With the roads being in a bad state around Christchurch I am thinking of buying a 4WD vehicle that will ride over the nasty bumps and potholes. Have a budget of about $50K, so was thinking an early 2000s Porsche Cayenne. Any thoughts on this vehicle. Am not interested in Japanese vehicles by the way.
morrisman1,
Jul 4, 9:50pm
Its already been proven that the Audi Q7 isnt suitable
Realistically Id just make sure I have a car with good ground clearance. You dont necessarily need 4wd but many of the high ground clearance cars will have it anyway. Volvo make some nice crossovers
mrfxit,
Jul 4, 10:01pm
LOL aaarrrhhhh ppffffttt. My Surf wouldn't even notice the bump of driving over the Audi
mugenb20b,
Jul 5, 12:27am
Something that has a chassis, heavy duty axles, suspension and steering. Unfortunately, that only leaves the VW Amarok 4wd, which is still nowhere near as strong as the Toyota Landcruiser 100 Series (or any other Jap 4wd). If you really want to smash up the Cayenne instead, then go for it.
richardmayes,
Jul 5, 12:37am
A Porsche Cayenne is designed for very high speed driving on European highways. You may notice the 20" (!) wheels and very low profile tyres - these are made for fast cornering. They would not serve you well on the rough stuff.
Something with a decent chassis &coil suspension ( no airbags ) so soft roaders out . How about Range rover . grunt forhi way& solid enough for rough roads .get 1with coil suspension .
doug207,
Jul 5, 3:56am
I'd have one, be an ideal daily driver.
zephyrheaven,
Jul 5, 6:19am
They go for silly money because on a farm with limited access or anyone that doesnt like jetboating just uses one of them instead - you can drive them in water up to the wiper arms (trust me, been in one doing that) so perfect for everyday use in this shakey burb
johnf_456,
Jul 5, 10:01am
Second this
jaydeesnr,
Jul 5, 10:29am
Shutup Eccles
sw20,
Jul 5, 10:58am
Instead of spending cash on a 4wd have you thought about driving around the pot holes!
The roads aren't that bad, its Christchurch, not Srebrenica.
matthew111,
Jul 5, 8:58pm
every 2 wheel drive car in Chch can negotiate every bump and pot hole. Save your money.
spead,
Jul 5, 11:17pm
what the man is saying is he has too much money burning a hole in his pocket and he wants to justify un necessary spending.
johnf_456,
Jul 6, 12:42am
Save your money, you dont know when you will need it.Save your money, you dont know when you will need it.
thejazzpianoma,
Sep 4, 4:11pm
I would get a Diesel Toureg, not only are they a HUGE amount of car for the money VW is well supported in NZ and despite having monumental amounts of power the Toureg Diesel is actually pretty cheap to run.
Avoid the Toyota, the only thing the Toyota has going for it is supposed reliability, but the new Toyota Diesels don't even have that. As a car they are not even remotely in the same league as the VW.
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