Thread: New truck.

Originally Posted by Paddy79

.................................................. ......that said I own a 08 ranger at 240k with egr removed and inlet cleaned it goes great

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Originally Posted by mikee

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touch wood. haha

one of these manufacturers needs to make a 4wd with minimal electronics and tried and proven running gear. and put a new van body on it.

I brought my van (1993) because the newer 4wd hiaces are full time and dont have the hi/lo box.

A wee bit more maintenance due to the age, but the only other option is a mitsi and I cant afford an on call mechanic.
Also a pain due to not wanting to take it onto beaches because of the difficulty in finding a replacement body once it rusts out.

Originally Posted by 40mm

one of these manufacturers needs to make a 4wd with minimal electronics and tried and proven running gear. and put a new van body on it.

I brought my van (1993) because the newer 4wd hiaces are full time and dont have the hi/lo box.

A wee bit more maintenance due to the age, but the only other option is a mitsi and I cant afford an on call mechanic.
Also a pain due to not wanting to take it onto beaches because of the difficulty in finding a replacement body once it rusts out.

I do miss the low range at times with the AWD Hiace, but if I need it I'm more likely to be in Bighorn with better clearance.

The old 2.4 YH 4x4 was brilliant. Older brother wasn't too happy when I hauled his trailer out of a field, then hauled his Hilux out after that. Skinny tyres have their uses.

Originally Posted by 40mm

one of these manufacturers needs to make a 4wd with minimal electronics and tried and proven running gear. and put a new van body on it.

I brought my van (1993) because the newer 4wd hiaces are full time and dont have the hi/lo box.

A wee bit more maintenance due to the age, but the only other option is a mitsi and I cant afford an on call mechanic.
Also a pain due to not wanting to take it onto beaches because of the difficulty in finding a replacement body once it rusts out.

It wont ever happen.
It's a good idea, but any company that tried to do it would have very very few countries it could be sold in.
European countries have standards that are forever getting tighter, same with the USA. Japan has strict emission rules and even Australian has emission testing on vehicle that are over a certain age.

Electronics are mostly pretty reliable, there are heaps of 20 year old cars with ECUs that cause no problems at all, and usually when there is a problem it's sensors or wiring. Most of the time the sensors aren't even that expensive, it's just expensive to pay a mechanic or dealer to replace it as they are usually shit at diagnostics and have a huge mark up on the parts.

Surprisingly most of the issues with new cars are things you would think would be bullet proof after years of technological advancement like fuel systems, transmissions and turbos.
But the forever increasing environmental standards are causing manufacturers to push everything to the limit or weight and power so things fail when they really shouldn't.
Just look at Air New Zealand and Rolls Royce with the Trent 1000 engine problems, Rolls Royce have been making aircraft engines for almost 80 years, I grantee you they could build an engine that would never break, but the fuel consumption would be too high for airlines that no one would ever buy them.

Anyway, there could be a market for older cars say 1985-2005 that have been fully rebuilt and updated, but the reality is most people in the world are not practically thinking people in the slightest and would sit in an 1990 Hilux and say "ew this looks like my grandads car, where is the heated seats" and "I can't drive a manual" then go out and buy a new Holden Craptiva instead, and just dish out $1000s of dollars when the gearbox shits itself for the 3rd time in 40,000kms.

Originally Posted by mikee

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Have one that I see has 440k