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29-05-2015, 07:35 PM
gimp

The Amarok is the worst 4wd I have ever driven
29-05-2015, 07:37 PM
BRADS

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Originally Posted by gimp

The Amarok is the worst 4wd I have ever driven

No your wrong they are really good Greg Duley has one its the best truck he's ever had........[emoji13]
29-05-2015, 07:39 PM
veitnamcam

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Originally Posted by gimp

The Amarok is the worst 4wd I have ever driven

How can you say that! Greg Duly has one and he is a god! and as a god could not possibly make a bad decision and we should all blindly follow whatever he does.
29-05-2015, 07:43 PM
Blaser

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Originally Posted by gimp

The Amarok is the worst 4wd I have ever driven

Cant believe they dont even have a low ratio option!!!!!
29-05-2015, 07:46 PM
gimp

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

How can you say that! Greg Duly has one and he is a god! and as a god could not possibly make a bad decision and we should all blindly follow whatever he does.

When have I ever given the impression that I give a tenth of a shit what Greg Duley (or anyone else in particular) does or thinks?
29-05-2015, 07:47 PM
veitnamcam

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Originally Posted by gimp

When have I ever given the impression that I give a tenth of a shit what Greg Duley (or anyone else in particular) does or thinks?

I was just getting in before the fan club.;)
29-05-2015, 07:54 PM
stub

This thread is really slipping I think modern Utes a pretty good tow the boat easy , good enough off-road to get off the track a bit and comfortable and economical when daily driven to work and town which is what they spend 99% of there time doing
29-05-2015, 07:57 PM
veitnamcam

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Originally Posted by Blaser

Cant believe they dont even have a low ratio option!!!!!

As some have found out it is entirely possible to be stuck without even spinning a wheel, to high a gearing to be able to back out apparently.
29-05-2015, 07:58 PM
tirantious

as far as 4wding and getting offroad ill stick to my 1990 hilux. if i ever want something to drive around town in ill buy a car not one off the new utes.
29-05-2015, 08:26 PM
mikee

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Originally Posted by BRADS

No your wrong they are really good Greg Duley has one its the best truck he's ever had........[emoji13]

Until............................................. .............. another manufacturer sponsors the next series and provides the transport, in which case the new Doohickywatshit brand will be the best truck hes ever had :)
30-05-2015, 12:21 PM
TeRei

Write up of the Hilux in todays Dom which replicates what has been around for a while.
30-05-2015, 02:28 PM
Timmay

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Originally Posted by Gibo

Looks like a colorado

looks like shit
30-05-2015, 03:59 PM
yogi

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Originally Posted by Timmay

looks like shit

Harsh mate! Looks good I reckon.
It does seem strange to drop the motor size down to a 2.8 and not go for more power.
30-05-2015, 05:49 PM
BRADS

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Some how a shitty Amarok and a couple of shaggers made it up the hill today you'd wonder how after reading this thread.
I drive a shagger daily on the farm and find it fine, maybe not as good as the old 02 off road but it doesn't take me an hour to get to town either......
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30-05-2015, 05:55 PM
gimp

Looks like my front lawn (except for the shitty vw parked on it), not challenging 4wding?
30-05-2015, 06:01 PM
BRADS

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Originally Posted by gimp

Looks like my front lawn (except for the shitty vw parked on it), not challenging 4wding?

You should see the track up the hill:)
But yes not what you'd call challenging your either going up or off the side......
But how many people actually go 4wding beyond the capability of these vehicles?
Except maybe some of you South Island boys in those massive rivers.
30-05-2015, 06:09 PM
gimp

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Originally Posted by BRADS

But how many people actually go 4wding beyond the capability of these vehicles?
Except maybe some of you South Island boys in those massive rivers.

Yup and we're the ones complaining about the new vehicles...

(says a person most recently seen stuck up to the sills in a river in a 20 year old truck)
30-05-2015, 06:10 PM
PerazziSC3

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Originally Posted by gimp

Looks like my front lawn (except for the shitty vw parked on it), not challenging 4wding?

you need to tidy up your lawn.

This thread does make me laugh.... Everybody crying out for an older style ute that you can bash around anywhere etc etc.

