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I am looking for a cheap 4x4 to do the 10 min drive work, at bit of towing and a run to Abu Dhabi once or twice a week. Looking to spend about 20k so far I am thinking about a ML, P38, disco etc the yank stuff just seems a bit to agricultural.
Anybody any experience of the above running cost reliability ease of spares or another recommendation.
I am looking for a cheap 4x4 to do the 10 min drive work, at bit of towing and a run to Abu Dhabi once or twice a week. Looking to spend about 20k so far I am thinking about a ML, P38, disco etc the yank stuff just seems a bit to agricultural.
Anybody any experience of the above running cost reliability ease of spares or another recommendation.
20k AED is a very cheap car here.
Last autumn I sold a 2004 Durango with 250,000km on the clock that was extremely tired (and I mean extremely) for 35k so god knows what a 20k one would look like.
Even my most tired Grand Cherokee was bought for 25 and sold for 28 and that cost me about 10 in the middle for a full engine rebuild!
Last autumn I sold a 2004 Durango with 250,000km on the clock that was extremely tired (and I mean extremely) for 35k so god knows what a 20k one would look like.
Even my most tired Grand Cherokee was bought for 25 and sold for 28 and that cost me about 10 in the middle for a full engine rebuild!
A colleague of mine bought a p38 for 25k and whilst not the nicest example it has proved to be a work horse. He uses it as his off-road toy and work commuter from Umm Al Quwain to Dubai. It's far from immaculate and every morning it's sat on the bump stops but he just raises the suspension to normal height and off he goes, towing wise he has towed my LR3 from the top of fossil rock without so much as a squeal.
As long as you get a mechanically sound example it should cover your needs.
As long as you get a mechanically sound example it should cover your needs.
dictys said:
I sold my 2005 Murano with 175k on the clock (not a proper 4x4 as such) for AED 25k a few months ago, it was comfy and fast for a SUV plus came with all the toys, which still all worked perfectly.
Wish I'd known you were selling that, I'd have bought that off you in a heartbeat, I love the Murano, much more fun to drive than it has any right to be!!Gassing Station | Middle East | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff