Disco will likely have more rust than the Rangie but perhaps less to go wrong. You are at the bottom end of a market for what we’re once expensive ish cars so buy with the eyes open.Would a Disco/Range rover not be a money pit for about 3k?
Disco will likely have more rust than the Rangie but perhaps less to go wrong. You are at the bottom end of a market for what we’re once expensive ish cars so buy with the eyes open.Would a Disco/Range rover not be a money pit for about 3k?
Important question: what size and weight is the boat?
I launched my 5.4m rib/75hp 4 stroke engine with my old 2000 Passat 1.9TDi and it was effortless. Heavy diesel engine over the driven axle and the boat/trailer wasn’t heavy enough to cause it any concern. So long as the front wheels stayed on dry standing, it would never have been a problem. The great set of winter tyres would have went it it’s favour had the front end touched water, but never needed to test that theory.
I usually used the Jeep Renegade for launching and again, it was more than up to the job. I’d have been comfortable using it to tow and launch a boat twice the weight, but always engaged 4wd when on the slip way due to the value of the Jeep and not wanting to take any chances...
Disco will likely have more rust than the Rangie but perhaps less to go wrong. You are at the bottom end of a market for what we’re once expensive ish cars so buy with the eyes open.
It's a fishing boat, pretty damn heavy when it's all loaded up. 24ft I think, I don't know much about them. It's pretty steep where he launches the boat and he's tried it in a few normal cars previously with his smaller/lighter boat and it was a nightmare. Once he got the diesel Tucson he was over the moon as it was effortless but it gave him a few large bills in the 2 years he had it and eventually shat the bed.
I'm swaying between a big Trooper, XTrail or Discovery atm.
Combination of a hilly area and a 24ft boat would rule out any cars for me, don't know why people suggesting them....its easy to say 'x' car tows great, but I'd want to be legal/safe. Plus, we scrabbled for grip for years with front wheel drive family cars and just an 18ft speed boat, and its hard on clutch too, whereas any jeep I had was effortless by comparison - sounds like he's been there before and seen the difference.
Any old full size 4x4 at £3,000 nowadays can be very hit and miss due to the life they live - fine if you know what your looking at, but bit of a gamble IMO. Providing the boat isn't over-weighting it (assume was fine with the Tuscan) I'd probably avoid the Shogun/Disco/Trooper idea and go for a CRV/Rav4 size of a thing, though they have no low box. A Grand Vitara has a low box and Peugeot HDI engine. A 2.8 Cherokee has an absolute ball of torque, low box, and a higher towing cap of anything else its size (2800kg I think), they're cheap too so your budget would pick up a tidy one, though not as reliable as the jap stuff. I'd avoid Patrols/Terranos, they like to rust like nothing else, and the 2.2 in the Xtrail is a Renault engine (although I've had a few with no bother) the idea of steep inclines/heavy loads/short runs would worry me.
3.1 Trooper has my vote. Clutches can go to ***** with towing but everything else is bomb proof.
My v70 d5 fwd towed the 370z and big trailer ok and they can be picked up at that money or less
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Buy an automatic.
SWB shogun for the win, 3.2 di will pull a house down
Ever driven a 3.1 auto trooper? Worst auto box I think iv ever experienced, had 3 auto bighorns, 2 out of 3 had gearbox problems.
Thats brutal lol never had any issues with ours in 10 years of ownershipOn the rare occasion it starts and that you don’t have to get the brush out to clean up the rotten chassis...
Thats brutal lol never had any issues with ours in 10 years of ownership