Facts are thats not what 90% of the market wants, the new hiluxs/rangers/mazdas/VW's are all catered for the FARMER/tradesperson that has to sit in the thing for a job and drive to and from town for supplies, shift a mob of animals, tow a trailer with some posts on etc etc. People want to have some comfort doing it. If you want to go somewhere the ute won't you take the quad...

Maybe toyota could do a special run of "weekend warrior" utes based of the old style hilux that sound like you're going to blow the engine doing 90kmh, mrs doesnt want to go near, dirty dog box on the back. Will come standard with a pig on the bonnet, paint missing and a couple of dented panels for all you die hard 4x4 fans! :thumbsup:
30-05-2015, 06:32 PM
veitnamcam

Most farmers don't use there utes on the farm anymore, they have quads and tractors and mule/side by sides for the farm.
30-05-2015, 06:35 PM
gimp

I've been using 4wd's for work for about 7 years now in a couple of different jobs and I'd rather have a more capable 4wd that is worse on the road, even when the majority of k's are highway. It makes up for it when you actually need it

maybe I'm in the minority, wouldn't be the first time
30-05-2015, 06:37 PM
BRADS

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Most farmers don't use there utes on the farm anymore, they have quads and tractors and mule/side by sides for the farm.

I'd say most use there Utes on the farm on a regular basis at least in this area.
Particularly when it's freezing:)
I think Perazzi summed it up bloody well.
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30-05-2015, 09:34 PM
Munsey

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30-05-2015, 10:21 PM
Shamus

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Originally Posted by BRADS

You should see the track up the hill:)
But yes not what you'd call challenging your either going up or off the side......
But how many people actually go 4wding beyond the capability of these vehicles?
Except maybe some of you South Island boys in those massive rivers.

I haven't been up the Mathias/Rakaia/Wilberforce/Avoca for a few years now but I wouldn't be keen on taking anything too new and shiney up there
30-05-2015, 11:52 PM
Munsey

That mahindra has a one year corrosion warranty , wtf ! not aloud to be road registered either .
31-05-2015, 10:18 AM
199p

How dose the dmax compaire?
31-05-2015, 02:02 PM
shift14

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Originally Posted by Mauser308

D40 4x4 barely sneaks in under the rules for classifying a 4x4, and like the VW and the Toyota - they are either absolutely rubbish at towing heavy trailers or have overrated tow weights.

To be brutally honest, the D40 I drove on the road was utter bollocks. Factory suspension sucks and I have a funny feeling it's a cost cutting measure by all the manufacturers and it's being seriously shown up by the thing we in NZ pass off as a roading network...

The D40 2.5L and the Amarok are very very marginal when towing heavy trailers, I near popped a D40 450-series 4x4's auto box with a 2.2ton box trailer on a hill start onto SH27 out of SH2. Stalled four times, and needed to pull out in low box to get onto the road... My only experience of an Amarok when towing was similar. When you are dealing with heavy trailers, small engines big turbos and high-RPM 'performance figures' are not your friends. That's the only real point of difference and advantage with the T6 chassis Ranger and BT50 with the 3.2L engine - there simply isn't a replacement for displacement when you are using the ute as a tractor unit.

I don't see anything coming out on the market to knock the T6 chassis/3.2L Dura-torq motor combo off it's perch at the top of the sales ranks for the $$$. Even light trucks are going tiny motors, that's great overseas where you have either long flat roads or gradual hills but bugger me - they are near to useless in NZ.
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End of this summer we were chugging home in the Lancrusher up the East side of the Kopu-Hikuai road, and came across a long line of traffic, people waving us to slow down.....a twin cab D40 had dropped its guts towing a big fuck off Rayglass up the hill with 4 adults, cats n dogs, and all the end of summer hols gear on board.

I backed the '91 80 series up to him, hitched him up, stuck her in "D" and eased away. Towed the whole outfit to the top and hardly knew he was there.....had 475,000ks on her then.....just clicked over 495, and still runs like a Swiss watch.

