Tuesday, Apr 13, 2004 at 14:04
Thanks for all the comments, I had no idea the question would illicit such passions.
I have a Jackaroo (2,000 model SE) with 140,000 on the clock which I am going to keep for the boss (she likes the thought of winning the local dodgem car stakes and I like the idea of the kids in that and not her Terios) and I have bought a CVX Kluger for the family (Obviously the Jack gets any tough stuff)
Kluger is in my opinion almost the perfect family car - Think about this:
Station Wagon
Leather
4x4 (no centre diff)
Traction Control
Brake Assist
Some other gadget that controls the power to each wheel and retards the motor if necessary in event of control loss (understeer I imagine).
Sold as Lexus in some countries so the quality goes without speaking.
More power thatn the Jack and weighs less so you can imagine the performance.
More torque than the Jack
Lexus 5 speed gear box
Beaaaaaaautiful Lexus 3.3L high tech motor.
More fruit inside than I can manage
8 Airbags including curtain airbags for the kids in the back
Pre-tensioned belts etc
7 seats (last two fold under floor with the spare so I have more room than in the Jack)
0-100 in 8.1 secs (so they say)
I went for a careful stroll down to Wagga and across the mountains over
Easter - Fule consumption was 9.8 Litres per 100K - Some hard driving dragging off a couple of Toyota Prados who were trying to keep up in the mountains to see what this thing was I think.
110 on the freeway, fully loaded with luggage and four people
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I dunno - short of hard core 4x4 in the bush which will always be the domain of the big guys that are built for it, I really think this may be the future.
p.s. Looked at trading the Terios on Rav4 and selling the jack - Rav4 is too expensive and almost costs as much as Jack to run (excepting petrol of course)
Also looked at the other soft stuff for the wife - My opinion only - Forget the Hondas etc, the only thing that is up there are the Subarus and perhaps the Ravs
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