Thread: Is there a modern reliable ute?

Spanners has your mate got a website?

Amarok ordered, pick it up next week when the canopy/ towbar etc is on.
I was an offer I couldn't refuse (and no horse heads in the bed were required).
If I towed lots of heavy stuff I probably would have gone with the Ranger.

Anyone interested in an '06 Hilux?

Originally Posted by L.R

Spanners has your mate got a website?

Diesel and Turbo
Box is a Steinbour (sp?)

Steinbauer
Supposed to rather good . . .

When you say sheep shaggers are you talking about Hilux's?

Not trying to be funny but I genuinely don't know what you mean

Originally Posted by R93

Done over 200,000 KM in 3 sheep shaggers. Never had an issue with anything. Wouldnt be dumb enough to buy one second hand, unless I knew it. Never ever had any dramas with any toyota's I have owned to be honest. Petrol or diesel.
Must have just fluked good vehicles for the last 30 years

Originally Posted by 308

When you say sheep shaggers are you talking about Hilux's?

Not trying to be funny but I genuinely don't know what you mean

Yup. They got the name from the ad with the bulls driving one around.

http://youtu.be/YpI0q52wHxg

Don't buy any of the later model hilux utes, mine is three years old done 130,000km, new engine, injectors, gearbox failed due to wires rubbing making it skip from top to first, over heated a lot while towing...a 5.5m boat so well inside its capabilities I would have thought.
This is my last hilux as the one before that was a shitter as well,
Now amorok fan, can't beat em,

So I figure from this thread there are two vehicle strategies to use:-

1 Buy new, stay abreast of the current models, trade-in and do everything by the book, let the dealer take the risk of bad design/manufacturing faults.
2 Stick with 15-20 year old models purchased off old buggers who had them for ages but ran up sod-all kms on them. Replace wearable parts as required. By that time most faults will be a known quantity and will probably have their own enthusiasts website..

I'm in group 2 but I can certainly understand the rationale of Group 1

Just brought a 07 nissan navara adventura and i get wood every time i drive it.

Originally Posted by username

Just brought a 07 nissan navara adventura and i get wood every time i drive it.

So is that the recipe to give more power to the pecker?

Originally Posted by 308

So I figure from this thread there are two vehicle strategies to use:-

1 Buy new, stay abreast of the current models, trade-in and do everything by the book, let the dealer take the risk of bad design/manufacturing faults.
2 Stick with 15-20 year old models purchased off old buggers who had them for ages but ran up sod-all kms on them. Replace wearable parts as required. By that time most faults will be a known quantity and will probably have their own enthusiasts website..

I'm in group 2 but I can certainly understand the rationale of Group 1

I myself am in group 2
My battle truck is now twenty years old the trusty old ln106 sr5 2.8 tractor.I have looked at replacing it but if i had a flash truck i would be spewing as with fencing i am always getting dings and scratches.
I had to replace a steering arm and do all the spring shackle bushes to get a warrant the other day but other than that not a problem.
The last two months i have been doing a thousand ks a week building a cattle feedlot in Bulls and would jump in it tommorow and go to the bottom of the south island
with no qualms.
I have a surf turbo i am going to stick on it so that should sort out the painfull trailer towing problem and keeping a lookout for a suitable bull bar as the old alloy hoop one has fallen to bits.
Oh i almost forgot that model is one of the few with an electric odometer!

Got my new Ford Ranger end of last week, went to Hamilton yesterday. Gotta say it exceeds my expectations. Piss offs are the sunglasses holder, why did they bother, nothing fits in it, and the running boards easy way to break a leg.but that engine is great, quiet and plenty of grunt. Got a 6 speed auto. No regrets

Nice truck, If you are prepare to feed it oil,they eventually take up at around 30-40,000 km. Starter motors are also a problem because they are located within the valley and (die from heat exposure) 24 hour change out because it requires major surgery to replace, chassis rails cracking, Many of the property owners I know swear by the 6 cylinder diesel turbo in the old tojo over the v8 model.
Better still the 4.2lt turbo diesel coil cab Patrol can't kill them with a stick!!!

Cheer's Very Bias

Originally Posted by Maca49

Got my new Ford Ranger end of last week, went to Hamilton yesterday. Gotta say it exceeds my expectations. Piss offs are the sunglasses holder, why did they bother, nothing fits in it, and the running boards easy way to break a leg.but that engine is great, quiet and plenty of grunt. Got a 6 speed auto. No regrets

Did you not like the manual ?
The sunglasses holder is a joke