Manual V6 Midsize wagon

Submitted: Tuesday, Jan 04, 2005 at 13:38
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Hi All,

Haven't posted for a very long time, but need your collective thoughts.

We've recently sold a TD Prado after completing a 3 month trip through WA/NT last year and would like to replace it with a mid-size manual V6 that is more suitable for the 80% city driving I do now. I also need to be able to get to beach based fishing sites, camping trips in Flinders and High Country for afew weeks, and maybe even tow a small tinnie around, all with a couple of kids.

I've narrowed it down to a Jackaroo SE or a Challenger but haven't found any posts in the archive that directly compare the two.

I've already ruled out another Prado as too expensive, a Pathfinder because no manual or snorkel, or a Pajero because I just don't like the look of them.

My budget is about $25k and for this sort of money I can get into a 2-4 year old version of either of these with around 50,000kms on the clock. For my money, that's not bad buying.

I'm leaning towards the Jackaroo at the moment because of the number of manuals available, slightly larger size, and there seems to be a greater availability of accessories (snorkel, long range tanks etc.), but the Challenger is a tidy little unit that has its fans (and it's still in production!).

Any thoughts?
Rohan.
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