Recomendations for 25'gs Car

A TD Jackaroo or Pajero.

Probably find that the Jack would be slightly better value.

Maybe a V6 Prado (don't think even a base TD Prado would go that price).

Do you need or want Diesel . . . Maybe a V6 of the above would be a better option for city driving.

There's also a LR Disco, and Jeep Cherokee in the mid range stuff. Decent vehicles good offroad, better value elsewhere though I recon.

Gerrad,

If it was me in your shoes I would pick up the latest model 4.2l Diesel GQ patrol I could find. It will do all you want quite well and is very reliable. Your concerns about driving it in the city are reasonable but you will soon get used to it. Both my wife and I drove one in Sydney for years. The Boss wasn't overly keen but she did it without too much complaint. Iassume you are in Perth and the traffic there is nothing compared to Sydney.

I have a mate who travelled to Cape York with us in a Landrover Discovery. He worked as a sales rep in Sydney on the road all the time. Now lives mid north coast NSW last I knew his car had 350k on it and was still going strong. The car has done numerous trips in the bush with never a problem.

It's not the quickest car in the world but it is economical and reliable and plenty of towing capacity and reasonable luggage space. A lot of people will discount the Landrover automatically because of teh old series 2 and 3 vehicles and the agricultural nature of the 110 but the Discovery is a nice comfortable and capable vehicle.

Hope this confuses you a little more.

Go and drive anything you can find and enjoy the process. Most cars these days are reasonably reliable. So compare and buy the one that you are most comfortable with

Duncs.

Duncs,

In regard to the Landrover Discovery are you talking about the TDi version? What is the the size engine these come in? What is towing capacity like? Also what do you think about Patrols and Landcrsuisers on gas?

Cheers

Gerrad