Likewise, you could get decent sj's/vitara's for the same sort of money which are tax and tested, also check out dyhatsu fourtraks, they seem alright off-road. You could probably pick up a decent disco for not much mullar either, I seem to remember when I was looking for a new 4x4 I could find them tax and tested between 600-1500, which looked like they'd be fun off-road. Ah, almost forgot, definitely have a look at old range rovers, you can literally pick them up for pennies.