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Bloody ell! I bet your still paying off your fuel bill for the Mallorca trip 😉
"light" offroad?
is this offroad that any old car could handle just fine?
occasionaly mounting the kerb? :p
farm tracks?
as long as you stick with steel wheels and dont cane it, it would have to be considerably more than a rough track to stop most cars
why not consider an estate with air suspension and adjustable all wheel drive?
i think skoda do an octavia with suspension that can be wound up and down, and runs all the drive through the front wheels, until it starts to slip and then puts 40% to the back?
hearsay and fifth gear knowledge here, can you tell?
I went for a Suzuki Grand Vitara 2L. Proper off-roader with low range, but still (relatively) comfy on the road. Does 90mph tops, but then, I never go over 70 with it, keeps the noise down.
Cost me 2 grand. Buy one, bank the other 4!
hora you old jackal; my folks paid for that trip 😉
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Panda 4x4, job done
The Panda is riotous fun in 1.2 form. Hugely fun as a holiday car. However the 4x4 Panda has a 0-60 of 4years hasnt it?
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If I dare stick my neck out...the true successor to the Mini
18.2 seconds! But, that's no doubt quicker than a defender! 🙂
I wonder what its 40-50 and 50-70's are- I bet many have been splattered across the sliproad/third lane of motorways by trucks!
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Dont think you'd get a panda down that. But i do much less off roading now , i havent mentioned that ive also got a mk4 1.8 sri astra that was given to the missus when here lupo died and while not a rocket ship i am not alien to reasonable handling / paced cars. Should i just buy a 325 and a bike rack like everyone else on a scooby[img] 
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a 1.8 SRI Astra probably handles/has the same remote feedback as a Defender. No attack on you- I hate the electric remote steering on Vauxhalls.
Do alot of test driving. Legacy, Defender and even through some random ones into the mix...
yeah the astra aint the best handling car thats for sure. chhers hora
Light off road you say? What about an Opel Kadett then? If Top Gear managed it... 😉
Can you get one of these for 6k?
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id rather have my old opel manta gte 🙂
Kia Sorento ?
Kia Sorento? Your name reminds with whatI think of that one!
Standards are really slipping around here! No one's mentioned the Mazda Bongo! MPV/van, 4x4, more refined than a Defender 🙂 Never driven one but it sounds like what your looking for.
There was one on the classifieds... http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-mazda-bongo-pics#post-6549
And 'Andy' mentioned he was selling his a few weeks ago.
And the Mitsubici Delica
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