getting a 4x4 again

[evildwarf]

i've got a 2.4 surf at the minute and my previous was a 2.5td pajero and i tbh i love them both the pajero was very good offroad and realy comfy and nice on road but drank fuel like it was going out of fasion, but i'm loveing the surf at the minute so i'd be split i love them both

thats the ticket confuse him some more

[stormforce]

Casey did you get the email with contact number

[oneintheeye]

ok if the 2 we're parked side by side and i had to pick one it would probably be the pajero (sorry), but i'm still a novice surfer so have'nt had the full experiance of it, given my choice of any 4x4 then i would have to buy a discovery

[caseyj]

Casey did you get the email with contact number

no emails here yet,

just got a qutoe on both 4x4 to swap my insurance over, the surf is about 250 quid dearer than the pajero,

[stormforce]

no emails here yet,

just got a qutoe on both 4x4 to swap my insurance over, the surf is about 250 quid dearer than the pajero,

here's Steve's number 07708632800 Just let him know Richard gave you the number.
What insurance company did you try

[caseyj]

here's Steve's number 07708632800 Just let him know Richard gave you the number.
What insurance company did you try

tried my insurance that ive been with for couple of years now as they are normally cheap plus tried couple of the compare sites online, will give steve a ring, cheers for the number, would like to go for a surf again the more i think about it but the insurance is putting me off, i can get the inlaws mitsu animal warrior 55 plate insured for less than both these 4x4s, doesnt make sense

[stormforce]

those compare sites are useless.
Try Adrian Flux.Details on the banner at the top of the page

[JUDWAK]

iam sure the 4runner is cheaper insurance isit not? coz it is not an import
i may be wrong but iam sure my insurance told me that

[caseyj]

those compare sites are useless.
Try Adrian Flux.Details on the banner at the top of the page

just filled in on there website, awaiting quote, did get quote from them when i ha my 2.4 surf couple years back and they were dearer than anywhere else

[Smego2]

Well I tried both the 2.5swb and the 2.8swb mitsi never found a decent lwb I could afford and I think the 2.5 was just SOOOO slow so the 2.8 was my car of choice, until I drove passed a guy in Chertsey who used to import surfs. I tried a 2nd gen 2.4 and it seemed on a par with the 2.8 mitsi both seemed to lose the back end on wet roundabouts and seemed to have a similar performance but the drive of the surf was so much better and of course it was bigger inside. then I stumbled across a 3rd gen 3.0 surf and I was literally blown away (but that one was mega overpriced)!!

I then searched for a bargain and hey I will never look a a mitsi again, tip have a LONG test drive in both and if you still want the mitsi then I would be shocked!!

[fonecrusher1]

Well I tried both the 2.5swb and the 2.8swb mitsi never found a decent lwb I could afford and I think the 2.5 was just SOOOO slow so the 2.8 was my car of choice, until I drove passed a guy in Chertsey who used to import surfs. I tried a 2nd gen 2.4 and it seemed on a par with the 2.8 mitsi both seemed to lose the back end on wet roundabouts and seemed to have a similar performance but the drive of the surf was so much better and of course it was bigger inside. then I stumbled across a 3rd gen 3.0 surf and I was literally blown away (but that one was mega overpriced)!!

I then searched for a bargain and hey I will never look a a mitsi again, tip have a LONG test drive in both and if you still want the mitsi then I would be shocked!!

I agree. Possibly the Pajero is a better 4x4 than the 2.4 surf but not the 3Ltr surf & definitely not the 3rd gen.

The 2.8 Paj engine is meant to be decent but very thirsty. I did a lot of research on them when i considered buying one & the main complaint was the poor fuel economy; 20 to 25mpg.

They're prettier than surfs though.

[caseyj]

although this will be a bit of a toy aswell, it will be used mainly for my building company as my van has blown the engine and looking at the towing weights the surf is coming in at 1500kg towing limit on a braked trailer where as the pajero is coming in at a towing limit of between 2500kg and 2800kg depending what site you look on, as for fuel ecomeny my trips are kept local plus my last car was only getiing 11 to the gallon (750 5.4 v12 bmw)

still undecided which to go for, was hoping to get one befor xmas but dont want to rush in and make the wrong choice

[Predictable Bob]

Just as a matter of interest - WHERE are you getting info on the Surf's towing limit ?

Nobody on here has ever been able to find a documented GVW or towing limit .....

PS
My wife was dead set on us having a Shitgun but having driven a couple myself I persuaded her to have a few test drives. As soon as she'd driven the Shitgun 200yards she said 'We're not having one of these !' which pleased me greatly ! Over a period of a couple of weeks we'd driven all the affordable 4x4's and the only ones that stood out were the Mitsi Challenger (Shitgun Sport) and the Surf - since we wanted it for towing we went for the Surf cos the Mitsi only had a 2.5l engine and we'd seen other people struggle to tow with it

[darkdezigns]

although this will be a bit of a toy aswell, it will be used mainly for my building company as my van has blown the engine and looking at the towing weights the surf is coming in at 1500kg towing limit on a braked trailer where as the pajero is coming in at a towing limit of between 2500kg and 2800kg depending what site you look on, as for fuel ecomeny my trips are kept local plus my last car was only getiing 11 to the gallon (750 5.4 v12 bmw)

still undecided which to go for, was hoping to get one befor xmas but dont want to rush in and make the wrong choice

where did u find towing limits for surf??havent seen one yet

[caseyj]

think the towing weight was in a pdf file on roughtrax4x4 website, was towing weight for the 3.0td but remember reading it coulpe years back as well when i had my 2.4 surf as i was towing my boat every weekend,

ps i have driven the challenger and that does drive like a bag of bolts, but i do like the drive of the pajero,

pro's and con's for both the pajero and surf , but guess i will have to make the choice soon, could come down to fliping a coin to make the choice