Cheap 4x4?

[DaveB]

I need a 4x4 for towing a small boat.

Anything I spend on it comes off my boat budget so ideally I don't want to spend more than £5k

I won't be doing long distances but need something a bit more comfortable than a Land Rover that can seat five.

I used to have a Mitsubishi L200 Crew Cab a few years ago. Any alternatives?

A bit over budget but what the hell.

Tomcat Motorsport - For Sale



Take the spare wheel off and you'll get three in the back.

[malvolio]

To me that's not silly, that's more like it!

Actually, if you fancy a bit of class...

[Scruff]

Toyota Hi-Lux. 1000000 Africans can't be wrong?
(This isn't racist, I am one)

[Lockhouse]

Actually, if you fancy a bit of class...

Yep. Bung on one of my plates on retention, a quick machine polish and away I go.

[filthy1980]

can't believe nobody has made the Ulrika Johnson gag

[DaveB]

Actually, if you fancy a bit of class...

You might want to be careful posting links based on a postcode search.

[Bacchus]

I need a 4x4 for towing a small boat.

Anything I spend on it comes off my boat budget so ideally I don't want to spend more than £5k

I won't be doing long distances but need something a bit more comfortable than a Land Rover that can seat five.

I used to have a Mitsubishi L200 Crew Cab a few years ago. Any alternatives?

How small a boat?

I used to have a Landie to tow a 27' Fjord which was fine, and I recently got rid of a disco 2 which is probably the ultimate tow vehicle - mine was a v8 petrol which was lovely to drive but only did 17 to the gallon but a mate bought it and it doubles up as a luxury business vehicle and a tractor on his other half's horsey place. Have pulled at least four tonnes of grapes with it and you'd hardly know that they were there but it's overkill if you are just pulling a little speedboat or a trailer sailer- maybe something like the Audi all-road for that? Or a Freelander will give reasonable economy and pull a couple of tonnes happily.

[malvolio]

You might want to be careful posting links based on a postcode search.

Difficult with Autotrader. Not my postcode though...

[d000hg]

Do you definitely need a 4x4 for this? Are you thinking for the towing in general, or are you thinking about launching from beaches and other tricky places? I've seen people launch and tow boats using regular cars a lot.

Unless you need a winch?

[DimPrawn]

About £5K - Tick
4x4 - Tick
Polar Bear / Tight Wad Friendly - Tick

Fiat PANDA 4 X 4 HATCHBACK 5-DOOR 0.9 TwinAir 4X4 (85bhp) 5dr

Can tow a boat - Tick