Wanted: Next 4x4 pick up

[ca11um]

Hi all,

Ive currently got a 19 reg L200 but after a wee bash (in the ice bloody annoying) the insurance company said it could be a write off. If thats the case Im looking at getting something similar and newer, question is what? Any advice or ideas on what yous would get? Looking at something 3 years old, and not too high milage. Potentially an Izusu V-cross, Nissan Navara or hilux (if budget will allow)...

It will be used daily as well as a work horse.

Thanks

 

[Tim.243]

Hi all,

Ive currently got a 19 reg L200 but after a wee bash (in the ice bloody annoying) the insurance company said it could be a write off. If thats the case Im looking at getting something similar and newer, question is what? Any advice or ideas on what yous would get? Looking at something 3 years old, and not too high milage. Potentially an Izusu V-cross, Nissan Navara or hilux (if budget will allow)...

It will be used daily as well as a work horse.

Thanks

you can ask to have it contract repaired, the truck is yours not theirs, my ranger was hit in the N/S tub in front of the n/s rear wheel
Repair was a new tub, brought it back for %10 plus a pay out agreed to have a new and sent them the re-mot, jacked the tub out drove it for a long time.

People fold to easy, Phil @Overlay had his nice little jimmy hit in the rear door, they wanted to take it, said to Phil they can **** off
New wheel holder bracket and cover fitted job done.

 

[Donkey Basher]

Don’t let them take the vehicle away - once their recovery people have it they start charging for storage & the cost of the claim to the insurer goes up. This is why a lot of repairable cars get written off - assessor says it needs X &Y parts but these need to be ordered with Z weeks delivery time. Storage costs for Z weeks are added to cost of repair & bingo it becomes uneconomical.

This is very possibly the reason you’ve been told it may be a write off given potential lack of spares in the UK now Mitsubishi don’t have dealers here any more!

Keep it at home if it’s driveable or at your chosen repairer if you have one.

Then, as others have said, if they won’t repair it tell them you want to agree a value & then buy the salvage from them. The car will be classed as a write off with non structural damage & once repaired a new MOT & you're good to go again.

There are some specialist breakers around who will very likely have all the parts required for any repair as ‘take off’ from other written off vehicles. Thornton Breakers for example.

 

[Harv308]

Don’t let them take the vehicle away - once their recovery people have it they start charging for storage & the cost of the claim to the insurer goes up. This is why a lot of repairable cars get written off - assessor says it needs X &Y parts but these need to be ordered with Z weeks delivery time. Storage costs for Z weeks are added to cost of repair & bingo it becomes uneconomical.

This is very possibly the reason you’ve been told it may be a write off given potential lack of spares in the UK now Mitsubishi don’t have dealers here any more!

Keep it at home if it’s driveable or at your chosen repairer if you have one.

Then, as others have said, if they won’t repair it tell them you want to agree a value & then buy the salvage from them. The car will be classed as a write off with non structural damage & once repaired a new MOT & you're good to go again.

There are some specialist breakers around who will very likely have all the parts required for any repair as ‘take off’ from other written off vehicles. Thornton Breakers for example.

Mitsubishi are returning to the UK this year, probably about May, with a new L200 and Outlander being made available initially.

 

[Tim.243]

Don’t let them take the vehicle away - once their recovery people have it they start charging for storage & the cost of the claim to the insurer goes up. This is why a lot of repairable cars get written off - assessor says it needs X &Y parts but these need to be ordered with Z weeks delivery time. Storage costs for Z weeks are added to cost of repair & bingo it becomes uneconomical.

This is very possibly the reason you’ve been told it may be a write off given potential lack of spares in the UK now Mitsubishi don’t have dealers here any more!

Keep it at home if it’s driveable or at your chosen repairer if you have one.

Then, as others have said, if they won’t repair it tell them you want to agree a value & then buy the salvage from them. The car will be classed as a write off with non structural damage & once repaired a new MOT & you're good to go again.

There are some specialist breakers around who will very likely have all the parts required for any repair as ‘take off’ from other written off vehicles. Thornton Breakers for example.

A good number of years ago my dentist friend needed a 5 door auto as his wife had a auto licence also the nanny as they both worked,
found a low milage Ford my friend had repaired, 6 weeks later someone hit it, insurance wanted to write it off "off" was the second word.
Told "not asked" the insurance company of the person who hit it that was the plan, repaired and back to "H" the insurance bod came on the phone querying the invoice which the had in writing "he was just trying to chip some off the bill"
I asked him was his client at fault "YES" good then pay the bill lol
Cheque landed 2 days later... Not sure who is worse estate or insurance agents

 

[JMikeyH]

Hi all,

Ive currently got a 19 reg L200 but after a wee bash (in the ice bloody annoying) the insurance company said it could be a write off. If thats the case Im looking at getting something similar and newer, question is what? Any advice or ideas on what yous would get? Looking at something 3 years old, and not too high milage. Potentially an Izusu V-cross, Nissan Navara or hilux (if budget will allow)...

It will be used daily as well as a work horse.

