Which 4x4 for family on the Canary Islands? I am looking…
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Which 4x4 for family on the Canary Islands?
I am looking for a good family vehicle that can go off-road too. We are a family a five with 3 kids so need to fit three child seats. We live on La Palma (canaries/spain) which is the steepest island in the world. Lot of roads are very steep and shitty. I will not to do hardcore offroading but there are a lot of pistas here that are mainly sand/gravel/rock (with vertical gain/loss too). Car needs to be able to do that. Will still drive on the roads mainly so a full off-roader seems a bit overkill.
We got stuck with normal cars in the past so I decided it is time to upgrade. 7 seats would be great to take our friends kids around but 5 seats would be fine too. So I am not sure what I should buy. There are plenty of full blown 4x4s around here and a Landcruiser or Pajero would be the obvious choice.
The car market here is very limited and some cars you just can't get here. Importing (even from Spain) is not an option due to high taxes. Most cars here have high or very high mileage. Rust is usually not as much as an issue as we have warm/mild weather with almost no rain the whole year.
We have a lot of these available on the local market:
Hyundai Terracan
Hyundai H1
Isuzu Trooper
Nissan X-Trail T30/T31
Nissan Pathfinder
Nissan Terrano II
Nissan Patrol
Suzuki Grand Vitara
Landrover Freelander 2
Landrover Disco 2
Jeep WJ Grand Cherokee
Toyota Landcruiser 70/80/90/100/120
Toyota 4runner
Mitsubishi Pajero 1st/2nd/3rd gen
Mitusbishi Pajero Sport 1st gen
What would you get? Any ideas for other models?
Dont want to spend more than 10-15K ideally. Personally I really like the Pathfinder R51. Spacious, 7 seats.
Thanks for your help!
#sport
I am looking for a good family vehicle that can go off-road too. We are a family a five with 3 kids so need to fit three child seats. We live on La Palma (canaries/spain) which is the steepest island in the world. Lot of roads are very steep and shitty. I will not to do hardcore offroading but there are a lot of pistas here that are mainly sand/gravel/rock (with vertical gain/loss too). Car needs to be able to do that. Will still drive on the roads mainly so a full off-roader seems a bit overkill.
We got stuck with normal cars in the past so I decided it is time to upgrade. 7 seats would be great to take our friends kids around but 5 seats would be fine too. So I am not sure what I should buy. There are plenty of full blown 4x4s around here and a Landcruiser or Pajero would be the obvious choice.
The car market here is very limited and some cars you just can't get here. Importing (even from Spain) is not an option due to high taxes. Most cars here have high or very high mileage. Rust is usually not as much as an issue as we have warm/mild weather with almost no rain the whole year.
We have a lot of these available on the local market:
Hyundai Terracan
Hyundai H1
Isuzu Trooper
Nissan X-Trail T30/T31
Nissan Pathfinder
Nissan Terrano II
Nissan Patrol
Suzuki Grand Vitara
Landrover Freelander 2
Landrover Disco 2
Jeep WJ Grand Cherokee
Toyota Landcruiser 70/80/90/100/120
Toyota 4runner
Mitsubishi Pajero 1st/2nd/3rd gen
Mitusbishi Pajero Sport 1st gen
What would you get? Any ideas for other models?
Dont want to spend more than 10-15K ideally. Personally I really like the Pathfinder R51. Spacious, 7 seats.
Thanks for your help!
#sport
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