I'll keep running my 30yo diesel until it is no longer viable. Late model Hilux for a work vehicle means it doesn't make sense to upgrade anyway. We changed from rangers to Hilux several years ago...
Liked On: 16-05-2024, 10:11 AM
What really irks is when you pull the emissions crud off the engines, and your fuel consumption drops by near 10%. Work that out for me will you, burning less fuel must equal better environmental...
Liked On: 16-05-2024, 10:11 AM
Bit far for a run over here pm me if you want maybe able to get a mate to take for a hunt or 2 over that way
Liked On: 16-05-2024, 10:08 AM
Yep, the numbers of boats rebuilding Detroit two thunkers rather than renewing with computer based gear... noisy as anything but if it will start it usually keeps running.
Liked On: 15-05-2024, 10:35 PM
our d-max which is still under warranty needs a new starter motor. 6-8 months ago the factory battery died despite my view (and testing it) that it was stuffed the issue continued until they...
Liked On: 15-05-2024, 10:34 PM
2012 70 series. 200000 kms not one mechanical or electrical issue. A lof these kms are towing. Maybe Ive just had a really good run, Maybe its just my maintenance efforts. Who knows
Liked On: 15-05-2024, 10:30 PM
Well said. A lemon is a lemon and lemons can be horribly expensive in the long run if you don’t get rid of them at the first available opportunity. The flipside to this is that there are literally...
Liked On: 15-05-2024, 10:30 PM
Fair point. Another crowd up the road from us bought 5 rangers, they all had a motor within 100,000km, which was 2 years the rate they were using them. One didn't even make it's first service, a...
Liked On: 15-05-2024, 10:28 PM
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Liked On: 15-05-2024, 10:27 PM
Makes you wonder if there's room in the market for zero rebuilt late 1990's SUV's. Half a million km's, nothing but oils and filters and tyres and brake pads. Almost 30 years old: No rust, same door...
Liked On: 15-05-2024, 10:27 PM
Perths 👍
Liked On: 15-05-2024, 10:20 PM
Look mate, don't come at me with your frameless kidney rubbers :) :) . Im spending nearly 3 times what thats worth, so Im expecting that my new one has a motor and wings. :) :)
Liked On: 15-05-2024, 09:18 PM
Hah. Brian is fighting the same battle with gravity as I am. The main difference being that anything lighter in his hands than a 30lb Bren gun seems like a feather to him. :)
Liked On: 15-05-2024, 09:18 PM
That era of the culler out for xmas or the end of the season is well captured in Lew Sutherlands book particularly in the beginning. Neville Toohill's book "Spotlighting"has a chapter that spells the...
Liked On: 15-05-2024, 09:13 PM
You had undies!? For some, undies, we’re a luxury. So were socks As a young fella in the late sixties I once followed govt gun up a steep ridge in his bullers without any socks, and his wedding...
Liked On: 15-05-2024, 09:12 PM