I'll agree with you on the comfort/driving pleasure factor for the price but I'm calling UTTER BULLSHIT on your, "Owned it for 6 months and didn't visit the mechanic once".. That's entirely possible, IF YOU LEFT THE DAMN THING PARKED. How much mileage did you do over the last 6 months? My car is used every day, and in the year I have owned it it's covered nearly 12,000KM. Every single one of those KMs was a lot of fun but I certainly had to deal with plenty of issues along the way. Not saying that I regret it for one moment, just that it's nowhere near as trouble free as a similar age Toyota would have been. And while I personally Love the thing, I wouldn't go around recommending it to every Tom, Dick and Harry like you do.
Euros of this vintage are amazing cars, but they do need TLC if they are going to be used every day.
So I regret to say, you are talking through your Ass my friend.
My goodness, what a list. So which of your imaginary relatives/friends owns the Santa Fe and the Montero Sport then?