Range Rover Sport but garage is unfortunately too small & street parking is far too difficult. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

I don't think the OP will get a three year old one of those for £20k.  Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

We went to look at new Forester in Oct and I was ready to buy one but wife who uses the car every day didn't like it , said it looked more of an estate car .
Ended up with an evoque. FL2 gone now in 2016 Discovery 4 Loire Blue .

The rear visibility is really poor in an Evoque I found

i had one of the earlier sportages, with an auto box 6 months old ex demo on a 55 plate. I found it to be pretty good and took it on a green lane day in the peak district. Surprisingly very very good on the lanes and surprised a lot of people there.

I later test drove one of the newer style sportage (11 plate I think it was) and it was a whole leap up in build quality and comfort.

Kia are a very underrated manufacturer, and for 15-20k budget you should get a fairly new model sportage or sorento. They also hold their value a lot better these days, not as slow to depreciate as a LR but not bad. and with the balance of a 7 year/100k warranty

Steve D wrote:

I don't think the OP will get a three year old one of those for £20k.

I could dream

Have you considered a VW Tiguan?

My other half has one and it's a good car in my opinion, the 4WD works quite well, I pulled a trailer with about 1,100kg of building materials up one of our paddocks, it's quite a slope and it was wet grass, road tyres too.

http://usedcars.volkswagen.co.uk/Tiguan/2....=se_na_re_

I wouldn't think of anything .... other than a F/L 2

Pete 2012 Freelander 2 GS in Galway Green
Just ordered a DS

I have been in the back of the new Sportage, and I found the suspension very harsh and felt every bump on the motorway we were on, build quality was better though Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

BRD wrote:

Have you considered a VW Tiguan?

My other half has one and it's a good car in my opinion, the 4WD works quite well, I pulled a trailer with about 1,100kg of building materials up one of our paddocks, it's quite a slope and it was wet grass, road tyres too.

http://usedcars.volkswagen.co.uk/Tiguan/2....=se_na_re_

Tiguan/Yeti good but a bit smaller than a Freelander.
Sportage/Tucson good but materials bit cheap while they have gone expensive (had the old model tucson very good in the snow).
XC 60/Kuga are Freelander clones underneath.
Antara cheap for a lot of metal but not sure if they are any good very mixed reviews, Chevolet version has 7 seats
I have the same dilemma but I am coming down from a Range Rover as want more reliability!!

LOVE my FL2 but SWMBO has just replaced hers with an Evoque.

Shh, but I have to admit it's a lovely vehicle. More carlike to drive but if I don't like the new Defender when it comes out, I will probably replace my FL2 with one as well.

Every time I look at other marques, I end up thinking "Nice.....but it's not a Land Rover."

There is no other car that makes a dog so happy to be in the back of...





I have owned LRs for 30 years now and still have my Series 2A. That is the one car that will never be sold but even I have to admit, comfort is not high on its list of features, although it does have heated front windscreens.

LOVE my FL2 but SWMBO has just replaced hers with an Evoque.

Shh, but I have to admit it's a lovely vehicle. More carlike to drive but if I don't like the new Defender when it comes out, I will probably replace my FL2 with one as well.

Every time I look at other marques, I end up thinking "Nice.....but it's not a Land Rover."

There is no other car that makes a dog so happy to be in the back of...





I have owned LRs for 30 years now and still have my Series 2A. That is the one car that will never be sold but even I have to admit, comfort is not high on its list of features, although it does have heated front windscreens.

Dacia Duster !!!!!!!


Buy it , keep it three years buy a new one.

Still less than the loss on a Discovery Sport?

So purely financially they make sense but ................................

Suzuki Vitara S 1.4

http://www.suzuki.co.uk/cars/cars/new/vitara/vitara-s

Manual £20.8k, Auto £22,249 before discount. Demos currently around £18K..will soon be lower

AWD, HDC, front radar brake support, rear camera, climate control, LED projector headlamps

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