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| Thread ID: 115002 | 2010-12-28 08:25:00 | jeep cherokee's | PinoyKiw (9675) | PC World Chat |
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| 1165277 | 2010-12-28 19:48:00 | SurferJoe, thanks for the feedback, that is what we were looking for. I know owners in Oz that have various models, though there one's are petrol and they have had no issue's with them, one of them one's clocking up 301,000k in 4 years with no work done to it other than routine servicing. But it is nice to get feedback from others that you don't know as well. We were offered this one as someone knows we are looking at replacing our aging car soon. Would never be off road but with the higher wheel base, would be better suited for the yearly flooding we get. I don't think this one is full time 4WD, it had a lever off to the side of the gear box labeled, 4WD, High, low and something else. We had been looking at the toyota rav4 but tidy good condition low km's versions of the rav are impossible to get......:groan: |
PinoyKiw (9675) | ||
| 1165278 | 2010-12-28 20:39:00 | Daughter in West Virginia has one. Petrol engine, automatic, 1998 model. 4wd. She commutes to Baltimore twice a week, and in the snow in Winter too. She had a run in with a deer on the road once, doing 70 MPH (120Ks?). The Jeep, not the deer, she said if she'd been driving an "ordinary" car she would most likely been killed from the impact, whereas the Jeep just had a busted radiator. I have been on a few road trips with her in it and it's very comfy with all good specs. LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1165279 | 2010-12-28 20:43:00 | Unfortunately a lot of the ones we get in NZ are used jap imports, with next no service history, or worse have never been serviced. | plod (107) | ||
| 1165280 | 2010-12-28 21:12:00 | Unfortunately a lot of the ones we get in NZ are used jap imports, with next no service history, or worse have never been serviced . The one we were offered was brand new, not a import . Has full service records included showing filter and oil changes, etc . Not desparate for a replacement car right this moment, used cars in good condition properly serviced are hard to come by here . May end up buying new in which case we will probably get a Rav instead . Some sort of SUV with the higher wheel base would suit us, makes it easier when it floods as it always does every year . Thanks Lakewood, good to get feedback from both sides of the fence . |
PinoyKiw (9675) | ||
| 1165281 | 2010-12-28 21:22:00 | Apart from the the fact they are an unreliable heap of **** & the early ones had steering box separation from the chassis problems. Have you ever driven one? It's like driving a worn out mark2 Cortina on cross plys. Wander all over the road, horrible handling, breathe on the brake pedal & head butt the steering wheel, horrible bloody things. Probably ok for US roads that have no bends | Phil B (648) | ||
| 1165282 | 2010-12-28 21:28:00 | May end up buying new in which case we will probably get a Rav instead . Some sort of SUV with the higher wheel base would suit us, makes it easier when it floods as it always does every year . Thanks Lakewood, good to get feedback from both sides of the fence . A RAV4 is not an SUV in any sense . Not even close . It's a fairly economical (current model) hatchback that is slightly higher off the ground, that's all . It has about the same capability as a Subaru Legacy . . . If you have flooding etc, stay well clear of it . |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1165283 | 2010-12-28 21:32:00 | Have you ever driven one? Yes, drove one yesterday for a few hours, mix of city driving, freeway driving, open road driving. Our roads can be rough as guts in places with pot holes big enough to swallow a small tank when off the main drags....... Had no issue's with the steering and under heavy braking it kept a straight line. Took corners and bends smoothly with no issue's, in fact steered better than a toyota landcruiser that we recently drove.........but that is another story. |
PinoyKiw (9675) | ||
| 1165284 | 2010-12-28 21:38:00 | A RAV4 is not an SUV in any sense. . Rav would still be better than what we currently have and easier to throw around than something more bulky like a Prado, especially in narrow streets. Have driven rental Rav's in NZ, found them to be a nice vehicle to drive. |
PinoyKiw (9675) | ||
| 1165285 | 2010-12-28 22:09:00 | A friend had one and to get the injectors serviced (the rear ones) they had to take the engine out - total cost around $5000. He now has a Toyota Prada. | dvm (6543) | ||
| 1165286 | 2010-12-29 00:08:00 | Rav would still be better than what we currently have and easier to throw around than something more bulky like a Prado, especially in narrow streets . Have driven rental Rav's in NZ, found them to be a nice vehicle to drive . Consider a Suzuki Vitara/Escudo? Far more capable than the RAV4 . But if you've got your heart set on it then at least get some good AT tyres . It does have great mileage, we're getting about 6l/100km and Toyotas are built to last . A friend had one and to get the injectors serviced (the rear ones) they had to take the engine out - total cost around $5000 . He now has a Toyota Prada . WOW . 2500 for a rebuilt Prado engine . . . |
Cato (6936) | ||
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