Views on pickups

[deesideforester]

What pickups are people on here running and what do you all think of them.Also any views on available hardtops are the side doors and roof bars worth getting.I look forward to hearing your views.

[Graham]

44 minutes ago, deesideforester said:

What pickups are people on here running and what do you all think of them.Also any views on available hardtops are the side doors and roof bars worth getting.I look forward to hearing your views.

Think I've had every make going over the years but currently with an Isuzu 2.5.  It's ok. Pulls well but perhaps not as refined as some of its competitors.  Prior to this I had a Navara D40.  Nice and comfortable, did all I needed but the big downer is chassis rot.  Mine was bought back by Nissan as part of their 'goodwill' scheme. 

 

Roof bars are needed for ladders and for carrying my hedging binders.

[nepia]

Out of interest as a D40 owner (King Cab) was that a Double Cab on a plate between 08 and 11 (I think)?  I may well be wrong but I seem to remember those being the relevant vehicles for rotting and potentially breaking chassis.

[Graham]

5 hours ago, nepia said:

Out of interest as a D40 owner (King Cab) was that a Double Cab on a plate between 08 and 11 (I think)?  I may well be wrong but I seem to remember those being the relevant vehicles for rotting and potentially breaking chassis.

All D40s are prone to it regardless of year and cab option.  A mix of crap steel and poor rust proofing.  Have you had yours checked by Nissan?

 

Very few on the road now as 1000s have been bought back.

Edited June 16, 2018 by Graham

[nepia]

I see loads of D40s!  Haven't had mine checked yet and I'm not worried as I don't overload it or load it unevenly and last year I had it waxoiled.

But I will have it checked.

[bigtreedon]

All D40s are prone to it regardless of year and cab option.  A mix of crap steel and poor rust proofing.  Have you had yours checked by Nissan?
 
Very few on the road now as 1000s have been bought back.

Very few on the road now ! Is this a joke they are every wear ?

[Stubby]

Just now, bigtreedon said:

Very few on the road now ! Is this a joke they are every wear ?

Yea . What I thought . Like confetti !

[Woodworks]

The Navara snapped chassis group looks as busy as ever https://www.facebook.com/groups/505526562959686/ 

 

To be fair to Nissan they seem to honour the warrantee with the built in defect. Isuzu on the other hand say it's  our drivings fault when there dodgy DPFs play up.

Edited June 17, 2018 by Woodworks

[Rich Rule]

I have the new Hilux and so far so good.  When I ordered the truck I went for a hardtop with side doors.  Really handy for getting kit in and out with out haveing to drop the tail gate and clamber in.

 

 

[deesideforester]

At the moment the hilux is what I am thinking of going for with a hard top with side Windows and roof bars for strimmers and pole saws  as the back is shorter than the long wheel base land over I have now.did you buy yours with the hard top.