Do I want a Tiguan or a Range Rover or something else?

[Noofly]

After 9 happy years with my Mondeo, I am sadly realising that she really is falling to bits, mostly because I drive her on roads that are entirely unsuitable for her, and I need a 4x4.

We live in new town suburbia, but we have a dog and most days, I take him out to the countryside for walks and DS and I love hillwalking at the weekend which again means more potholed roads and the undercarriage of my poor Mondeo can’t take much more.

I have dog owning friends who have a Tiguan and they love it. I also know people in similar circumstances who love their Range Rovers! I’ve got a budget of around £25-30k (ignores the trade in as I doubt we’ll get anything worth counting for the Mondeo) which would appear to be able to get me a not too old Tiguan or a bit of an older Range Rover.

Or do I want something else???

OK, have had a look at loads of options last night. I think the Tiguan is in first place with the Volvo XC60 in second with the Discovery as a distant third (I.e. I think I’ve ruled it out). There’s a possible Tiguan and an XC60 not too far from us (though in opposite directions!) within budget that we’ll try to see this weekend.

Well, I went out today to test drive the Tiguan that DH found for me and promptly bought said Tiguan. I’ll collect it on Thursday!

I liked it very much which is saying a lot as I generally have no interest in cars.

Do yourself a favour, buy Jap or korean. The key thing is reliability and avoiding mega repair bills.