Best fuel efficient cars or SUV/truck for Stalkers

[MacPherson]

Anyone used a BMW X3 for this sort of thing? On paper it looks like it’d tick a lot of boxes.

Yes, I do, 2010 2.0, I’ve had it for 8 years, get 37 mpg and it goes where BMW never dreamt it would.
Totally reliable and more than capable if you are sensible.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Probably because that is what it is a 13 plate

Sorry the car number plate is a bunch of numbers where is this 13 showing?
"In my day we had a G reg = 1967 reg year, an A reg was 1963".

 

[chriswjx]

Sorry the car number plate is a bunch of numbers where is this 13 showing?
"In my day we had a G reg = 1967 reg year, an A reg was 1963".

Times have moved on since then...

Would leave it to older minds who could tell you when the switch happened, but number plates now just have 2 numbers (not a bunch). The 2 digits indicate the year and half of year the car was bought. A 13 plate (i.e. SN13 KPO) indicates the car was registered in the first half of 2013, as opposed to a 63 plate, which indicates the car was registered in the 2nd half of 2013. 0X/5X, 1X/6X and 2X/7X (where X is 0-9) since the 2000s.

Actually, having just read up, the new system started 2nd half of 2001 after they used up Y-reg cars. And would have to correct "in your day" as G reg actually is from August '68 to July '69 The August to July registrations appear to have started in August '67, until which A-E were from the 1st of the year.

 

[nun_hunter]

Although very able and cheap to buy, if there is any left in UK, they are not very fuel efficient

You can import them new but they're not overly cheap or good economy for what you end up getting.

 

[ivorgun2]

I use my VW Passat Alltrack
50-52mpg and 180bhp (remapped for better fuel economy)

With it being the estate it holds a hell of a lot of kit if need be, and I can still fit a stag in the back

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Hi there where did you get that shooting table ????

 

[ColinBr]

Hi there where did you get that shooting table ????

It was on the airgunforums.co.uk site. Boy on there makes them.

 

[Button]

Times have moved on since then...

Would leave it to older minds who could tell you when the switch happened, but number plates now just have 2 numbers (not a bunch). The 2 digits indicate the year and half of year the car was bought. A 13 plate (i.e. SN13 KPO) indicates the car was registered in the first half of 2013, as opposed to a 63 plate, which indicates the car was registered in the 2nd half of 2013. 0X/5X, 1X/6X and 2X/7X (where X is 0-9) since the 2000s.

Actually, having just read up, the new system started 2nd half of 2001 after they used up Y-reg cars. And would have to correct "in your day" as G reg actually is from August '68 to July '69 The August to July registrations appear to have started in August '67, until which A-E were from the 1st of the year.

Just to cheer you up further you could have a 2018 on a 68 plate or 2019 on a 68 plate

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Times have moved on since then...

Would leave it to older minds who could tell you when the switch happened, but number plates now just have 2 numbers (not a bunch). The 2 digits indicate the year and half of year the car was bought. A 13 plate (i.e. SN13 KPO) indicates the car was registered in the first half of 2013, as opposed to a 63 plate, which indicates the car was registered in the 2nd half of 2013. 0X/5X, 1X/6X and 2X/7X (where X is 0-9) since the 2000s.

Actually, having just read up, the new system started 2nd half of 2001 after they used up Y-reg cars. And would have to correct "in your day" as G reg actually is from August '68 to July '69 The August to July registrations appear to have started in August '67, until which A-E were from the 1st of the year.

Hm, I had an Austin 1300 with a G reg and always remember it as a 1967. Grey matter clogging up then.

 

[ivorgun2]

It was on the airgunforums.co.uk site. Boy on there makes them.

Thanks colinbr

 

[Sika-Hunter]

Sorry the car number plate is a bunch of numbers where is this 13 showing?
"In my day we had a G reg = 1967 reg year, an A reg was 1963".

Mine is a 2013 model and has the number 13 within those so called bunch of numbers indicating its a 13 Plate

 

[mt-hunting]

Mitsubishi Outlander gx4 2.2 4wd is good on fuel, it has various 4wd settings with full lock and an economy mode.

 

[DK.260]

Quite often fount that the best and fastest cars off road are hire cars. If on a company account, usually the most cost efficient also ….

 

[DevonRifle]

I really wish someone would bring out a small pickup in the vein of the old Subaru's.

We spotted a Renault (Dacia) Duster pickup when on holiday in Cape Verde. I asked my local dealer about the chances of it being introduced here and he said it wouldn't sell

The problem with the Dacia Duster pickup is that it doesn’t have anywhere near the 1000kg payload that I believe you have to have in the UK to make it a commercial vehicle with the tax advantages for a business. This is why they believe it won’t sell over here.

 

[Fowler1990]

Rav 4 d4d, will change it for a Nissan Xtrail or Skoda at some point.

 

[NickJ]

Isuzu DMax are more economical than a HiLux and very reliable

Can you elaborate as to why? I am looking to replace my 2019 plate Hilux in the next few months and it’s certainly thirsty.

 

[NickJ]

Hello,

With the rising cost and fuel I'm wondering if there are any clever ideas of cars or SUV's suitable for stalking in places like Scotland and Ireland but with decent MPG etc.

The obvious choice is something like a Toyota Hilux or VW Amarok but the MPG is not great at 28mpg more or less.

Would something like the Toyota Rav4 hybrid be ok for forestry stalking in places like county kerry, ireland?

Basically something reliable with decent MPG and ground clearance/offroad ability suitable for Ireland and Scotland forestry roads etc.

Thanks,
Tom

Depends how much load space you need? Is it one sika or 12 reds? I need the latter so am narrowed down to a pick up (or a Grenadier if anyone has seen in the back of one yet?)

 

[NickJ]

I really wish someone would bring out a small pickup in the vein of the old Subaru's.

We spotted a Renault (Dacia) Duster pickup when on holiday in Cape Verde. I asked my local dealer about the chances of it being introduced here and he said it wouldn't sell

Yes, well said. Loved my old khaki Subaru pick up I had the year I left college, 1993, bloody great motor

 

[NickJ]

Discovery sport goes where you want to 45+ to the gallon ive had five roe in the boot

I had one and had two sika stags in the plasterers bath with the back seats folded down, was better off road than I thought

 

[NickJ]

I rate my Mitsubishi outlander quite highly. It’s a 2011 model with optional four-wheel-drive and I get 50 mpg on the way to work and have never been stuck in a field so far. I’ve got a decent set of general grabber tyres on which helps. At risk of upsetting some people, I even pulled a defender out of the mud the other week. It was towing a sawmill though.

Mitsubishi pulling out of the UK apparently

 

[NickJ]

Maybe just get a van? A lot of deer came back to the larder in FC Vauxhall Astra vans over the years.

Aye, me included in the early 90s but that’s because the FC have excellent gravel roads, most places I now stalk don’t