So due to a change in business circumstance I will be running up and down to that England for the next 6/12 months, I will be doing circa 30/40K miles per year as a guesstimate. What vehicle is the question, must haves;
*Four wheel drive (so I can guarantee getting home, top of a hill, remote farm, single lanes etc.)
*4 doors
*Diesel

Budget about £25K and fuel costs covered but not to silly amounts and residual value not a big issue either.

Been looking at the usual suspects, Audi, Merc etc but still cant get past a 4.4 TDV8, I can get the man maths to work but thought I would ask you kind lot, 4 wheel drive seems to be my problem......

Thanks

I think you've answered your own question, no?

20k will get you a lovely 2011/2012 4.4TDV8 which will take you up and down the country beautifully and also getting you 38mpg on the motorway.

Leaving you 5k to put in a maintenance pot.



. Cheers, Greg
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2011 Vogue SE 4.4 with lots of toys in Stornaway

I frequently travel from Kent to Bristol, Manchester and Newcastle and get about 35-40 mpg. The car is faultless (4.4 TDV8 Westminster) and I have not had any issues in the two years of ownership and 20k miles. I can't think of a better way to travel!!

Thanks chaps, final man maths question answered, the search starts now

Good man

Why do you need 4wd for what is presumably motorway miles, winter tyres are pretty good these days!?

He is doing 30k/40k miles a year - doing that amount of miles in a vulnerable conventional car wouldn’t be much fun. I would also go the RR route for this purpose. 2021 L405 Vogue SE 4.4 V8 DIESEL ~ #17

Foz01 wrote:

Why do you need 4wd for what is presumably motorway miles, winter tyres are pretty good these days!?

There’s wanting to get a Range Rover and there’s asking for recommendations for a car to do the same.

I think this is the former

Oddly enough, I do that kind of annual mileage and spending all that time in something ordinary seems like a complete waste of good driving hours to me

Foz01 wrote:

Foz01 wrote:

Why do you need 4wd for what is presumably motorway miles, winter tyres are pretty good these days!?

There’s wanting to get a Range Rover and there’s asking for recommendations for a car to do the same.

I think this is the former

Foz, I have had LR's for 20 plus years and still have 2 of the , my question was somewhat rhetoric

Audi A8 4.2TDi Quattro. Graham

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Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey

A8 vs FFRR?
No contest.
Particularly on a FFRR forum !
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2011 Vogue SE 4.4 with lots of toys in Stornaway

Can you get an S class 4matic over here? That would be my wild card after an A8 and a TDV8. Obviously I would go for the fatty and a Green Flag membership myself!

Rosco wrote:

...What vehicle is the question, must haves;
*Four wheel drive (so I can guarantee getting home, top of a hill, remote farm, single lanes etc.)
*4 doors
*Diesel
... 4 wheel drive seems to be my problem......

gonna_go_double_r wrote:

A8 vs FFRR?
No contest. Particularly on a FFRR forum !
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Graham, A8 is my main competitor, have had Audis for years, wife has an a4 quattro convertible, my main concern for whatever car is knowing I can jump in it and it will get me there, that is the point the RR falls down on however I am not sure any of the other marques are markedly better