Thanks

I've just done the same process of discovery as you're doing now. In the end I settled on an Isuzu D-max V Cross. For low mileage and inside three years old here was my thinking:

Toyota Hilux - Lots of theft issues, I don't want to have the hassle of putting a pikey bar across the steering wheel each night and farting around with an aftermarket immobiliser. Also reports of them being expensive to maintain. Have to confirm the one you are looking at will have the chassis recall done or that it is not affected (2012-2023 Hilux are all affected iirc)
Nissan Navara - I find it a bit unappealing to the eye and also seems to have issues with rust
Ford Ranger - Idiotic engineering department, shite vehicle
VW Amarok - A clone of the Ford Ranger, even including the wet belt engine but now you can pay VAG prices for it - shite vehicle
Isuzu Dmax - Less grunt than the other vehicles but seems to be mostly trouble free, there are reports of occasional non-starting electrical gremlins

And you know of course of the L200

Of these choices to me it was a fairly simple one. Isuzu Dmax will be great on fuel returning low 40 MPG on a good run and conditions dependent of course, but you won't need to worry about it rotting, getting nicked or the engine grenading itself unless you do a £3k maintenance job every 20-30k miles (front subframe disassembly to service the wetbelt on ranger )

For me it was a no brainer, I don't tow anything so I bought a Dmax. Whatever you do, don't buy a fckin Ranger or an Amarok.

 

[Bugsy]

I've just done the same process of discovery as you're doing now. In the end I settled on an Isuzu D-max V Cross. For low mileage and inside three years old here was my thinking:

Toyota Hilux - Lots of theft issues, I don't want to have the hassle of putting a pikey bar across the steering wheel each night and farting around with an aftermarket immobiliser. Also reports of them being expensive to maintain. Have to confirm the one you are looking at will have the chassis recall done or that it is not affected (2012-2023 Hilux are all affected iirc)
Nissan Navara - I find it a bit unappealing to the eye and also seems to have issues with rust
Ford Ranger - Idiotic engineering department, shite vehicle
VW Amarok - A clone of the Ford Ranger, even including the wet belt engine but now you can pay VAG prices for it - shite vehicle
Isuzu Dmax - Less grunt than the other vehicles but seems to be mostly trouble free, there are reports of occasional non-starting electrical gremlins

And you know of course of the L200

Of these choices to me it was a fairly simple one. Isuzu Dmax will be great on fuel returning low 40 MPG on a good run and conditions dependent of course, but you won't need to worry about it rotting, getting nicked or the engine grenading itself unless you do a £3k maintenance job every 20-30k miles (front subframe disassembly to service the wetbelt on ranger )

For me it was a no brainer, I don't tow anything so I bought a Dmax. Whatever you do, don't buy a fckin Ranger or an Amarok.

You must be a far oot cousin of mine hit the nail on the head

 

[Dave_45]

You must be a far oot cousin of mine hit the nail on the head

My next pick up will be a Dmax 1.9 but they suffer from oil dilution and the engines let go if you dont check the oil regularly.

They actually require a dpf , egr delete and remap to run correctly.


To throw a spanner in the works…

The older 15 ish plate 2.5 hilux with new chassis all treated underneath for life will be a good runabout truck with no of the rust worries.

A lot of the heavy maintenance parts are bolt on bolt off

Wheel bearing assembly £150(if you can open a tin of beans you can change a wheel bearing on a hilux)

So simple to work on and thought out.

Timing belt kit circa the same

 

[ca11um]

Thanks folks! Insurance has decided to sort the truck after a bit of arguing. The fact an assessor never came to look at it helped my case, just went off photos. But going by it the next truck will be a Izusu v-cross.

 

[nightcrow]

I've just done the same process of discovery as you're doing now. In the end I settled on an Isuzu D-max V Cross. For low mileage and inside three years old here was my thinking:

Toyota Hilux - Lots of theft issues, I don't want to have the hassle of putting a pikey bar across the steering wheel each night and farting around with an aftermarket immobiliser. Also reports of them being expensive to maintain. Have to confirm the one you are looking at will have the chassis recall done or that it is not affected (2012-2023 Hilux are all affected iirc)
Nissan Navara - I find it a bit unappealing to the eye and also seems to have issues with rust
Ford Ranger - Idiotic engineering department, shite vehicle
VW Amarok - A clone of the Ford Ranger, even including the wet belt engine but now you can pay VAG prices for it - shite vehicle
Isuzu Dmax - Less grunt than the other vehicles but seems to be mostly trouble free, there are reports of occasional non-starting electrical gremlins

And you know of course of the L200

Of these choices to me it was a fairly simple one. Isuzu Dmax will be great on fuel returning low 40 MPG on a good run and conditions dependent of course, but you won't need to worry about it rotting, getting nicked or the engine grenading itself unless you do a £3k maintenance job every 20-30k miles (front subframe disassembly to service the wetbelt on ranger )

For me it was a no brainer, I don't tow anything so I bought a Dmax. Whatever you do, don't buy a fckin Ranger or an Amarok.

You perhaps over looked the potential timing chain issues with the newer Hiluxes which can be heart stoppingly expensive once out of warranty.