[Closed] What is the best compromise car for a petrolhead MTBer?

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4.3l V6 turbo
4WD
0-60 quicker than anything else (production) mentioned, and 100% hillbilly!

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I drive a Jeep now. 🙁

The O.P. said Petrolhead, so why are some of you mentioning diesels? 🙄

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Range Rover Sport? Worth a look if you have never driven one or considered them to be "fun"

It's a big comfortable cruiser but it's nothing like a sports car. You never get away from the feeling of being in this giant, heavy beast.

Do you own one? Is that why you're being so protective of it?

Yes I do actually - not an S, but they are exactly the same apart from the engines (and the optional air suspension which mine has).
I'm not being protective, I'm just saying that it certainly doesn't [i]feel[/i] big and heavy even though it is fairly big!
It actually feels like more like a 911 compare to the competition.

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What do i win??

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Congratulations mate, you own a lovely piece of kit (must be doing pretty well for yourself 🙂 ). I was a complete skeptic that a big 4x4 could stop and go like that but my mates at Porsche were adamant. The demo car cost something like £89,000 if I recall. It's a stunning machine, but I still actually don't "get it". For all the things I'd want to do with a 4x4, I wouldn't in this because it's too nice. And for all the enthusiastic driving I might want to do, it wouldn't tick those boxes either.

The Cayenne is a very capable motor.
Makes that pickup I posted up there with styling by Lego look positively pretty though. 🙂

The Cayenne is a very capable motor.

I'll second that. I can hold my own and I wasnt taking it easy over Dartmoor the other day, overtaking plenty of cars dawdling along below the limit, but I had a feeling what I could see closing in behind us was a Cayenne and I wasn't wrong. Could tell partly by the headlights and partly by the stance and way it was taking the corners. He/she was doing a healthy amount over the limit.

Makes that pickup I posted up there with styling by Lego look positively pretty though.

I think the new ones look OK

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When petrol dropped to £1/litre I was tempted by a cheap petrol Cayenne. Lot of car for the money. Might get funny looks towing a sheep trailer with one though 😀

Surely a 4x4 must feature?

Perhaps a Range Rover - not sure if they are quick enough though?

@chrishdw - that's gopping, what is it?

Surely a 4x4 must feature?

Are you new here?

Surely you must know that a child's trike with winter tyres > a 4x4

Range Rover Sport?

Heretic.

Its a Nissan Stagea. Basically a Skyline estate.
Admittedly it looks much better with the front of an R34 bolted on!!

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A neighbour of mine had one. Such an an incredibly rare car outside Japan I really wouldn't want to run one. Also, quite ugly and I generally prefer estates.

A Range Rover? Not that bad:

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When petrol dropped to £1/litre I was tempted by a cheap petrol Cayenne.

I remember driving a borrowed V6 Golf for 6 weeks and having to fill it up twice in a weekend from empty. Even at 'cheap' prices back then it bloody hurt my wallet. Unless you do geniunely under 4,000miles a year and its your only car (as running it as a second would raise costs/wallet££ etc alone) then why?