Which SUV and why?

PCWARITM said:
IMO this is the winner in this thread so far.
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What is the long term reliability and maintenance on those, the Germans are terrible of late with their timing chains that are made out of cheese and literally cost the earth to replace?
PCWARITM said:
I'll be honest, I like the Everest 3.0l XLT but everything Everest related in the used department seems to be the wet belt 2.x model... no thanks.
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Apparently despite the wet cambelt not being optimal as long as your strictly adhered to to the service interval on the belt and use the correct oil they are reliable.
 
PCWARITM said:
That car has hardly been driven in. Lots of legs in that motor.

It’s a 20k service to replace. Nah. I’d rather do a 2018/2019 3.2TDi
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I've seen some modern Merc engines needing a cam chain replacement under 100k km and it was an engine out job costing around R80k+, no idea which engine variants but it seems to be a thing with many modern German engines. Apparently one reason being is they under spec the cam chain/sprokets in a bid to cram more junk into the engine bay and also save costs.

How much is the cam belt change on a dry belt for the 3.2TDI, it cant be a whole lot less than R20k at the dealers?
 
RedViking said:
Why no Mazda ?
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Mazda irritates me. Here's why: They are playing in South Africa in a field already dominated by others, and the Chinese are making inroads like its nobody's business.

Instead of bringing in their very popular, highly refined turbo-petrol engines to their cars, they went and ditched the lethargic 2.5L in the CX-5 for an even worse lawn-mower-equivalent 2.0L. I mean there a 0.8L turbo engines out there that can out-accelerate it. So i'm overseas in another country and i've seen Mazda 3's with turbo, CX-5's with turbo, CX-30, CX-90 etc etc .

The sad part is Mazda's are really nice cars, their interior is insanely well built and they're generally very reliable. They are good-looking, they really tick a LOT of boxes for people.

But Mazda South Africa insists on selling these lawn-mower engines in a country with big, open roads and competition all over the place selling turbo-charged engines. It just puzzles me.
 
PCWARITM said:
Another vehicle that has cropped up is the Corolla Cross HEV. Great economy and a comfortable ride if you ignore the sound of the compressor recharging the battery. Might also be a good combination of town / long trips. Can get them for a decent figure 1 year old with warranty. Still a CVT though. The VW T-Cross Hybrid has the DSG gear system. I just don't understand why they didn't bother with keyless entry and push start on the VWs though?
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Lower end models? My previous Golf had KESSY and push start, most of the higher end VW's do although it may be an optional extra.
 
PCWARITM said:
Another vehicle that has cropped up is the Corolla Cross HEV. Great economy and a comfortable ride if you ignore the sound of the compressor recharging the battery. Might also be a good combination of town / long trips. Can get them for a decent figure 1 year old with warranty. Still a CVT though. The VW T-Cross Hybrid has the DSG gear system. I just don't understand why they didn't bother with keyless entry and push start on the VWs though?
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There's nothing wrong with modern CVT's, especially not in a Toyota. They can feel a bit weird initially but after a day or two they feel great, perhaps even better than a traditional automatic in some respects.
 
The first car I would definitely scratch off your list is the Discovery Sport. Had one as a courtesy car while my Jaguar was being serviced a few years ago, and the 9-speed ZF auto felt like it was constantly shifting. The E-Pace is probably the same, because it shares a platform with the Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque (although I see some of the petrol models use an 8-speed Aisin auto).

@PCWARITM, what does your monthly mileage look like? You definitely don't want to buy a more modern diesel if you don't do frequent highway trips. Town driving and stop-start is a surefire way to clog the vehicle's DPF.
 
PCWARITM said:
Another vehicle that has cropped up is the Corolla Cross HEV. Great economy and a comfortable ride if you ignore the sound of the compressor recharging the battery. Might also be a good combination of town / long trips. Can get them for a decent figure 1 year old with warranty. Still a CVT though. The VW T-Cross Hybrid has the DSG gear system. I just don't understand why they didn't bother with keyless entry and push start on the VWs though?
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Those are great cars and from what I hear the eCVT is a fantastic gearbox. One thing I would recommend though - pop across your local copshop and ask them about theft incidence. I know in Pretoria there's at least a dozen of them stolen every week.
 
airborne said:
What is the long term reliability and maintenance on those, the Germans are terrible of late with their timing chains that are made out of cheese and literally cost the earth to replace?

Apparently despite the wet cambelt not being optimal as long as your strictly adhered to to the service interval on the belt and use the correct oil they are reliable.
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It feels like you are trying to be dishonest with all your hate for German cars.
I mean We all know and can Google what specific Land rover engines had crankshaft issues,
We all know what Ford ingines have the issues with wet belts.
Its not all American cars, its not even all Fords.
Its not all British cars its not all Land Rovers.

Yet you just come in with German cars.
Give us some links to these massive failures on all German cars
 
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