stated it could do practickly everything that the defender could ......... "
..... except stop the owner from looking like a twat  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Opinion based on what fact exactly?
The Evoque is a great car to drive, more than equal to a lot of the opposition.
To be honest OP, that kind of money should buy you a very good late Discovery 2. The TD5 is excellent too. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"looking to buy a 4x4 anyone have any recommendations of what to buy and what to stay clear of have about £10k to spend
thank you"
Does depend on what you're using it for and whether you're wanting a more traditional 4x4/SUV style car or a 4wd saloon or estate car. Are you just wanting good road grip in bad weather? Or are you planning on driving up mountains?! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If you want to mudplug its a Landover, if you want to cruse Chelsea then a Patrol, if you work for yourself something like a L200 which you can claim tax back on a pure commercial. If you want a bit of fun though look at the Shogun Sport with the 2.5 TD lump as its a great all rounder and available for under 9k |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"looking to buy a 4x4 anyone have any recommendations of what to buy and what to stay clear of have about £10k to spend
thank you"
had every 4x4 you can think of apart from what I've just order'd q7 but for 10k er em you can have a 7-8 year old x5 I had one in 205 I lost 35k after 4years but was a great car at the time ! Think you maybe shocked what you can't get for 10k . Keep away from frontera's had one 17years ago worst ever  |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
Glasgow |
"Fair enough, not everyone's taste granted.
If we all liked the same thing, the world would be a boring place.
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OK. I lied. The Evoque is for those who really, really want a Range Rover in the drive but can't afford one. |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
Glasgow |
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You could argue that point about every car out there you care to mention; possibly even the car you drive yourself."
I don't drive, as it happens, but there's no doubt the Evoque says 'third rate' better that just about anything else possibly could. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You could argue that point about every car out there you care to mention; possibly even the car you drive yourself.
I don't drive, as it happens, but there's no doubt the Evoque says 'third rate' better that just about anything else possibly could."
I love it! You really can't tell what a car is like till you drive it as you can't tell what a woman is like in bed till you fuck her. A good attempt as a post to get a response but but it has more cracks in it than a nunnery.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You could argue that point about every car out there you care to mention; possibly even the car you drive yourself.
I don't drive, as it happens, but there's no doubt the Evoque says 'third rate' better that just about anything else possibly could."
Outstanding insight. Obviously there's a lot of wanabees out there then if they're producing a car every 90 seconds and still can't meet demand. |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
Glasgow |
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You could argue that point about every car out there you care to mention; possibly even the car you drive yourself.
I don't drive, as it happens, but there's no doubt the Evoque says 'third rate' better that just about anything else possibly could.
I love it! You really can't tell what a car is like till you drive it as you can't tell what a woman is like in bed till you fuck her. A good attempt as a post to get a response but but it has more cracks in it than a nunnery. "
I've driven legally for 40 of my 58 (59 next weekend) years.
Before and after I've had the opportunity to rate, and slag, all sorts of penis substitutes.
The Evoque is right up there with the most obviously appaling of them.
I'm sorry if you bought one. |
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By *hynottsCouple
over a year ago
nottingham |
"True about the land rover, but not the best ride on the road. First 4 x 4 i've owned is the nissan x trail, it rides well on the road and the very limited use i've had off road it's done the job. Also very spacious inside with back seats that fold flat to give good room in the boot when needed (though not massively wide boot space tbh.) £10k will get a good model too."
We have am x trail just love it and it pulls our 26ft caravam no problem |
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OH has a Nissan navara. We've had a couple of these and have the outlaw now. Is a dream on roads and great off road. Regularly use it off road and for towing winches and machines. Costs a small fortune to run though. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Is it an 'urban dropping off kiddy at school4 X 4' or a reall one? If former, Rav 4 fine - if truly for 4 X 4 offroad rampaging, Shogun every time 
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think we are past the stage of dropping kids off at school |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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As has been said the Land Rover and Range Rover brands are as good as you can get. Jeep Grand Cherokees have a good spec and are good value with excellent off road reviews (if that is what you really want?)
With all these you are paying the top two VED rates which is a pain. |
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By *athnBobCouple
over a year ago
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"If your planning on spending time on and off road I'd suggest what ever you get put some decent all terrain tires on it."
Agree with that man
Invest in a couple of hours driver training as well (or join an off road club and learn from them) otherwise you will not be getting the best from your motor and may as well buy an X5.
As to recommendations from us then it has to be Land Rover all the way. Nothing comes close.
For inspiration check on youtube for "grand old history of land rover". |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"If u actually want to go off road its gotta be a land rover "
You reckon??
There are other full-blown 4x4s out there, which will still be going off-road while the Disco is sitting in the garage, again!!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Used to have a Nissan X-Trail, never missed a beat and certainly showed a few Land Rovers a thing or two in the bad snow we had a couple of years back.
For £10k you will easily get a mk|| aventura ( the fully loaded spec ) but I would stay away from the diesels, there were a few bad reports, it was basically a borrowed Renault engine. |
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"Used to have a Nissan X-Trail, never missed a beat and certainly showed a few Land Rovers a thing or two in the bad snow we had a couple of years back.
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I've driven both, my normal drive is a 20yr old Landrover Defender and I occasionally drive Dads X-Trail. Now I've not had the X-Trail in the snow yet but have been across muddy fields and for a vehicle with traction control it slipped about a bit, the road based tires didn't help yet the old Landy without traction control but a decent set of all terrain tires had no such problems. There are lots of factors that determine how well a 4x4 copes with snow/mud etc. but the key one is the human factor, put an idiot behind the wheel of the most capable 4x4 and they'll more than likely get it stuck or park it in a ditch.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Like said if you want a true offroader look for a defender 90 or build a 100 inch...
To be honest if you up a defender propley it will be ace on the road, mines good on and and off unlike some of the bling ones that cant do either job
If you wanna pose which sounds what you want then lease a rangrover with all the mod cons
All the best |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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get yourself a toyota hylux you won go wrong i have had 2 new ones and never regret it went in a feild tonight thorght i was going to get stuck but the mt tyers pulled me out like shit off a shovell mate best bye !!! by far |
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By *utzzCouple
over a year ago
wrexham |
"We've had both range rover and land rover both good off road but cost a fortune to keep on the road even better offroad and a hell of a lot cheaper to run was the toyota hilux surf."
I love my surf! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"You can't beat the green badges ,land rovers "
Will fight you on that one lol. Had landrover and Subarus and subs win every tIme. Safer, better on ice and snow, easier to drive and much faster lol. Towing lets them down though vs landrovers but not my problem. |
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