Which car ?

[Johnnyboxer]

Think anything would have been better!

Latest problem, a sensor which causes the abs unit to eat itself!

Currently being repaired.

sorry to hear that

Jap cars come out better than German ones in JD Power reliability surveys

 

[Farmer Roy]

Subaru Forester

Aristocracy love them and they’re the pikeys favourite 4X4 by far for a good reason….

I was going to suggest Subaru Outback - great cars

 

[Farmer Roy]

sorry to hear that

Jap cars come out better than German ones in JD Power reliability surveys

would always buy Japanese in preference to German euro trash

 

[crashbox]

Would you suggest to replace a Volvo XC70.

Estate car
4x4
Motorway and stubble field comfort
No w**k badges

Mondeo and run it into the ground.

Cheap and cheerful. Not sure if it meets your last criteria

 

[Johnnyboxer]

would always buy Japanese in preference to euro trash

Sensible in Oz

 

[Yale]

Subaru Forester

Aristocracy love them and there the pikeys favourite 4X4 by far for a good reason….

Unless you do super low mileage like my parents. They have to plug theirs into a trickle charger because it drains the battery. There is a known issue with them. Even a class action in the US.

 

[alomy75]

XC 60. Or 90. There has never been a uk car crash fatality in a xc90. Fact.

 

[mf7480]

XC 60. Or 90. There has never been a uk car crash fatality in a xc90. Fact.

If you go for a new style XC90 get it post 2017. We had a 65 plate early one and the electronics on it were a bit of a pain.

 

[Power Harrow Pilot]

Same dilemma here. Wifey doing 25k mls year on my diesel. Love the xc70, 40ish mpg, loads of room for 5. Lovely on long runs. Xc60 smaller, xc90 thirsty. Current model got 125k on clock. Few rattles etc. will run it for a few more years……!!

 

[Cowabunga]

Same dilemma here. Wifey doing 25k mls year on my diesel. Love the xc70, 40ish mpg, loads of room for 5. Lovely on long runs. Xc60 smaller, xc90 thirsty. Current model got 125k on clock. Few rattles etc. will run it for a few more years……!!

I had a 2017 XC90 with the boost compressor [forget what it’s officially called] plus the performance software upgrade [Polestar] and it managed to average around 38mpg, which is more or less what my twin turbo Honda CR-V and the Kia Sorento did. They will all better 40mpg when touring a fair distance. Roads around here in the sticks of Ceredigion are not conducive to best fuel economy. Nothing between them in fuel consumption terms worth bothering about.

The Kia was the most refined, the Volvo slightly better equipped, but Volvo’s vary more in equipment terms as there are more factory option choices. The Kia had a twin clutch eight speed automatic while the Volvo had torque convertor eight speed and Honda a nine speed. Ford Ranger has ten with a useful tenth, where Honda doesn’t change to ninth until over 70mph. Ranger twin turbo 2.0 does 32mpg [36 touring] easily when commuting and averages 30.

 

[Bury the Trash]

just bought a 22 yr old RAV! will soon see if you're right.

ours is 2 ltre petrol so i cant vouch for the diesal ones. It gets used and abused and is very reliable and tolerant still nice to drive . Toyota make a very good bus when it all clicks.

 

[Robt]

What about the v90 cross country. It’s the modern version of the xc70.

 

[Cowabunga]

What about the v90 cross country. It’s the modern version of the xc70.

Never did sell well, so rare on the used market. I tried one and found it far too low but mostly, due to using the standard V90 bodyshell, the door aperture was far to low for easy exit, compounded by the shallow angle of the windscreen that meant that the front of the door top was lower than the rear. That meant that bending forward was of no benefit for exiting.
If you are agile and below 5”8” it is probably not an issue but I found it no better than a Peugeot 2008 in that respect. No such issue with the XC90.

 

[TheEarlOfMoray]

Went from a rr sport 4.4 tdv8 to an x5 40d last year. No regrets.

 

[ollie989898]

There are a few V90 XC about but not many.

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[db9go]

Do you have a budget??

I was going to suggest RRSport SVR

As life is not a rehearsal do the proper one Aston Mantin DBX

 

[Sandy]

I had a 2017 XC90 with the boost compressor [forget what it’s officially called] plus the performance software upgrade [Polestar] and it managed to average around 38mpg, which is more or less what my twin turbo Honda CR-V and the Kia Sorento did. They will all better 40mpg when touring a fair distance. Roads around here in the sticks of Ceredigion are not conducive to best fuel economy. Nothing between them in fuel consumption terms worth bothering about.

The Kia was the most refined, the Volvo slightly better equipped, but Volvo’s vary more in equipment terms as there are more factory option choices. The Kia had a twin clutch eight speed automatic while the Volvo had torque convertor eight speed and Honda a nine speed. Ford Ranger has ten with a useful tenth, where Honda doesn’t change to ninth until over 70mph. Ranger twin turbo 2.0 does 32mpg [36 touring] easily when commuting and averages 30.

What’s polestar?

 

[Cowabunga]

What’s polestar?

It is a firmware upgrade that gives better throttle and gearbox response. It does make a difference but quite frankly, after driving it for a week or two after install, you just forget about it.
The biggest such upgrade on a car that I’ve had was a motorway services car park re-mapping of my 2006 Audi Q7. It literally transformed the way the car drove for the better. It even increased the economy while improving the responsiveness of the gearbox to the engine and throttle by a far bigger margin than the official Volvo Polestar upgrade did to the Volvo.
The least effective such upgrade was the tune-it box added initially to the BMW X5 then transferred to the 2004 Range Rover which shared the same engine. All it did in the Range Rover was slightly increase the power so the engine revved higher when pushed on, increasing noise far more than performance. That was quite hopeless as a gadget. After this it was with some trepidation that I ‘invested’ in the re-mapping, but the guy that did it had a VW van packed with computer equipment and the result was amazing. I did some 70,000 miles in the Audi and loved it apart from its appalling appetite for expensive tyres.

 

[primmiemoo]

Peugeot 106 would have fitted the bill perfectly in its day. Nippy on the motorway, high enough off the ground to go across fields through most of the year, fairly frugal fuel consumption. Would take 5 people, or two sheep + dog and driver. Iirc, would take several 25kg bags of feed + driver. Rubbish at towing, though.

 

[JP1]

Peugeot 106 would have fitted the bill perfectly in its day. Nippy on the motorway, high enough off the ground to go across fields through most of the year, fairly frugal fuel consumption. Would take 5 people, or two sheep + dog and driver. Iirc, would take several 25kg bags of feed + driver. Rubbish at towing, though.

A French diesel super mini is still the answer for a lot of applications