Great wall steed?

[Timber Man]

I was working on an estate recently where they were without theirs for 5 weeks waiting for parts,...seems a bit poor in this day and age.

[Ironbark]

I was working on an estate recently where they were without theirs for 5 weeks waiting for parts,...seems a bit poor in this day and age.

 

5 weeks

 

If I order a part from my local Volvo cars dealer by 1:30pm, it's there by 3:00pm the same day.

 

Takes 48 hours if it comes from Sweden.

[harvey b davison]

I'll back you up J, love my berlingo multispace, got it after owning my old citroen c15 for a trouble free 9 years. Have Relays at work and i love em. If i ever wanted another van, i wouldnt even bother looking at any other make, citroens are so reliable.

[R Mac]

There's very good reasons why old hilux's and rodeos hold their money.

Yeah sure you might get a good warrenty on the Great Wall steed, but doesn't help with down time, inconvenience etc.

 

Stop looking at numbers on papers and start looking at reputation

 

No point in "saving" money today only to be throwing away more tomorrow

 

Exactly, couldn't agree more

 

The van v's pick-up is a whole different issue and to be honest isn't relevant in this case.

[Jonny69]

There's very good reasons why old hilux's and rodeos hold their money.

Yeah sure you might get a good warrenty on the Great Wall steed, but doesn't help with down time, inconvenience etc.

 

Stop looking at numbers on papers and start looking at reputation

 

No point in "saving" money today only to be throwing away more tomorrow

 

This

 

Reputation and of course the main concern when owning a shiny new pick up, street cred.

 

I saw one of those ssangyong (spp) pickups in the village the other day! I realise that a work truck is there to earn its keep. But if you are a owner driver why the hell would you buy a cheap nasty looking piece of scrap when the mainstream competition is so readily available and you have so much choice.

 

As a side note, i'm not a massive fan of the D-max but pretty sure that comes with a 5 year 100000 mile warranty and with a bit of spec on is about £20k. The difference you will get back at the end of ownership anyway.

[karl1991]

I will certainly not rule out the opposition when it comes to buy, it will be in a couple of years time and budget will be around 8k. Obviously if my budget was 20k it's a no brainer, but I wouldn't buy a hilux etc with 100 odd k on for 8k. I'd rather have a vehicle with a remaining manufacturers warranty (a couple years old age wise) that I plan to keep until it dies. I'd feel like a ticking time bomb in a high mileage 4x4. Personally for me, if a manufacturer is boasting a 6 year 125k warrenty they must have faith in there product, as for spec, yeah I do want some decent equipment 👍when I'm shelling out that kind of money I cba with winding my windows down 😁

 

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[Johny Walker]

I will certainly not rule out the opposition when it comes to buy, it will be in a couple of years time and budget will be around 8k. Obviously if my budget was 20k it's a no brainer, but I wouldn't buy a hilux etc with 100 odd k on for 8k. I'd rather have a vehicle with a remaining manufacturers warranty (a couple years old age wise) that I plan to keep until it dies. I'd feel like a ticking time bomb in a high mileage 4x4. Personally for me, if a manufacturer is boasting a 6 year 125k warrenty they must have faith in there product, as for spec, yeah I do want some decent equipment 👍when I'm shelling out that kind of money I cba with winding my windows down 😁

 

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why dont you come bk in a couple off yrs & ask again ,pointless thread really

[Graham]

I'd rather have a Jap truck with 100k . At least you know there's another 100k left in it at least. That mileage might be a wing and a prayer job for a Chinese truck.

 

I had an Hi-lux that the body eventually dropped off with 200+k and it still sold for 1500.

Edited August 28, 2016 by Graham

[monkeybusiness]

I've poured money into a Toyota Dyna with the Hilux d4d engine - electrical issuesarama!

[R Mac]

Has anybody got one? It is chinese made I know and only a 2.0l, but won't be doing major work at all, great spec, leather,electric etc etc and only around 17k?

 

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I will certainly not rule out the opposition when it comes to buy, it will be in a couple of years time and budget will be around 8k.

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Why ask about a truck that costs £17k now if you're not intending buying for a couple of years and your budget is going to be £8k?

 

 

 

why dont you come bk in a couple off yrs & ask again ,pointless thread really

 

Ain't that the truth