nissan terrano versus landrover freelander

[amonty1144]

looking to buy a used car this weekend and i am now stuck between two, nissan terrano or a landrover freelander, have done some research on the web but can't quite decide.
My hubby has suggested a honda crv, anyone used one of these off road
Any views anyone?
cheers

[Caladon]

Ok, we have a Freelander and have also driven the terrano and had a crv in new zealand.

Terrano... Waste of time. Big, heavy and boring. Could get stuck on a dry bowling lawn, let alone proper off roading.

CRV... Lots of space, nippy, has a cool feature... the floor of the boot is actually a table! But not fantastic for real off roading.

Freelander... The best off roader of its class, hands down. The boot isn't that big, but the back seats have great leg room and head height.
We use it to pull a horse trailer and it is fine (just don't pull too much weight). We have the diesel automatic (autos best for offroad, obviously) and it can be nippy and the tiptronic gearing helps.

To be honest, I prefer our range rover over the above 3... but given the choice... if you are going to go offroad, choose the freelander (it also has a lot of historical class behind it). If you are going to just drive it as a car... choose the CRV

Cal

[amonty1144]

just to say, bought the freelander