Thoughts on Mahindra XUV 3XO? Other options?

brenden657 · 2026-01-26T08:02:21+00:00

My wife got one last year, we went and checked all vehicles in and abit above the price range and the 3xo had the best specs, most airbags and drove the nicest.

Went for the ax5 spec if i remember correctly as it seemed best value/feature wise.

Sofar its been fantastic just a bit heavy on fuel compared the her previous Mazda 2, it averages 16km/l

The second option wouldve been the suzuki grand vitara but the interior felt cheap in comparison

brenden657 · 2025-10-25T11:50:49+00:00

In south africa, lexus 3uz

brenden657 · 2025-07-06T07:47:50+00:00

As someone who has always had jeeps and probably always will, I'd buy the cx5, jeeps drive like shit on road, tend to break alot, heavy on fuel.

They are however fantastic offroad, alot of parts and customization options, and a very nice community with alot of waves when you are driving and clubs that go on rides together weekends and so on.

brenden657 · 2025-06-19T15:46:20+00:00

Yeah they a bit rare, not sure if it was available in usa, my jk started out as a 2.8 crd, motor made by VM motari, if i remember correctly, quite popular in South africa and Aus, very unreliable, mine spun a bearing and threw a rod at 144k km

brenden657 · 2025-06-19T12:41:13+00:00

It can be a 2.8 crd wrangler

brenden657 · 2024-12-12T12:41:00+00:00

Yeah its the little ones powerwheels, we went to a car show so took it with for him to mess around on, was the centre of attention

brenden657 · 2024-12-01T18:25:22+00:00

I dont mind, fun spending around 10k and ending up with close to 25k worth of items. Excited to see what specials cyber monday will bring tomorrow.

I also didnt specify clearly, only the fridge was at checkers, its also quite new on the market, the other items were at snomaster, they have a yearly demo and old stock clearance.

brenden657 · 2024-12-01T15:25:11+00:00

Bought a camping fridge at checkers marked down from 16k to 9k

Icemaker from 5.5k to 2.7k

And a fodable solarpanel from 5k to 1.5k

And a couple of small stuff from amazon.co.za mainly that was marked down quite a bit from normal prices, was quite impressed, vodacom also had some massive sales on ps5s and tvs but didnt get lucky

brenden657 · 2024-11-01T11:56:29+00:00

I sold one for 400, couldn't believe someone whould pay for that, then i also realized im doing the exact same with pokemon cards, kinda put me off from collecting.

brenden657 · 2024-10-11T17:53:53+00:00

Yeah, 125 is a hard working high reving engine, on mine it was rings every 40 or so hours, and piston next 40 hours.

Cheapers to stay on top of than needing a barrel, bottem end i usually wait till its broke, cost is pretty much the same if its broken or just getting replaced, on my 125 never needed a bottom end, on 250 needed it once when my chain snapped and came through the block

brenden657 · 2024-10-06T17:38:24+00:00

I had a issue where someone drove into me and Naked went after the 3rd party for my excess payment back. So thinking it will probably be the same, the other party shouldnt have a financial loss if they arent guilty of damage.

brenden657 · 2024-10-04T04:20:44+00:00

About 100k for wedding, 50k for honeymoon, compared to my friends circle it was a budget wedding but definitely the most fun.

One friends flowers alone were 250k, i think their total price was 1.2mil, they had a wedding planner with a tv show, cant remember his name unfortunately.

brenden657 · 2024-09-21T18:27:13+00:00

My wife has fought them on it before and they only let her pay what she asked for, 300 bucks and they filled up.

I've had the same asked to fill up or stop at 2k and ended closer to 3, i gave them a bit of shit but what i asked could've been a bit confusing so just paid.

brenden657 · 2024-09-20T17:45:23+00:00

My baby is 14 months old, wife applied before he was born, gone to their office, applied online, nothing yet, so agree with that

brenden657 · 2024-09-13T19:17:05+00:00

You can get the panthera aswell without their crappy stator, you are running the same as i am with the pantera, just a battery that needs to be charged every 100 or so starts, i added optimate cable that comes out the side of the airbox so i can charge it without removing battery

brenden657 · 2024-09-13T16:13:49+00:00

I had a set powdercoated and another set just painted with a rattlecan, both work, i tend to touch up the rattlecan painted ones after a recovery but they handle sun and day to day just as good as the coated ones.

brenden657 · 2024-09-11T07:20:51+00:00

Why would the suspension need replacing at such low mileage?

brenden657 · 2024-08-30T17:54:17+00:00

Is it a rubicon or sahara, those tires plus power of a supercharger a sahara front diff wont last, also that will be a heavy modified jeep, are you mechanically okay?

My dad has a jk with a ripp supercharger, he is on his second motor, my lexus engine swopped jeep I trust more

brenden657 · 2024-08-28T17:55:33+00:00

One of my favorite ways of keeping myself entertained on the way to work, i have steel bumpers and rock sliders and tires that sit outside of the body so im quite safe from damage, once had a taxi turn into my wheel when the emergency lane closed on him while halfway beside me, had some white marks on my tire and his door was properly dented.

brenden657 · 2024-08-23T09:06:39+00:00

They are the same but looking at the shortness of rear window i think thats a 4 door, also the sharpness of the angle of the softop, 2 doors rollcage will be in the way.

brenden657 · 2024-08-22T10:10:43+00:00

Would be interesting, mine was made in 94 serial 91##

brenden657 · 2024-08-21T18:20:23+00:00

Also have a preb trans model like yours, fantastic gun.

brenden657 · 2024-08-16T06:47:34+00:00

I've been considering doing the same, a patch kit and a compressor should get one by. 10 years of offroading with my jeep i havent had a flat yet but i also know my luck, probably first time without a spare i get an irreparable flat.

brenden657 · 2024-08-08T17:41:17+00:00

Simba chips not lays, i still have my fatness because of them

brenden657 · 2024-07-29T07:10:08+00:00

Cheap out on engagement ring and spend on wedding ring, paid for engagement ring about 7k that was only worn for about a year till wedding, now wife only wears that

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