Kia sportage for farming

lab man

Hi lads I'm going looking at a kia sportage 06 diesel 4x4 do any of ye have one or know water theyou are like tks lab man

_Brian

I've only heard good things about them.

anfieldrd

Just sold an 06 one, lovely jeep on the road but a bit soft for the farm. Wouldn't want to be doing much towing with it. Mine gave a nice bit of trouble, firstly head gasket went luckily was still under warranty.

Then the injector pump had to be done and a week after getting that back in the crankshaft broke. Expensive few weeks. Offloaded her few weeks ago.

Odelay

Have a kia sorento, only fault is the time clock on the dash loses time. Not a farm jeep, as in not suited to towing day in day out. I think the sportage would be too light for farm work.

Never wrestle with pigs

They give bother with flywheels, injectors, turbos, and cook themselvs a good bit.

If you manage to get a second hand engine they go for around €1500

Nice jeep to drive but way to soft for the farm.

lab man

I would only be towing 4 /5 times in the year as we have a trooper. I have a golf but the parents getting on a bit so difficult to get in an out. I work in a factory so really tis only doing road work 90 per cent of the time..

Never wrestle with pigs

lab man wrote: »

I would only be towing 4 /5 times in the year as we have a trooper. I have a golf but the parents getting on a bit so difficult to get in an out. I work in a factory so really tis only doing road work 90 per cent of the time..

Probably do the job so. Make sure you get one with low miles. When they hit 150k they can get tired.

lab man

90 k miles on it and withow one owner

tractorporn

Odelay wrote:

Have a kia sorento, only fault is the time clock on the dash loses time. Not a farm jeep, as in not suited to towing day in day out. I think the sportage would be too light for farm work.

Have a sorento here too and the clock is the same. We tow a 12x6 ifor Williams with ours regularly and it's never any bother to it. The Santa Fe wouldn't be as good for towing id imagine. Can give bother with the flywheel but if timing belt changed at right time shouldn't be an issue

_Brian

Just traded my xtrail for a VW Tiguan, would be less commercial than the xtrail but much more refined to drive.

lab man

They are big money though I thought

djmc

I have a sportage and it's fairly trouble free so far in the past 4 years.
It's no trooper but still better than a Passat or 2wd car.
Fine for towing calves or one or two cows but has no low 4wd box for off road towing on hills etc.
Comfortable and nifty on the road though.

lab man

Wat way are they on diesel dj

djmc

lab man wrote: »

Wat way are they on diesel dj

Not bad much the same as a car
I couldn't tell you the exact miles to the gallon I'm getting but it's definitely a lot better than the l200 I had last which is the same as the pagero sport.

lab man

Update! Well I bought a sportage in donegal this morning and 06 model happy with it seems to be light in fuel 25 euro from letterkenny to West clare in heavy traffic .. but one thing when I hit 120 know the steering wheel vibrates a bit would it be the tracking ??thanks lab man

orm0nd

lab man wrote:

Update! Well I bought a sportage in donegal this morning and 06 model happy with it seems to be light in fuel 25 euro from letterkenny to West clare in heavy traffic .. but one thing when I hit 120 know the steering wheel vibrates a bit would it be the tracking ??thanks lab man

Get the front wheels balanced and see does it make any improvement. Good luck with it.

lab man

Yah I'm going to do that for sure I'm very happy how they handle bends etc .. can u tell me Wat the tcs button is for ?is it supposed to be on or off ??thanks lab man

selectamatic

Tcs is a form of traction/stability control leave it on. Ya only really need to turn it off when the wheels are spinning but you infact want them to spin so like ploughing outta mud or snow