can of worms
Submitted: Monday, Feb 07, 2011 at 21:38
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Eli J
here is one to start an argument. Searching for a new car. Got a 2004 STR2 Navarra TD. love the car, but alas, my wife has fallen into foal for the 4th time, hence the need for a new car.
Needs to be a 4wd and obviously needs a 3rd row of seats. Do a little bit of 4 wheeling but nothing to hard core, mainly 4by parks like Rover Park, Levuka and so on. Maybe a bit of beach every now and then.
Towing a camper fully loaded about 1.2t. Usually load the back of canopy in navarra up to, plus roof rack loaded with clothes in one of those bags.
Now i figure no matter which way i go, i will loose the packing space of the canopy section in Navarra, so i will need to be able to load up top a little more, Plus i guess some more stragegic packing.
Any ideas or experience with any cars that might suit this situation.
Obviously i am expecting to hear stories on Patrols, cruisers, prados even Pathys, but no experience will be frowned upon here. We need all the help we can get.
Budget is around $50Ks
Cheers
Reply By: Kimba10 - Monday, Feb 07, 2011 at 22:47
Monday, Feb 07, 2011 at 22:47
Neighbour just bought a new pathie, absolutely loves it, heaps of grunt for pulling his full off road van and has 4 kids, loves the design/layout of the rear seats and still actually has some room behind the dickie seats for stuff, but obviously he fits most of his stuff in the van, so not alot of luggage space required in the actual vehicle. Cant beat the ute with a canopy for storage, I found that going from a hilux with canopy to the prado. You should have a good range with the amount of $$ you have available. He commented on the prado having less space and the design didnt suit the seating positons he was looking for, and the pajero is a one piece rear
seat so no option of folding half of it down.Maybe a F250, should fit 4 across the back
seat in one of those suckers no problems LOL Regards Steve
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Follow Up By: Eli J - Tuesday, Feb 08, 2011 at 08:16
Tuesday, Feb 08, 2011 at 08:16
Yeah have looked at the pathy. Definately a smart layout, although seats are uncomfortable. Did he buy the latest 2011 model? i took an 08 Ti model, for a cruise and thought it didnt drive as good as my 04 str2 navarra. Might have been because the pathy was a auto and my navarra is a manual..dun know.
But do aggree with your nighbour regards to layout of pathy, you look at and think how could you fit much in it, but when you look inside it has surprisingly a lot of leftover space behind 3rd row in comparison to others even the bigger boys.
Dont know what Mitsubishi was thinking when they decided to make 3rd row no split, pretty much knocked them outta contention for me, and i believe they are quiet good the latest ones.
As for the F250
well my father in law has one and would fit the crew in easy, and then some, massive unit, but i think the wife may have a little trouble
parking
lol
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Follow Up By: Eli J - Tuesday, Feb 08, 2011 at 13:42
Tuesday, Feb 08, 2011 at 13:42
the new one with 3l turbo will have a fair bit of grunt.
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Reply By: Member - Joe n Mel n kids (FNQ - Monday, Feb 07, 2011 at 23:08
Monday, Feb 07, 2011 at 23:08
you want
mine, 3 in the front and 3 adults can fit in the rear, (all lic & legal) 5 y old can stand up in the rear and not hit the roof, room under there feet for a suitcase on each side (laying flat) tray on the back as having kids in the same cabin as fridges and other missiles dont make sence to me ............
At that budget i would look at something like that anyway, 100 series do it
well as do Patrols ..... sorry but i have tried the 3 rows of seats and dont like it at all, there is no room left for anything else and seem to go as far as about 5y olds, any older and they cant fit in the back row, not in comfort anyway ..
Cheers
Joe
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Reply By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Tuesday, Feb 08, 2011 at 00:05
Tuesday, Feb 08, 2011 at 00:05
For 50k you would buy a really nice 100 ser TD which would tick all the boxes.
Only thing is with a child in the third row you wont be able to legally fit a cargo barrier in any vehicle.
Dont forget when loading fully you have to allow for the ball weight of whatever you are towing as it forms part of the load.
Too much on the roof affects stability and fuel consumption.
We had one and left it at
home. Was noisy and didnt miss it at all.
My 100 did a 55,000k trip towing a big van and had no probs Not even a
puncture.
Haven't got kids but all of the above will apply to you.
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Follow Up By: Member - Craig F (WA) - Tuesday, Feb 08, 2011 at 10:19
Tuesday, Feb 08, 2011 at 10:19
When reading your quote
"We had one and left it at
home. Was noisy and didnt miss it at all."
It sounded as if you were refering to a child. A good laught to start the day..
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Tuesday, Feb 08, 2011 at 10:37
Tuesday, Feb 08, 2011 at 10:37
Didnt write that as I meant it did I
Yes was referring to the roof rack but that would certainly apply as
well.
LOL
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Follow Up By: Eli J - Tuesday, Feb 08, 2011 at 10:53
Tuesday, Feb 08, 2011 at 10:53
Would it be so bad to that.......I could keep the navarra then
LOL
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Reply By: Member - IdahOz - Tuesday, Feb 08, 2011 at 10:37
Tuesday, Feb 08, 2011 at 10:37
We also have 4 kids, now 4,5,7 and 10. Plus we were having our 2 adult kids out for a visit. We picked up a 2006 Troopie that had the 3 rows of seats facing forward and an extra side door. It took a while to find it by searching the net but
well worth it. Seats 8 at a pinch although one of those is a kid in the front between me and hubby and we only diod that while our visitors were here. There is plenty of room in back and under seats for bags of clothes toys etc, and with 4 kids and 5 seats there, they can swap around a bit so they don't fight as much!! When thinking about room for 4 kids (as you
well know) its not just their little bottoms you need room for but the car seats as
well, which makes a heap of difference as to how many can fit.
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