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i am looking at buying an SUV and was considering either a Honda CRV or BMW X3 probably 58 plate for around £8000.
Does anyone on the forum have experience of other makes i should consider.
 
From what I remember the X3 has a few expensive failings. I'd definitely stick with Japanese. Generally they are less likely to empty your bank account, laugh in your face, then take some more money off you.
 
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srichards said:
Generally they are less likely to empty your bank account, laugh in your face, then take some more money off you.
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Why does every thread these days sound like an "EU" discussion thread?

:D
 
My brother in law has had a Honda CRV for a few years now. He loves it, and it's been reliable.
 
I have a 08 plate CRV, 2.2 ex. It sounds like a tractor, the fuel economy isn't amazing. But it has leather, heated seats and my missus really likes it. Got more toys than you would get on a similar age x3....

Have you looked at leasing?
 
62 plate Quashquai Ntec + 1.6 petrol here. Lots of toys, Sarnav built in, glass roof, reliable.
 
Mate has a CRV, actually on his second one and loves it. His only gripe is the amount of money Honda want to update the satnav maps. I told him to buy a Garmin and forget it.
 
I know but he's honest.
 
I use the waze satnav app. Free and it's fairly up to date. I bought a garmin map recently and a new road that had been finished recently but planned for ages wasn't even on it. Road opened in 2015 and map was 2015. No sign of any update either.
 
I try and take my Garmin into the PC once every few weeks, there's always an update of some sort waiting.
 
srichards said:
From what I remember the X3 has a few expensive failings. I'd definitely stick with Japanese. Generally they are less likely to empty your bank account, laugh in your face, then take some more money off you.
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Nah, German all the way - build quality on German cars is better than anything else, Japanese cars always seem cheap to me.

We have had a VW Tiguan from new (09 plate). Lovely car, nice to drive, reliable and holds value well. If we did swap would probably get another.

Oh, and I think VW claimed lt does 100mpg and zero emissions, or something like that ;)
 
I had a CRV for a couple of years (10 plate) & was more than happy with it. Decent quality, reliable, comfortable & not silly servicing costs. MPG wasn't brilliant, ave 33 MPG but not too bad for a 2ltr petrol driven 70% of the time on short journeys.
 
i am sure i read somewhere that the X3 was built in eastern europe and not in Germany so build quality wasn't as good as you would expect from them so was leaning more towards the CRV 2.2 diesel EX model with satnav,heated leather seats,reversing camera
 
Defo get the EX. There are a lot of goodies. Try and get the later sat nav DVD. Tow bars add some value, u don't have one but a comparable model was £500 more! Servicing isn't too bad, as long as you don't take it to the main stealer. I got mine mot last week and there were no advisory notes, but I tend to get the car tracking looked at every year. At first the tyres were scrubbing and it needed alignment done and now it is a lot better.
 
Not an owner currently but I strongly considered a CRV a year ago. In short anything lesser than EX stinks of pure internment camp austerity inside, and the manual gearbox is a horror story. Gears are too close, easy to mix up 4, 6 and reverse. Gerbox + clutch are expensive and very prone to failure. I can only recommend petrol automatic to be completely honest. There there is an image of the old people car... The americans get a much nicer Acura version. We don't.
That brings up onto BMW. The X5 is really similar expense but so much better car. I just couldn't bring myself to paying for rapidly depreciating X3, unless you are getting a bargain already (in which case go and get it).

I'd much rather get a auto D mitsubishi outlander. '15 car was excellent, would happily have one now. Or high spec DSG Tiguan or 3.0 TDI Tuareg. The '07+ Merc ML isn't too bad either apparently. That's a good range of prices for your consideration.
 
The GMC Acadia is really nice compared to the Japanese 'trucks' they don't even have a proper roof rack on them. lol
 
LongLensPhotography said:
Not an owner currently but I strongly considered a CRV a year ago. In short anything lesser than EX stinks of pure internment camp austerity inside, and the manual gearbox is a horror story. Gears are too close, easy to mix up 4, 6 and reverse. Gerbox + clutch are expensive and very prone to failure. I can only recommend petrol automatic to be completely honest.
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Friend had one as an every day vehicle and for balloon recovery (hot ait balloon, not the sort of balloons you get a children's parties). The manual gearbox on the petrol engine was fine, all the gears were easy to select reliably whenever I used it to tow the balloon trailer, and in several years of his ownership the gearbox didn't break.
 
We have a 2yr old crv and love it. Im pretty sure its the ex with the half leather and half alanctara seats. Drives well, my wife likes it and carries all the stuff for the baby. Comfy to drive too. Very happy with it and also hondas service so far (ours came with 5yrs free servicing!)
 
rjbell said:
That myth still doing the rounds is it? :rolleyes:
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I always find it amazing how people hang on to such myths. Did you know all Ford cars were and still are built in Dagenham.:confused:
 
nilagin said:
Did you know all Ford cars were and still are built in Dagenham.:confused:
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Do they still produce that legendary "Friday afternoon tea break" addition ?
 
Every day of the week!
 
Cobra said:
Do they still produce that legendary "Friday afternoon tea break" addition ?
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They never did it was a Thursday afternoon (payday) after they got back from the pub.
 
Do you intend to actually take the thing off-road ? Too many mentioned here will get bogged down on a grass verge !
 
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