Any experience of Chelsea tanks?
 

I'm thinking of buying a 4x4 so I can mount a motorcross bike on the back

Thinking is it's better than a van in terms of daily use

It would fit the idealogical dog

It would need to be able to mount a CRF450x on a daily basis as I was thinking I could drop my son at school then use the bike for work.

I don't really fancy a 2 cab pickup. A 4 cab won't take the bike easily and they seem massive.

I want bulletproof and not slow. I don't want to spend £30k on somert that's essentially a washing machine utility thing but if it can eat miles and cruise at 90 maybe

I don't want an X5 or other fake 4x4 thing

You need a bike trailer for your S2000 then

Though they are massive, and I've not owned one, I quite like Toyota land cruisers. I had a client in south Africa who had one. good for long distances, comfy and capable off road. no idea what running costs are and imagine with the V8 you'll be towing a fuel bowser as well......

Trailer won't work, I live on an a road with a steep driveway

I do feck all miles so a big v8 is fine..

I think you'll need to get something new or nearly new to satisfy your reliability concerns

All the cheaper desirable stuff I see requires immediate or imminent major expenditure or the mileage makes it only a question of how soon something expensive will break

When I buy an older car I spend whatever it takes to get it right and the same in keeping it running

Logic being that I accept paying out for repairs or depreciation but not both

Hardly anyone else seems to do that - hence the huge number of time bombs out there

Short lease surely Shirley?

Go and have a read about dash / diff failures on Rangies and then after you've had a heart attack .... buy a Kia / Hyundai for the same price as the repair to the Rangie.

Is a Land Bruiser tall enough to fit a bike in?

Crazy JDM import or breakdowns seems to be the choice these days. Old Jap Crap is still hard to beat.

Nissan Elgrand.
Toyota Previa / Estima
Mazda Bongo Friendee / Ford Frieda ( i know, right? )
Honda Element

Ideally though, something big enough to use a ramp into or an old wheelchair converted 7 seater taxi :)

i hadn't thought about it fitting in Nick, i think that requires some serious height that most of these cars dont have.. ie a van.. plus the load bed is quite high.. i have visions of a 3m ramp and brown trousers every day :)

this was the kind of thing i had in mind.. but yeah, old Japanese tank is probably more where my head was

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.s2k...4d09a440ba.jpg

i could go VW transporter and move seats about.. i know you hate VWs but they are quite low at the back

Generally motocross bikes are light, a CRF weighs about 120kg so man handle-able.. my XSR is much heavier than that :(

I did wonder about a van!

Any FWD one (sorry!) will have a low loading height. And vans don't seem to be as crap as the manufacturer's equivalent cars. Even Renault Trafics.

But a Bongo Friendee would solve family transport problems too, if you don't mind sitting on the engine.