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Mr.Cambio

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Folks..i believe it's the time for me to buy a car that is made for work aerea use. The mito, the s3 and the saab had enough of me loading them with cement, steel and several contruction oriented equipment.
I am in for getting a toyota hilux, a mitsu l200 or a nissan navara.
My question is if anyone has experience with them, mainly in diesel consumption.
Alternative could be a 2000 land rover discovery mpi. Well it's no pick up, but someone can go to the mountain with this as well.
Comments are welcome.
 
Wack61

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Trailer.

I had a navara when they were a tax dodge , awful to drive on the motorway, designed to carry a tonne so when it was empty it was bouncy.

Consider a defender, buy right and depreciation will be zero
 
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Exaclty the same I am reading for the navara.
What is the difference between the defender and the discovery? Discovey looks a lot more comfortable (it s a seven seater as well).
 
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I drove a Toyota Hilux 3.0 D4D 2x4 for two years and its a remarkable vehicle. Lots of torque and power and can still do 120km/h cruising on the highway comfortably. Tends to spin the wheels when unloaded, particularly in the wet. There's a reason there are so many of them on the road in SA - they're almost Africa proof.
 
Wack61

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The disco is more of a on road vehicle that can go off road, the defender is a tractor you can drive on the road , the newer puma engined ones are a lot more civilised than the TDi or TD5 defenders

Defenders are cool but they're also marmite , you have to love them for what they are
 
Steve GS

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Don't dismiss a ford ranger I had one slightly cheaper than the others but i couldn't fault it.you can see mine in the back ground of my profilepic. it got written Of the day after this was taken
 
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dunnah01

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if you want to keep that cement dry when transporting then I swear by my old freelander TD4.

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I have a Navara D40 king cab with crates in the back to take the dogs around - it's a decent ride but look out for head gaskets - I've had 2 go (so far) and the car is on 92k miles. Other than that, I have no complaints
 
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Nikos I have down here a Ford Ranger 3.2 6 speed auto XLT 4x4 and its amazing 9 litres per 100 kilometres on average.
Check out Ford Ranger Tough Science on You Tube.
Phil.
 
maverick

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With have a Nissan Navaro at work and it's so impractical , rubbish load space , to high , lethal in the wet if unloaded and firstly **** turning circle and way to big . if you not to proud and don't need four seats get your self a short wheel transit ,the new ones are just like driving a car .
 
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Nikos
I know many, many guys here in Aus that use a Hilux as work vehicles and also many that use them as work horses on farms.
They all swear by them.
 
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Thank you guys. What are the numbers for consumption on the hilux vs navara vs ranger?
there is also the VW Amarok.
And..dunna, what is your mpg?
 
Trev Latter

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A friend of mine had a Navaro and had several issues with the rear diff (lsd) sorted under warranty. Common thing apparently. Another friend runs an Amarok. Lovely bit of kit with the 8 speed auto and pretty quick too. Can't help with economy figures though.
 
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Mate had an auto one, he said it was great but the auto box returned some horrendously low MPG in the early 20's
 
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Wack61

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Towbar on the Saab, no tax, repairs,insurance,depreciation and it's self unloading
 

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