Car/ute advice please.
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@Snowy said in Car/ute advice please.:
@voodoo said in Car/ute advice please.:
I drive a Cerato
To quote a farmer friend of mine - "it would be less embarrassing getting out of a sheep".
Not for the sheep...
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Hilux's are overpriced and overrated and have rested on their laurels for 20 years
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@mariner4life GFYs.
I miss @jegga He was a hiluxophile and would not have stood for that sort of shit either.
Actually, you saved yourself a very nasty stay in the cellar with the last bit because I agree with that (although you are out by about a year. 19 would be better).
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@ploughboy said in Car/ute advice please.:
will go against the grain here a bit.depends on what age ute you are looking at. if late 90s or early 2000s hilux id fine but if 2010 onward it opens up your options. from there onwards hilux really come back into the pack. what you are buying then is a car with a deck.currently driving a ranger doing about 40k in it a year and enjoying driving it and previously drove a bt 50 for 250000k and still own it and it does everything it should.
if buying a later ute i would be going for the best value that i could find ,any brand while ruleing out the triton and the great wall etc. all the good brands with diesel motor should be good for well over 350000k if looked after if not more.Yep mate, it very much just a run around vehcile. We got a new Subaru XV last year for main stuff. Just want something I can run to tip in etc and as I getting old, getting mates moed to tow golf clubs if I do 18 holes. So imagine in general would not bedoing much more than 80-100 kms a week, a couple of times at very most to Eltham golf club, but apart from that maybe tip, pick up a bit fo stuff from Bunnings etc. I actually going to have a look at at a 2002 HiLux tomorrow (got a soft spot for tham as used to have one in Aus) It's actually a double cab which I don't really need, but should do job if it any good.
I have taken note of all posts, and genuinely grateful for all advice etc!
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if it was australia, $40k
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@mariner4life said in Car/ute advice please.:
if it was australia, $40k
Holy shit. @MajorRage and my mechanic were right. Gone up more in value than toilet paper in a pandemic.
Going out to lock mine now, if the lock still works, hasn't been used in years.
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@Dan54 Sounds more like it for 2wd with reasonably high KMs (although I wouldn't be too worried about that). I paid that for my second one (a Hilux surf) bought about 5 years ago. 1998. 250,000km but mint condition. Flash wheels and rubber worth about $2500 (got stolen so know what they were to replace). Now done 280,000 and only thing I have done is new exhaust. Same as the ute one I'm doing now.
Have a good look for rust. My 2004 ute had some surface stuff on chassis that was easy enough to sort out (caught early) but they get it in the door sills and that can be a bit of a major.
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@Nevorian said in Car/ute advice please.:
Are Landcruisers a thing in NZ. Perfect vehicle for the OZ environment, latest models with a few extras now well over a 100k though
Yeah, the 24 valve 80 series really hold their value here . Shame the 70 series goes back to four cylinder next year.
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@Snowy said in Car/ute advice please.:
@mariner4life GFYs.
I miss @jegga He was a hiluxophile and would not have stood for that sort of shit either.
Actually, you saved yourself a very nasty stay in the cellar with the last bit because I agree with that (although you are out by about a year. 19 would be better).
You're not wrong. Last year the local toyota dealer somehow got the impression I have money and gave their hilux demonstrator for the weekend while my van was getting serviced. Compared to the 78-05 models they are incredibly fat and soft now.
You should look into the legality of towing your digger. The police lost the money from speed cameras to Waka NoMahi so they are looking for new revenue streams and a crackdown on trailers and towing is on its way. The tow rating of a 2wd lux of your era is surprisingly low but if you've got a winch and bullbar you might be over the towball rating .
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@Dan54 said in Car/ute advice please.:
@Snowy Thanks mate, I meant to be having a look today, and will take notice of rust etc, fella I getting it off says there is a smidgen of surface rust, etc, but obviously I need to look myself.
If its a diesel take it to a diesel mechanic for a look first .The 5l engines last a long time with proper servicing but the cost of getting a fuel pump replaced for an electronic injected version is pretty eye watering.
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@jegga Yo bro, say hilux three times and you appear!
I have only been in a few later model hilux and yeah, had to agree with mariner (and you) about the later model ones. Also too bloody fancy for me. Had electric windows and shit. Can you imagine? How fucking lazy do they think I am? I thought mine was flash with a wireless.
Interesting vid. Becomes a bit ridiculous really. I certainly can't get fat or have a passenger with me. Panel beater mate warned me about driving characteristics with weight of winch bar so got one that is basically just tubing and quite light. Tow ball download bit makes it interesting though. I got lucky there because my ute was used by an earth moving company to take engines, parts, etc out on muddy building sites so they had beefed it all up and has the upgraded springs etc, that he mentions. Wins in life are scarce, so I'll take that one.
All very similar to aircraft loading weight and balance stuff. A cop would have to get very technical to have me over limit with my digger!
Good to know that you are still alive and lurking.
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Well just a boring update, went and had a look at the 2002 HiLux, all was good, well as you could expect for a 21 yo ute. Then I got in and went for drive and have discovered something!! So obvious different to you @Snowy .
I have turned into a spoilt soft old bastard, I looked at wife said this goes ok, but I too used to driving comfy cars etc, and even for the little I need ute for, just maybe I will look at a newer vechile of some make that's a few more mod cons!!! So maybe back to drawing board, still want ute etc, but maybe stretch $s etc.
Think I may have to put this post in grumply old men thread?? 
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@Dan54 Haha. I refer you to my first post - " Goes anywhere, does pretty much everything (except transport anyone in comfort). "
I have bolded relevant part for you. So not different to me at all, I just don't expect air con when I drive it, I wind down the window (literally).
I have a limit of about an hour in it but I'd rather do that than tow a trailer for an hour and have to unload it (having a tipper is bloody great). I also have 22 acres that I move stuff around on. Plants, firewood, etc and nothing else gets the job done like the ute. Even the tray on the tractor is a bit of a pain because it's not that big and I usually have some other implement on the back like a mower, box blade, etc.
So horses for courses, but you appear to be getting away from your OP -"run a bit of rubbish to tip, throw a scooter or likes on for golf etc, so basically just local stuff. ".
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