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Re: Cars with high driving positons
« Reply #30 on: 31 August 2006, 13:51:14 »
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Ford rejigged LRs are a million times better, but obviously that much newer, and expensive. Retain price well as (rightly) sort after..

I think your getting the wrong end of the stick, BMW currently own RR..

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Personally, I really didn't like the Multipla (about 4 or 5 years ago when I drove one). A mate had the Tuscan for the day and said decent motor. Dunno about the Kia.

The Kia and Hyaundai's are the same thing basically :) I drove a Sorento TDi a few weeks back and I was very impressed.

Sorento's are impressive went in one in the off road course at the Birmingham motorshow few years ago, very impressive.

But as TheBoy says, Land Rover & Range Rover are basically are the same company are owned by Ford.

Ford also own: Jaguar, Mazda, Volvo
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Re: Cars with high driving positons
« Reply #31 on: 31 August 2006, 13:52:04 »
Remember one of the reasons for BMW buying Rover in the early 90s was to get the 4 x 4 technology that their own engineers had struggled to get to work properly.
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Re: Cars with high driving positons
« Reply #32 on: 31 August 2006, 13:55:41 »
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Remember one of the reasons for BMW buying Rover in the early 90s was to get the 4 x 4 technology that their own engineers had struggled to get to work properly.

And still do struggle...

X3 is about as good off road as an Omega  ;D

As for the X5....  ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Cars with high driving positons
« Reply #33 on: 31 August 2006, 13:58:47 »
Yeah, my brother is on his 2nd X5.  After telling him that it was no good off road, and he should have bought a proper 4x4, I pmsl when he rang me to say he'd got it stuck  ;D. Admittedly, he did have road tyres on it, but even so.  And he knows how to drive 4x4s as well, so wasn't being a prat...
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Re: Cars with high driving positons
« Reply #34 on: 31 August 2006, 14:02:21 »
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Yeah, my brother is on his 2nd X5.  After telling him that it was no good off road, and he should have bought a proper 4x4, I pmsl when he rang me to say he'd got it stuck  ;D. Admittedly, he did have road tyres on it, but even so.  And he knows how to drive 4x4s as well, so wasn't being a prat...

The X5 with off road tyres and a propper 4x4 setup is not too bad...

The X3 is pointless, I remember clarkson saying about it. You can get a BMW 525 for the same price as an X3 2.0 Diesel, why on earth would anyone buy an X3?
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Re: Cars with high driving positons
« Reply #35 on: 31 August 2006, 14:19:47 »
Sorry my mistake, chassis is now Ford, but engine is still Beemer:

http://www.rangerovers.net/rrmkiii.htm

Ford (Jag) engines only came in last year.
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Re: Cars with high driving positons
« Reply #36 on: 31 August 2006, 14:25:32 »
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Sorry my mistake, chassis is now Ford, but engine is still Beemer:

http://www.rangerovers.net/rrmkiii.htm

Ford (Jag) engines only came in last year.

Its difficult to keep track of who owns who!!

I belive Nissan and Renault are on the verge of merging into one company!  :o

Hope the get it the right way round this time, Japanese engines and french looks...
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Re: Cars with high driving positons
« Reply #37 on: 31 August 2006, 14:29:17 »
Landrover have been trying to move away from BMW engines for ages (emissions are a huge problem, and likely to fail the new standards required soon), but taken a while to redevelop and test the Jag motors.
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Re: Cars with high driving positons
« Reply #38 on: 31 August 2006, 15:29:13 »
What about a mercedes a/class quite high not bad spec drove 1 it was a nice drive aswell ??
or 1 of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1999-T-MERCEDES-ML-320-AUTO-BLACK-LEATHER-CRUISE_W0QQitemZ300020954212QQihZ020QQcategoryZ9855QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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« Reply #39 on: 31 August 2006, 15:34:06 »
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What about a mercedes a/class quite high not bad spec drove 1 it was a nice drive aswell ??

Supposedly they are no good at speed nice car though.
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« Reply #40 on: 31 August 2006, 15:43:24 »
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What about a mercedes a/class quite high not bad spec drove 1 it was a nice drive aswell ??

Supposedly they are no good at speed nice car though.

Think it needs to be a little bigger, they already have a little VW Polo for running around town shopping and other bits.

His replacement would be used for longer runs to see us, holidays ect...
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« Reply #41 on: 31 August 2006, 15:46:38 »
Tunnie have a look at the ML merc link it's nice and well equipped
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« Reply #42 on: 31 August 2006, 19:35:28 »
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Tunnie have a look at the ML merc link it's nice and well equipped

Just taken a look, seams interesting. It is high spec, but why does it have a grey bumper?? Thought i would be body coloured on a 320..


He's impressed at the value i got from my Omega, I have shown him the level of trim you can get from an elite, he was very impressed  :)
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Re: Cars with high driving positons
« Reply #43 on: 31 August 2006, 20:22:37 »
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Tunnie have a look at the ML merc link it's nice and well equipped

I've heard nothing but bad, bad, bad news about these. Apparently they're built in the Americas somewhere, and build quality is terrible.

Personally I wouldn't have any off-roader unless I was a farmer or similar, although some people do quite enjoy looking like a complete pillock (hence why there's a market for X5s and the travesty that is the cayenne - what a dog sh1tting on an otherwise admired badge).

It does make me wonder... the classic comparison is the X5 verses an equivalent engine/spec 5-series wagon. In every point the 5-series is better: faster, more economical, better handling, more space, looks (subjective, but I think the only person who ever liked the look of the X5 was stevie wonder!), cheaper.... Although if you're a drug dealer then there's a definite cred involved with the X5 ;D
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