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  • #32
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,979 ✭✭✭✭John_Rambo


    air wrote: »
    A lightly loaded FWD vehicle with off road tyres coupled with a LSD can be very capable - most likely more capable than a 4wd with road tyres in fact in the muddy conditions that the OP has described.

    Then you're in to driving knobbly off road tyres on regular roads. Pain.

    Edit - That Peasant ^ got there before me!

    There's a 4x4 Peugeot Partner.


  • #33
    air
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,693 ✭✭✭air


    Agreed, was just making the point that 4wd isn't the only possible solution when more grip is required. I wasn't suggesting fully off road tyres for his case.

    From what the OP has said, the extent of the "off roading" involved is confined to getting across wet fields and economy in between is a priority.

    I had a similar use case myself in the past, never went 4wd & just took the chance.
    I did get stuck once over the space over the space of 2 or 3 years.
    Cost me about 3 hours of my time (Friday evening heading for home of course) but those were the best paid hours I ever had in terms of the money saved over the full period.


  • #34
    AMKC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,452 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    A Suzuki Jimny or Daihatsu Terios second hand if you can get them. Both are small but very cabable off roaders. A Fiat Panda 4x4 is another. Just putting them out there. Maybe they are to small for the OP.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



  • #35
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,789 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    AMKC wrote: »
    A Suzuki Jimny or Daihatsu Terios second hand if you can get them. Both are small but very cabable off roaders. A Fiat Panda 4x4 is another. Just putting them out there. Maybe they are to small for the OP.

    Can't speak for the other two, but a Jimny is not a vehicle I would like to use as a work van...it's too uncomfortable and compromised as a road vehicle, not to mention somewhat cramped.

    (I used to own one for several years...great fun as a private vehicle...but I wouldn't want to spend my working day in it ...unless that work was in forestry or something similarly off-roady)


  • #36
    FAMLEE
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 156 ✭✭FAMLEE


    There's no market for small vans with 4wd, what you need is a real mechanical 4x4. Not shi1teboxes with electric passive systems.


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  • #37
    MF290
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭MF290


    I will write a letter to citroen demanding a 4wd berlingo and I might as well ask for the hydropneumatic suspension which raises and lowers!


  • #38
    Ferris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭Ferris


    Saw a passenger Caddy yeterday with a rear diff visible from behind, remembered this thread and paid more attention and saw it had a 4 Motion badge on it. Maybe a similar setup was available in the van version, it was a 2L but.


  • #39
    MF290
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭MF290


    XLR 8 wrote: »
    If your not looking at brand new then check out the Fiat Sedici or Suzuki SX4 both are 4X4.They are a gem if you look after them. There are commercial versions too. It's unbeatable for the price in snow and off road. Load space might be an issue but I've seen plenty hauled in the one I owned. Rugged as f#@k too.

    Thanks a good shout, snubbed them after a google image search last time but look a right little car for the money. Hard find much info on reliability.
    Youtube video of the fiat panda brought me down a rabbit hole of unsuspecting 4x4's


  • #40
    Mc-BigE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 972 ✭✭✭Mc-BigE


    what about the last generation land rover discovery (2 seater or 5 seater crew cab)? or depending on your budget the new 2 seater commercial one.


  • #41
    MF290
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭MF290


    Mc-BigE wrote: »
    what about the last generation land rover discovery (2 seater or 5 seater crew cab)? or depending on your budget the new 2 seater commercial one.

    I like the look of them and great spec but reliability and cost of parts not to mention the price of them.


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  • #42
    XLR 8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭XLR 8


    MF290 wrote: »
    Thanks a good shout, snubbed them after a google image search last time but look a right little car for the money. Hard find much info on reliability.
    Youtube video of the fiat panda brought me down a rabbit hole of unsuspecting 4x4's

    The petrol versions are very reliable and frugal. The diesels are like any other diesel vehicle and need a bit of TLC. I had the 1.6 petrol Sedici 4X4 and not once did it ever have an issue. Honestly for the money you won't find a better 4X4. I drove it all over the hills in Wicklow during the beast from the east a few years back through snow drifts three feet deep and up icy roads it was faultless. Best of luck finding one they're rare enough. I regret letting mine go if I'm honest.


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