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steve mx

04/2/2016 at 5:06pm
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we have a broken nissan x trail 2005 that will cost approx £1800 to mend and are considering not bothering as fed up of vehicles letting us down, thinking of leasing a new or nearly new one any suggestions, we like the look of vauxhall anttara but know nothing of reliability power economy towing capabilities etc, we tow at present a single axle 5 birth 16 ft caravan

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If you put Antara in to the search field there are quite a few previous posts.

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Rob and Tina

04/2/2016 at 5:59pm
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What's the MTPLM of the caravan? Do you need a 4x4 or would something like a Mondeo do the job? It also depends on how many seats you need, how you use the car when not towing etc. How big is your budget?

What's wrong with the Nissan or has it reached the stage where it's one thing after another and this bill will be the first of many?

Rob

Ray Clayton

04/2/2016 at 6:06pm
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and dont forget to take into account if in the future, you may need or like to have a bigger van ?

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04/2/2016 at 8:57pm
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vauxhall's can be expensive to lease due to poor resale values, when shopping about look at lease cost rather than price to buy. Some more expensive cars are cheaper to lease.

GCMS2012

04/2/2016 at 9:30pm
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OH's car is leased through the NHS, all costs - servicing / tyres etc are included in the price, so no worries about that side of owning a car now....

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steve mx

05/2/2016 at 8:26am
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x trail has a cracked head, has 160000 miles and with our luck the clutch or the turbo will be next, defo want a 4x4 type as we live in the sticks no gritters etc reviews dont look great for vaxhaull but looking at ford kuga and vw touran any thoughts

Rob and Tina

05/2/2016 at 9:33am
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Sounds like the Nissan isn't an economical repair at that sort of mileage.

I've been looking at similar cars because this area is not great when the snow falls, we live on a very slight slope at the bottom of the valley and sometimes we can't get to the end of the road to get to the roads that have been gritted.

I've been thinking of the X Trail but worry about the problems you've mentioned which seem fairly common. The Antara/Captiva seems cheap but a lot of people report DPF problems. The Kuga seems ok, we know someone who is on their second Kuga which is used for towing and they love it. I'm thinking now of a Ssangyong, reliable engine and very cheap secondhand, we know someone who has had one for 11 years and towed all over Europe without any problems.

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05/2/2016 at 11:51am
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Have you looked at estate cars. I think most manufacturers Volvo, Ford, Audi, VW, Skoda and Vauxhall all have a 4x4 version of their family estates.

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05/2/2016 at 12:06pm
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Quote: Originally posted by steve mx on 04/2/2016we have a broken nissan x trail 2005 that will cost approx £1800 to mend and are considering not bothering as fed up of vehicles letting us down, thinking of leasing a new or nearly new one any suggestions, we like the look of vauxhall anttara but know nothing of reliability power economy towing capabilities etc, we tow at present a single axle 5 birth 16 ft caravan

To get an idea of leasing costs have a look here
https://www.vehiclesavers.com/car-leasing

Most 2 ltr diesel 4x4s will tow around 2000kgs, some of the newer 1.6 high output diesels in 4x4s will also tow around this weight, some with auto gearboxes have a lower towing weight

Skoda Bob

05/2/2016 at 7:10pm
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cannot find a 5 berth elldis if that's what you have,
unless its the vogue

gray871

06/2/2016 at 5:07pm
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Looked at the Antara but bad reviews put me off talked to several Kuga owners all of them raved about towing with this. After chatting about the Kuga I was warned off the 136bhp as too underpowered, the 140 bhp was only 2 wheel drive so rubish in snow, finally decided on the awd 163 bhp & love it not had the van on back yet so can't comment on that yet.

GCMS2012

06/2/2016 at 6:59pm
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One of the Volvo XC's??

A VW with the '4motion' thingy (a mobile mechanic has a caddy van with it - very well impressed with it).

VW Tiguan or Toureg?

All I can think of for now...

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Supatramp

08/2/2016 at 6:29am
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I've just bought a 14reg Santa Fe to replace our old model Sorento. One of the nice/useful things about the newer Sorentos/Santa Fes is that you can manually put them into 4wd and run at up to 25mph, which could be useful in proper snow/icy conditions.

One of the issues with modern fwd cars is that they can get stuck on level wet grass when with a caravan on the back. On arrival on a CL on Sunday, with the 1800kg Conqueror on the back, I put the SF into 4wd mode and it towed up a wet grassy hill without even a hint of a slip.

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vespa 494

08/2/2016 at 5:22pm
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Father in law has the Santa Fe and loves it. They new Kia Sportage has just come out, might be worth a look.

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The new Sportage looks really good. Very tempted ourselves but went for the bigger Sorento in the end. The 2litre higher bhp comes with All Wheel Drive as standard and more equipment/toys than you can shake a stick at. Also comes with 3 years free servicing at the moment.

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