SUV

[BigP]

I personally drive a Hyundai i30 Diesel. Easy on the juice, has adequate acceleration and more pull than a schoolboy.

Gold!!!!

Yeah well I have a spa pool that has more suck than a school girl , Its special..

[brian ross]

I personally drive a Hyundai i30 Diesel. Easy on the juice, has adequate acceleration and more pull than a schoolboy.

Gold!!!!

Thank'ee. Unfortunately, not my own words. It comes from a le Carre' novel - The Honourable Schoolboy, in fact.

[Gordon]

SUVs are by nature, expensive to run - they consume more fuel, being four wheel drive and use more tyres. They are IMO a blight on the road, being too tall and too larger for drivers in ordinary cars to see past easily and should be banned from cities. Sedans/Station Wagons/Hatchbacks are better.

I personally drive a Hyundai i30 Diesel. Easy on the juice, has adequate acceleration and more pull than a schoolboy. It has never had a spare part added to it in the four years I have owned it. Well worth the money I paid for it.

So wrong.

Modern SUVs are 4x4 on demand so only engage all wheels when required. Mine is a 2.2TD and gets 9/100 in the city and 6 on the freeway and its a big car.

Tyres are a little more expensive but not much.

As a family car they are brilliant and that's why they are so popular.

[sprintcyclist]

About $15K , so a used one

For that price I'd be looking at a Hyundai IX35.
You'll get the most up to date tech. The Mitsu would be an antique

Good thinking Gordon
yes, Kia Sportage might do well.

2011 onwards

[skippy]

I bought a 2017 AWD Rav 4 in December last year and I love it. I’d hired one when I went to NZ for a holiday in Sept last year and after driving it for a week I decided to buy one.
But they are pricey, although the one I bought had been a council owned vehicle that get traded in when they hit around twenty thousand km, mine only had 15000 km on it and was less than a year old. But it still set me back 32000 grand. It’s still got plenty of new car warranty on it.
My wife is looking at a new car now and she is looking at SUVs, because of where we live, but mostly for their height so she doesn’t need an awd model.
She has just test driven a Mitsubishi ASX, which are only about 25 grand brand new, so should be pretty cheap secondhand , and also a Honda HRV which are also around that price.
But the Mitsubishi are still made in Japan where as the Honda is made in Thailand.
So for fifteen grand if you don’t need awd I’d look at a second hand ASX I’d also test drive one of those Nissan quashqai too, they’re also made in Japan.
There are lots of small SUV 2wd on the market now.

[sprintcyclist]

I bought a 2017 AWD Rav 4 in December last year and I love it. I’d hired one when I went to NZ for a holiday in Sept last year and after driving it for a week I decided to buy one.
But they are pricey, although the one I bought had been a council owned vehicle that get traded in when they hit around twenty thousand km, mine only had 15000 km on it and was less than a year old. But it still set me back 32000 grand. It’s still got plenty of new car warranty on it.
My wife is looking at a new car now and she is looking at SUVs, because of where we live, but mostly for their height so she doesn’t need an awd model.
She has just test driven a Mitsubishi ASX, which are only about 25 grand brand new, so should be pretty cheap secondhand , and also a Honda HRV which are also around that price.
But the Mitsubishi are still made in Japan where as the Honda is made in Thailand.
So for fifteen grand if you don’t need awd I’d look at a second hand ASX I’d also test drive one of those Nissan quashqai too, they’re also made in Japan.
There are lots of small SUV 2wd on the market now.

Thanks, a 2WD would be more suitable.
yes, the toyotas certainly hold their value

[Gordon]

I bought a 2017 AWD Rav 4 in December last year and I love it. I’d hired one when I went to NZ for a holiday in Sept last year and after driving it for a week I decided to buy one.
But they are pricey, although the one I bought had been a council owned vehicle that get traded in when they hit around twenty thousand km, mine only had 15000 km on it and was less than a year old. But it still set me back 32000 grand. It’s still got plenty of new car warranty on it.
My wife is looking at a new car now and she is looking at SUVs, because of where we live, but mostly for their height so she doesn’t need an awd model.
She has just test driven a Mitsubishi ASX, which are only about 25 grand brand new, so should be pretty cheap secondhand , and also a Honda HRV which are also around that price.
But the Mitsubishi are still made in Japan where as the Honda is made in Thailand.
So for fifteen grand if you don’t need awd I’d look at a second hand ASX I’d also test drive one of those Nissan quashqai too, they’re also made in Japan.
There are lots of small SUV 2wd on the market now.

Wife has a 2016 AWD RAV and I take it for work most days and in many ways I prefer it to my Disco.