D-Max

[swinny]

I'm about to dip my toe with a dmax soon. Not many clean 2.5 about but plenty of 1.9s for sale

[Donnie]

Aye it's a hard find... I've been even thinking of keeping my Kangoo for a long while til the wheels fall off and buying a Dacia Duster.... someone convince me not to. I'm only 28....

[Dan Maynard]

The wheels will fall off the Dacia much sooner.

[Conor Wright]

42 minutes ago, JDon said:

Aye it's a hard find... I've been even thinking of keeping my Kangoo for a long while til the wheels fall off and buying a Dacia Duster.... someone convince me not to. I'm only 28....

Do not get a duster. My brother got one recently. I've been in it. I even brought it around the lanes for a test drive. I was surprised by both its significant understeer and poor ground clearance.

 

 

As a result we are not currently speaking.

 

Lifting it out of the ditch with the telehandler may not have helped.

 

Parts are cheap though.

[doobin]

If you’re ok with meh ground clearance but want exceptional off-road ability in the snow and mud, the fiat panda 4x4 is surprisingly good. I have proper trucks too, but as a commuter I love it. Especially with 60mpg average from the diesel. The traction control is incredible, I’d much rather be in it than a pickup in the snow. 

[Stubby]

On 26/11/2023 at 18:35, swinny said:

I'm about to dip my toe with a dmax soon. Not many clean 2.5 about but plenty of 1.9s for sale

There is , obviously , a reason for that ...

[Donnie]

1 hour ago, Conor Wright said:

Do not get a duster. My brother got one recently. I've been in it. I even brought it around the lanes for a test drive. I was surprised by both its significant understeer and poor ground clearance.

 

 

As a result we are not currently speaking.

 

Lifting it out of the ditch with the telehandler may not have helped.

 

Parts are cheap though.

Hahahaha. I thought they were meant to be good... To be fair it's more just to soak up forest roads. 
 

Currently in a Kangoo with all terrains and it is surprising how far it goes and the road clearance is half decent. 

[Rich Rule]

An older Subaru Forester?

 

Estate, so saws and tools can be chucked in.  Very good off-road.  
 

We had one when I first moved to Norway and it never got stuck in the snow.

[swinny]

Well I bought a 1.9 manual dmax yesterday and really chuffed so far. See how it goes

[Stephen Blair]

Nice 1, I had a 2014 Dmax Auton for 4 years towing to its limit every day getting used and abused and didn’t put a spanner near it, sold it to a lad I know, he spent a few quid sorting the DPF filter but great pickups, hard to beat.