Best budget 4x4 Commercial?

[felixthelogchopper]

There will be troopers around for a long time yet, bargains to be had if your not scared of the 3.0!

 

Keep looking fer one of the last/late ones which were registered on 05 and even 55 plates. Even a complete rolling chassis with a blown 3.0 lump cud be either fixed up or drop a 3.1 in there and as long as the rust hasn't taken hold ya cud have another 6-8 years of cheap motoring.

 

I was really fussy when I bought mine a few years ago so the body etc is in good condition, plus I have a brilliant Isuzu trained mechanic who knows all the wrinkles of these vehicles. There also seems to be plenty of spares about so hopefully I won't be replacing it anytime soon.

[Mark Bolam]

Have you just got one big seat in the front?

 

 

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[felixthelogchopper]

Have you just got one big seat in the front?

 

 

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No....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

....it's in the back.

[Chopperbob]

Terrano for me, swb. They take an awful lot of abuse and are very good off-road

[josharb87]

A mate had a hilux surf, with the rear seats removed, made a good van alternative

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

No brainer then, Terrano is what 'he' shud be looking fir. I had a sniff about Ebay yesserday and there are some decent ones with sub 100k on the clocks around the 3k mark. Some seem to be 2.7L and some are 3.0L so do yer research as i dunno which is better in terms of 'no tech', ie; no CAT and no DPF or silly coded injectors. The idea of a simple 2 seater with plenty of space in't back fer drums of cherryaide, hydraulic oil, fuel etc would be ideal fer you i guess. Might be worth wax oiling the chassis on any 'new to you' purchase to prolong it's workable life.

 

Snot fir me met; butt fir a met see.

 

A mate had a hilux surf, with the rear seats removed, made a good van alternative

 

Awful vehicles. Famously, diesel bob said "we do not carry out work of Toytoa Surfs" lol

 

http://www.hiluxsurf.co.uk/showthread.php?t=63939

 

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Edited March 27, 2017 by TimberCutterDartmoor

[josharb87]

Snot fir me met; butt fir a met see.

 

 

 

Awful vehicles. Famously, diesel bob said "we do not carry out work of Toytoa Surfs" lol

 

Diesel Bob - Hilux Surf Forum

 

Diesel Bob (UK) Ltd -

 

 

Fair enough, he liked his

[Mark Bolam]

No....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

....it's in the back.

 

 

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[Acer Forestry]

A mate had a hilux surf, with the rear seats removed, made a good van alternative

 

I have had over half a dozen of the later Surfs, if you get an SSRG spec Gen 3 for under or around 2K (they are out there), you won't get a better, smoother or punchier 3 litre 5 door 4x4, full stop- for that money. They really are superb; last one we had summer just past, got us back to Kent from Sidmouth on about £40 ish. Not bad, for Land Cruiser quality

[Nathan Davies]

What are the Nissan Terrano's like for towing?

Would they be comfortable towing a tracked chipper on its' trailer?