vauxhal brava opinions

[markieg31]

hello all.

i am wanting to change my fourtrak for a pick up and was wondering if the vauxhall brava or its isuzu counterpart was much cop?

thanks mark

[treedave]

Get a Isuzu rodeo, even an old TF will make you realise how pants the Brava was/is.

 

 

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[Daniel Jiggins]

They are old hat now but mine was brilliant as old pickups go, Farmer Ben off here had my old one a few years ago.

[s.varty]

I know a farmer who was an avid land rover fan until he got a brava, he swore he would only ever buy Japanese in the future.

[agrimog]

it was a basic pickup, no bells and whistles, but it did its job well, same as an isuzu tf45

[aspenarb]

As above ,if your not worried about being in a fashion parade and just want a good reliable truck thats probably the best on fuel out of all of them go for it. The animals we have driving could not kill off the one we have.

 

Bob

[armchairarborist]

I had two vauxhall bravas and their predecessor the bedford brava, good truck, simple enough 4wd system when you have stripped it down a few times. they were eaten by the rust worm to the point the ladder rack would knock on the back of the cab with a load in. I started running landys when I realised I couldn't get a new chassis for the brava.

oh smashed a front diff dragging a wagon out of a ditch in low range on tarmac.

...get a landy:thumbup:

 

never did find where the front springs were hiding:lol:

[markieg31]

I had two vauxhall bravas and their predecessor the bedford brava, good truck, simple enough 4wd system when you have stripped it down a few times. they were eaten by the rust worm to the point the ladder rack would knock on the back of the cab with a load in. I started running landys when I realised I couldn't get a new chassis for the brava.

oh smashed a front diff dragging a wagon out of a ditch in low range on tarmac.

...get a landy:thumbup:

 

never did find where the front springs were hiding:lol:

 

i prefer a truck that has/ had doors that keep the wind and rain out as standard from the factory. and landy is not in my feeble price range.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

As above ,if your not worried about being in a fashion parade and just want a good reliable truck thats probably the best on fuel out of all of them go for it. The animals we have driving could not kill off the one we have.

 

Bob

 

As above, by far the best mpg that any 4x4 pickup has achieved so far - just stupidly good on fuel. I want one for the log round!

[armchairarborist]

i prefer a truck that has/ had doors that keep the wind and rain out as standard from the factory. and landy is not in my feeble price range.

 

if a new chassis was available for the brava i'd still have mine now.

I'm also glad it was the kick up the backside i needed to get a landy.