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I am possibly looking to get a new car and have narrored it down to 2 (or 3).  Please can you let me know what you think of the a 52 plate Santa Fe td or a 52 TD4 freelander.  I am really interested in reliability and parts/service cost.  One dissadvantage of the freelander is it looks like it has a small boot and I do tend to take a bit of stuff away as the van is 40 miles from home.

I will be towing a 1300kg tec so no worries with weight.  I have also seen a Jeep Cheokee CRD but think this may be a bit expensive to run.

Cheers

Our two little girls fill the back seats and most of the boot, a roof box may be an option but we usually take 6 bikes away (5 on roof and 1 on back) and need the roof space aswell, I could look at putting 2 or 3 bikes on the back but the freelander has a rear spare.

Thanks for the advice, I have a frontera at the moment and had the same problems with the alko stabiliser, now I just open the rear door. 

I did think about an estate but foyr wheel drive has got me (and fellow campers) out of muddy sites quite a few times that I would prefer to stick with one.

Would love an X-Trail but they are just out of my budget.

Still no closer to a decision, no fans of the Jeep yet then!!!!

Went off a Frontera 3.2 petrol, to a Terracan. No problems at all. Big difference in drive mentality, but once i got into the diesel thing it's been great. Consumption is steady around 28 mpg pulling, not bad for such a heavy vehicle. Only use it for pulling the van, rest of time Ford Fusion 60 mpg, or m/bike.

FM

Definitely the santa fe, you get looads of extras as standard like a sunroof and air con, and a big boot, when we got our Hyundai it was a toss up between the santa fe or the Trajet we have, I wanted the santa fe but as its OH she had final say and wanted the 7 Seat option of the Mum bus we have

We have found our Hyundai really reliable and nice to drive, OH informs me it tows the van no probs and didn't seem to struggle when we went to Cornwall last year,.

Santa fe you also don't have to worry about the silly spare wheel being on the back as its underneath.

They also come with roof rails so easy to mount bikes/roofbox etc.

Jeeps are nice,but the boot on the cherokees is tiny unless you go for the grand cherokee.

Definitely the santa fe, you get looads of extras as standard like a sunroof and air con, and a big boot, when we got our Hyundai it was a toss up between the santa fe or the Trajet we have, I wanted the santa fe but as its OH she had final say and wanted the 7 Seat option of the Mum bus we have

We have found our Hyundai really reliable and nice to drive, OH informs me it tows the van no probs and didn't seem to struggle when we went to Cornwall last year,.

Santa fe you also don't have to worry about the silly spare wheel being on the back as its underneath.

They also come with roof rails so easy to mount bikes/roofbox etc.

Jeeps are nice,but the boot on the cherokees is tiny unless you go for the grand cherokee.

Quote: Originally posted by gazmister123 on 28/3/2009

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Definitely the santa fe, you get looads of extras as standard like a sunroof and air con, and a big boot, when we got our Hyundai it was a toss up between the santa fe or the Trajet we have, I wanted the santa fe but as its OH she had final say and wanted the 7 Seat option of the Mum bus we have

We have found our Hyundai really reliable and nice to drive, OH informs me it tows the van no probs and didn't seem to struggle when we went to Cornwall last year,.

Santa fe you also don't have to worry about the silly spare wheel being on the back as its underneath.

They also come with roof rails so easy to mount bikes/roofbox etc.

Jeeps are nice,but the boot on the cherokees is tiny unless you go for the grand cherokee.

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Quote: Originally posted by michael on 29/3/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by gazmister123 on 28/3/2009

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Definitely the santa fe, you get looads of extras as standard like a sunroof and air con, and a big boot, when we got our Hyundai it was a toss up between the santa fe or the Trajet we have, I wanted the santa fe but as its OH she had final say and wanted the 7 Seat option of the Mum bus we have

We have found our Hyundai really reliable and nice to drive, OH informs me it tows the van no probs and didn't seem to struggle when we went to Cornwall last year,.

Santa fe you also don't have to worry about the silly spare wheel being on the back as its underneath.

They also come with roof rails so easy to mount bikes/roofbox etc.

Jeeps are nice,but the boot on the cherokees is tiny unless you go for the grand cherokee.

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agree we have the santa f'e and love it.does the job.

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        love our santa fe

       I tow as om cant drive pull van brillant