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General => General discussion => Topic started by: danny_p on 29 September 2013, 22:29
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need another car for mile munching none of current cars are really right thing for what this ones going to be doing.
basicly i'm after suggestions for a BIG FAT FAST MILE MUCHING reliable comfy cruser that's idealy 4wd and can tow
not really overly botherd about mpg as long as it has a long range / really big fuel tank.
maily going to be used for long distance trips to eastern europe and russia if it's capable of towing it'll likely end up hauling a golf out to germany and dragging the odd horsebox to various racecourses around the UK.
the 5.0 TDI phaeton looks intresting just unsure about that motor as never had any dealings with them
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bmw 535d tourer :wink:
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I would get a 5 series bmw. Had one before and done 6 hour drive to cornwall and jumped out like a spring chicken. it was e39 528i and did 40mpg.
So the 535 would be awesome.
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I would get a 5 series bmw. Had one before and done 6 hour drive to cornwall and jumped out like a spring chicken.
that says a lot for the car, bit unsure how the BMW is going to take the rougher roads it's going to come across but going to have the same issue with anything, just going to have to go for the smallest rims with the tallest tyers i can get.
last time we used a nissan pathfinder due to worry about really bad roads but they wernt truck requireing bad, but found the truck absolutly hatefull after driveing it all day. fortunatly it broke down so didn't have to drive it back
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Think mine had 225/65/16 tyres and it ate speed bumps :grin: didnt drive mine on bad roads but it did absorb humps at 50mph. I thought it was very smooth on country roads.
Mine was a se, I dont know if sports are stiffer, but I doubt you'll be getting a sport.
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Audi Q7 ticks all of your boxes
Thom
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borrowed a 530d bimmer for the day.
can see it been a bloody good car for most people.... dealt with most things spot on, but it did struggel turning uphill out of my drive there is a bit of a hump there that is a big problem for anythign rwd.
wouldn't be an issue but if have a trailer on i have to turn uphill so that would be a problem. no chance of getting in field with it to drag the donkey box ether :(
Audi Q7 ticks all of your boxes
Thom
DH suggested the Q5 as well, so be going to have a lookk at some audis
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Discovery, but only if it still has a long warranty, or an X5. I drove a 35D the other day. Very fast (for what it is) but the electric power steering with programmed in weightiness didn't inspire confidence when pushing on through the bends. A great car for munching miles in tho'.
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bmw 645i?
mate has one, really nice cars, and pretty rapid too!
few of my mates just done a few thousan miles in one (euro road trip to stelvio pass, nurburgring etc etc etc. with a few cars rangeing from porsch & ferraris to vx220t) and they enjoyed it, said it was comfy for the thousands of miles, and fast enough to keep. (one of the guys has a 300+bhp 500ft/lbs A4 and he was aparently like a child in a sweet shop when he had a drive)
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bmw 645i?
And how is that going to pull a horse trailer off a wet field?
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And how is that going to pull a horse trailer off a wet field?
:grin:
Q5 I reckon. Looking as it we might have a look at one of these next up for us too.
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1) I never saw that part
2) he said if its capable of towing it will be used to tow the trailer, not it must be able to tow the trailer...
but yeah sorry didn't see that part just saw the long trips to Europe and Russia part...
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With that said I have to agree with a Q5
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Why not a Toureg?
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Because the only acceptable engine in a Toerag is the V10 tdi and you have to take the engine out to change the oil filter or headlight bulbs.
It's also not got the best reputation for reliability.
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the V10 TDi sounds like a really good idea to start with.
had a look under the bonnet at one in the metal and just had a horrible thought . when we kill it i'm probaly going to be fixing it and there are some big scary monsters with bigger teeth well entrenched in that engine bay.
discoverys are just a no, ive not driven a disco 3 but the previous 2 were like big fat fugly trifels to drive.
as for towing if what we get can't tow wil have to get a sh!tter for towing probaly a disco or revive the l200
i have a horrible feeling i may well be informed / presented with what has been bought/aquired in the not to distant. have some suspitions and i hope i'm wrong
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Landcruiser, thats all you see over here and there's a very good reason for it :wink:
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landcruser are bloody good bits of kit, but we really are looking for a car as opposed to a truck. if needed ultimate relaiblity with comfort and good aircon in the form of a truck there woud have one allready. but a large car is really a lot more sutable i think.
whatever i go for i would really like it to be abel to pull a large turn of speed if needed to "get the f**k out of dodge" as well as been abel to carry quite a lot of luggage and kit. i know it's a big ask
when your out in the middel of nowhere in some random eastern block country being somewhere else quickly can really quickly become very desirable.
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Got an E350 CDI as a pool car at the Czech plant, used as a lugger as well as an airport limo very nice motor but I hate to think how much it costs to run. Handles the Slovak/Czech roads no probs and does a fine turn of speed
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Subaru Forester or Outback ?
Range Rover, a proper one, not the toy Sport.
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D5 S60 Volvo estate? - we mot the local dealerships stuff and the 6 speeds are weapons.
The xc90's are lovely to drive, but tend to be autos and the Volvo autobox is crap.
Q7's are baller though