update on towing

[carmenlucy123]

Iv insured my trailer now on horse insurance..........
NOW im going to trade the polo!!!

iv got about 2,500-3,00 to spend on a 4 by 4!!!
what to get what to get? why cant freelanders tow they're pretty <u>any suggestions on what to buy?

and thanks to the people who responded helpfully, people dont ask for suggestions if they know everything i diddnt know you needed a 2ltr engine to tow BECAUSE IV NEVER TOWED BEFORE so to the rest of you lot get off your high horse!! no pun intended ha ha ha

i dont want your suggestions if your just going to b-little me.
i thought it was quite funny the response i got about the polo.... just to make you laugh even more i also thought a jimney jeep would tow so there you go laugh away!!

anyway back to my post what to buy? what to buy?

 

[pixie]

daihatsu fourtrak!!!!!

 

[carmenlucy123]

you sound exited do you like yours?

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

For the money you want to spend another relatively cheap alternative would be a Mitsubishi Pajero SWB. It would have either a 2.5 or 2.8 litre turbo diesel engine depending on the year &amp; would certainly tow your trailer. Many of these are low mileage as they are imported in from Japan. They are right hand drive so that's ok for our roads &amp; any modifications for our regulations would have been carried out. If you have a look on Ebay you'll get an idea of what is available &amp; for what money. Good Luck

 

[carmenlucy123]

theyre so big!!
im 21 and 5ft 5
i like my little pocket rocket its new and warm

 

[_daisy_]

i love my discovery- you can buy them off RAC quite cheap - i found a place not far from me when I was looking and could get one for about £3000 - only down side was that it was Orange but who cars at least theyd see you coming

 

[carmenlucy123]

this is true, i think i do want a landrover discovery,
shame i cant get a new one!! going from an x reg backwards
do they have power stering?

 

[Halfpass]

Cars I would have - fourtrak, terrano( have got one and love it), maverick, landcruiser
Cars I wouldn't have - discovery (had one hated it), pajero / shogun (had 1 it blew up!!!)

ETS: bought my terrano off ebay and paid well below asking price. Worth doing if you have someone knowledgable to check it out for you

 

[_daisy_]

mine has power steering - absolutely love driving it - even better as its automatic!!! make you a lazy driver tho

id love a new one too

 

[carmenlucy123]

who makes those models?
terrano ect
its ok got them

 

[carmenlucy123]

i know i'd need a morgage to get one!!
v expensive
its amazing how mant jeepy thing cant tow
how daft? what are they for?

 

[_daisy_]

tell me about it - ill have to keep my older one for now - want to buy some land so new car is out of the question.
the jeepy cars are for posing in - OR ( and no one please shout me down for this) mothers taking their only child to school in!

 

[Maesfen]

I'm like an old record!
You can't beat a Daihatsu Fourtrak! Reasonable to buy and run, will tow a house let alone a horse, reasonably comfortable (have driven ours down to London several times and you don't even have to stretch when you get out!) This is our second and would have another any day!!

 

[Sooty]

My daughter is 5'4", what has that got to do with driving ability? She went from a Renault Clio to a Land Rover Discovery and had no problems. It does take a different driving technique (they are not so easy to throw round corners) but she loves her car. She also passed her driving test after 1997 and had to do the trailer test.

 

[sojeph]

My daughter is 10 and drives my Shogun so I don't think size matters - LOL!!

 

[wizzi901]

Totally agree with this one!! Pajero!!!!

 

[Patchwork]

Ditto everyone who said Daihatsu Fourtrak

 

[Bert&Maud]

I'll just be boring and vote for the Fourtrak as well! I love mine, it doesn't pretend to be anything other than a solid reliable worker, no extra knobs and functions to add to the price and go wrong. It tows my IW510 and 16.3hh carthorse quite happily, with the addition of a 16hh thoroughbred when I'm brave enough to offer it a lift! Also very reasonable to insure.

 

[truffles]

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daihatsu fourtrak!!!!!

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I was about to type that into the online google translator.....

 

[GinaB]

My boss is tiny as in 5'2'' and she has a 2.8 turbo diesel mitsubushi shogun (3 door) and loves it! DOES THE JOB V.WELL

(oops soz about caps!)

 

[carmenlucy123]

i dont know im scared of buying an old car!!
i think im going to have to think a bit harder about this one!!
i love my polo too much!!
and i constantly drive from manchester to canterbury (dover way)
i wish mildred could fit in the polo damn mildred for being a horse!

 

[JACQSZOO]

Trooper! Love mine.

 

[lilym]

second that i'm on my 3rd!!! tramped up some steep hills today with no effort at all, unlike the pajero automatic i had the supposed "pleasure" of towing with once!!

 

[brighteyes]

Yup. Daihatsu Fourtrak - ours took us to Geneva with a caravan too. Ace tow cars. Hope I wasn't guilty of belittling you...

 

[Loopy Lu]

We had 4 troopers and absolutely loved them to bits and they towed like a dream until ..... (isn't there always an 'until' or a 'but') our engine blew up, we had recon put in 2/3K, then it blew up again, replaced it again. Then we sold it and heard it had blown up AGAIN!!!). It was then we heard that this happened with Troopers sometimes. Couldn't tell you if it was a specific year that it happened with, but if you look at them check it isn't one of that group that do it. Shame, because it truly towed the best of any car we have had, you didn't know the trailer was on the back.

 

[the watcher]

another vote for the Trooper..but mine is n elderly petrol 2.4 and I don't recommend that model..get the diesel version and it will be fine

 

[charlie900]

I tow with a discovery got a manual and an automatic they are exellent i found them better than shoguns or my old volvo but be discos have a gear box that is likely to go anytime after 100k mine cost £850 to have a recon one put in two years ago