130 or navarra....

[MaxJ]

Pal of mine has had 3 clutches in his Navara in 3 years!! Landy's all the way!

[Chris Sheppard]

I'd go for the 130. I don't see why people think defendes are uncomfy - we did 5900 miles in a fortnight round scandinavia in a fairly standard 300 tdi 90 and never suffered (I can't hardly hear anyway so the noise wasn't an issue! )

[dangerous brian]

My brain would tell me to buy the 130 cause they hold their price better,navaras are comfy and better mpg but i heard somewhere that Nissan were rebuilding bottom ends outside of warranty,that would concern me a bit also the navara is a plastikey ,landeys a bit more hardcore,rumour down here is that wetern power are fazing out their landey fleet and replacing them with rangers due to reliability issues with their landeys.

[tommer9]

Doont worry- Imerys tried that.....it lasted six months and they went back to Landrover.

 

Did you know you can fit the whole of a ranger diff inside a landrover diff....

 

Its nowt to do with reliability, its to do with costs. Rangers are very very cheap compared to land rover, and parts are more expensive too..

[dangerous brian]

I did figure the same Tom like i said i would have a landey as they hold their money,parts are cheap and theres always the cult thing with a landey.keep your eyes and ears open for any cheap utility landeys that may or may not come onto the market in the future.

[rovers90]

If you have to ask the question...a Land Rover product or a.n.other pick up?... you know the heart is saying Land Rover but the head is saying Nissan,etc!

 

I am currently trying to decide on a vehicle and after driving Land Rovers for 23 years have looked at a Ford Ranger - very nice,but disappointing seats compared to my Freelander and not really that big a pick up bed - but am now thinking Discovery TD5 Commercial.

[Arborjesus]

Hilux. They don't give trouble.

[tommer9]

Hilux. They don't give trouble.

 

They dont give it, they just are it. I had one of them.....useless towing capacity, totally unreliable electrics, ending in a fire under the seat one day, no carrying capacity (i bent the chassis in the end) AWFUL /non existant customer service, and the most hideously expensive rip off parts prices i have ever come across. And you cant get a haynes manual for them in the niorthern hemisphere. Toyota UK told me it was to protect their dealer franchise.....at£68/ hr +VAT!!!!!

 

So i went back to landrover.

[Steve Bullman]

you could keep your landrover, then to take the edge off the embarassment get a 'my other trucks a navara' bumper sticker?

[Tree Man Tom]

you could keep your landrover, then to take the edge off the embarassment get a 'my other trucks a navara' bumper sticker?

 

I prefere the "attach nissan/toyota/mitshubishi here" sticker that goes on the rear towing point on the landrover