"Tim" wrote in message
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On Jan 16, 2:03 pm, "YukonBound" wrote:
"bpuharic" wrote in message

news


On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:28:59 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Jan 6, 8:46 pm, Tim wrote:
On Jan 6, 12:39 pm, "MMC" wrote:

TheLandRover110 used to be the hot ticket but the Toyotas are a lot
more
dependable and handle a lot better.

The old one liner:

"Did you hear about the guy that bought a new Land Rover and it
didn't
leak any oil so he kept taking it back and hounding the dealer till
they got it right?"

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10698544

A double whammy!

was looking at used land rovers to replace my honda CRV which died at
210k miles

the reviews on used land rovers are TERRIBLE. freelanders with
cracked engine blocks (LOTS of this), transmission problems, etc....

so went with a honda element...

Believe I read that the Element is no more...... most Honda buyers in
that
category felt the CRV was a better buy.

My wife has a love/hate relationship with her CRV. After her beloved
Chrysler town'n country van with 250+ thousand on it, she decided she
was scared of it's dependability and decided to get something
diffrent. So she looked at CRV's. She's disappointed in all the
manual stuff. especially the seat adjustment, and the center console
and the ride. Other wise she likes the car's 30 mpg, manuverability
and adequate space for no more car than what is actually there.

Yeah, trade-off's but she's actually satisfied with her purchase. plus
she gave half for it as what a Chrysler TC or compatable van would
cost.


The 'compact' SUVs are great as a city vehicle.
The top three, for the last 5 or so years are the Subaru Forester, Toyota
RAV4 and the Honda CRV.
Some of the others may be slowly creeping up but I'd stay with those three
for the immediate future.
Unless of course you're one of the over 6 footers in here. Many (my 6'2"
son included) complain that the seating isn't comfortable in the RAV4.