Just saying.......
31-05-2015, 03:12 PM
veitnamcam

And yet when you hook a heavy boat on behind the 2.8 Colorado auto and put the boot in it will smoke the rear tires if traction control is off and scrabble for grip if on while accelerating like there is nothing hooked on behind at all.
31-05-2015, 03:46 PM
gimp

or, god forbid, a bit of water in the diesel through your common rail engine
31-05-2015, 04:58 PM
Timmay

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Originally Posted by BRADS

Some how a shitty Amarok and a couple of shaggers made it up the hill today you'd wonder how after reading this thread.
I drive a shagger daily on the farm and find it fine, maybe not as good as the old 02 off road but it doesn't take me an hour to get to town either......
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fully sick off road, bro.
31-05-2015, 05:12 PM
veitnamcam

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Originally Posted by Mauser308

So will anything else. But, will it still be doing it in 2,000Km's time?

Biggest issue with the newer vehicles, they can be mechanically fine but one dodgy sensor stops it going back into 'road-mode' and you either park or limp home... They are great while they are new and all is well in the world, wait until the new lighter-weight wiring loom begins to get dodgy and see what happens.

Dude you just said the d40 and amarok wouldn't start on a hill and you had to use low box to get going, amarok hasn't even got a low box.

I would rather trust todays sensors plugs and looms than the lucas electronics in my old Austin a30 or Standard 8.
01-06-2015, 08:53 AM
199p

The new nissian np300 comes from the same factory in thailand.

Has a twin turbo 4cly 140kw 5 link rear end heaps of specs out in Philippines nissian website and it looks good too.
01-06-2015, 11:58 AM
madds

My company supplies my Hilux SR5 and I'm due for a new one next year! Am I going to say no, not bloody likely!!
Looks OK for Sporting Clays and maybe if I ever get another jet boat.
LOL
01-06-2015, 05:11 PM
madds

Why would it be any different than the 2012 I have? Only issue has been a crook tail tight and had to have breaks skimmed, and yes it gets used Off road. Just like a rental.
01-06-2015, 06:36 PM
kiwijames

New hilux

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Originally Posted by madds

Why would it be any different than the 2012 I have? Only issue has been a crook tail tight and had to have breaks skimmed, and yes it gets used Off road. Just like a rental.

I think it's called looking a gift horse in the mouth (which I'm sure you're not). I've been lucky enough to be supplied with late model utes of every description for the best part of 20 years. I wouldn't dare bitch about a free ride regardless of the name on the side. Funny thing is I've never had a Hilux other than the one I bought myself. I just like stirring up fanboys regardless.
01-06-2015, 06:41 PM
R93

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Originally Posted by kiwijames

I think it's called looking a gift horse in the mouth (which I'm sure you're not). I've been lucky enough to be supplied with late model utes of every description for the best part of 20 years. I wouldn't dare bitch about a free ride regardless of the name on the side. Funny thing is I've never had a Hilux other than the one I bought myself. I just like stirring up fanboys regardless.

I got a sore neck ducking down everytime we went anywhere in your gay ford just in case anyone I knew seen me in it. 😆
01-06-2015, 06:44 PM
kiwijames

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Originally Posted by R93

I got a sore neck ducking down everytime we went anywhere in your gay ford just in case anyone I knew seen me in it. [emoji38]

My new ones even better. I couldn't think of a worse affliction than being both a Blaser and a Hilux apologist.
01-06-2015, 06:47 PM
R93

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Originally Posted by kiwijames

My new ones even better. I couldn't think of a worse affliction than being both a Blaser and a Hilux apologist.

I can. Being one for anything else😆
No wonder you fly down for your hunts.
The ford would just rust on the ferry xing😆
01-06-2015, 06:49 PM
kiwijames

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Originally Posted by R93

I can. Being one for anything else[emoji38]
No wonder you fly down for your hunts.
The ford would just rust on the ferry xing[emoji38]

I wonder if the new 2.8L will have a mysterious plastic washer in it too?
01-06-2015, 06:52 PM
R93

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Originally Posted by kiwijames

I wonder if the new 2.8L will have a mysterious plastic washer in it too?

No. It has one developed by NASA and and it also has a gaydar in it preventing all the unworthy from getting to close to it😆
01-06-2015, 07:01 PM
sneeze

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Originally Posted by R93

No. It has one developed by NASA and and it also has a gaydar in it preventing all the unworthy from getting to close to it��

Of little use when they are all on the inside?

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