Which Secondhand Pickup?

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GBR66

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There was a thread a couple of years ago but restarting.

Have a 2012 Range Rover that is a brilliant drive and has been utterly reliable, but at 140k miles (130k by me) it's getting expensive to maintain as a daily car. Will keep it for comfortable long runs but want a daily user. Can put a pick up through business in Ireland where cars are bloody expensive. Need to tow, drive 2 hours to stalking, shift loads and be off-road, BUT for a fraction of the time - most will be on road so want a near SUV drive?

Looking at 2018-20 maybe 80k miles.

Navarro, Ranger, Ssanyong seem to be the list for mainly road, Hiluxl expensive and raw and Isuzu raw.......advice please?
 
I’ve never driven an L200, but I’ve had a couple of other Mitsubishi’s that were very well put together. Might be worth a look
 
You won’t go far wrong with any of the current pickups , I bought a 2017 Navara , does everything I need , was around £3000 cheaper than equivalent hi lux or ranger , there’s plenty for sale go try a few see what extras they come with , definitely try get one with a good canopy
 
spurs14 said:
You won’t go far wrong with any of the current pickups , I bought a 2017 Navara , does everything I need , was around £3000 cheaper than equivalent hi lux or ranger , there’s plenty for sale go try a few see what extras they come with , definitely try get one with a good canopy
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Lever357 said:
What do you mean by "Isuzu - raw"??
I have had a DMax extended cab since 2018, got it at 27k miles, now got ober 111k on and it has been excellent - very comfortable, quiet, economical and very reliable
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Yup canopy values don't seem to reflect in prices.
Lever357 said:
What do you mean by "Isuzu - raw"??
I have had a DMax extended cab since 2018, got it at 27k miles, now got ober 111k on and it has been excellent - very comfortable, quiet, economical and very reliable
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Lever357 said:
What do you mean by "Isuzu - raw"??
I have had a DMax extended cab since 2018, got it at 27k miles, now got ober 111k on and it has been excellent - very comfortable, quiet, economical and very reliable
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Lever357 said:
What do you mean by "Isuzu - raw"??
I have had a DMax extended cab since 2018, got it at 27k miles, now got ober 111k on and it has been excellent - very comfortable, quiet, economical and very reliable
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Lever357 said:
What do you mean by "Isuzu - raw"??
I have had a DMax extended cab since 2018, got it at 27k miles, now got ober 111k on and it has been excellent - very comfortable, quiet, economical and very reliable
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thanks Lever357 that's just the sort of feedback I wanted, from someone who has one. "Raw" was meant as less of a pleasant road car...given a lot of my miles are road
 
Bought a 2016 Navara a year old,ran for 8ish years and never missed a beat.Went everywhere i needed and not once did i wish i had bought a Hilux.
Just bought a 24 D -Max which garage friends have recommended out of the current crop so hopefully get as long a hassle free driving experience as i did from the Datsun.
 
Since around 2000 Iv'e had Isuzu's. The first was an Isuzu/Chevy, ex demonstrator import. The old 100hp Isuzu engine. Ran that up to around 80,000. Then I purchased a new Isuzu Rodeo on a 2007 plate, ran that up to over 100,000 miles. On changing the shape of the vehicle bonnet I bought a second hand Izuzu 3ltr crew cab, ex Isuzu directors vehicle with under 20,000 on the clock. Ran that up to 120,000 miles.
Changed it about 8 years back for an Isuzu Utah, automatic, with 30,000 miles on it. Still have it and now nearing 82,000 miles.

At no time have I ever had any major issues with any of these vehicles. Unlike some of my friends with Ford Rangers. One of them bought a brand spanker Ford Raptor. 6 months in the engine blew up. Another friend drove up from Essex to my grounds in the highlands, got to Tain, the oil pump packed up, seized the engine. Ford trucks are well known for head gaskets going.
Toyota are very good, and hold their value, as do Isuzu. Just look around and why do you see so many Fords for sale, but very few low mileage Isuzu and Toyota?
 
JMikeyH said:
Vanstar has some good looking vehicles at the moment. I was having a browse earlier, this very smart looking Ford Ranger caught my eye.

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I wouldn't be brave enough to buy a Ranger, but will say that Vanstar were a pleasure to deal with when I bought a Navara from them a few weeks ago. Good PX price, straightforward approach from them when they found a scrape on the one I was buying prior to my collection of it and impressive premises with lots of stock.
 
When I bought the D4 I have at the moment it was a toss up between that & a VW Amarok double cab. The D4 won simply because it had a 3.0 V6 engine vs. the Amarok 2.0 engine which I felt was a bit ‘stressed’ by comparison. If they’d had the V6 in the Amarok back then I’d very probably have plumped for that instead.
 
I've had 4 hilux's over the past 25 years, in one the crankshaft went, and in another the drivers door glass suddenly disappeared into the door a small grommity thing had broken? Other than that, nothing wrong, maybe I've just been lucky? I do a mixture, mostly road but also farms and fields if that helps.
 
I am very much a dmax fan.

I actually use them for work , mostly towing a 3.5t trailer and also carrying up to 1.25t in the dmax bed so up to a 6.75t train weight .

My current one is used for 99% road use but also run mud terrain tyres as getting stuck is not an option .
22 plate with now 112,000miles , last one was a 67 plate that had 145,000 miles before changing.

In the last quarter of a million miles breakdowns consisted of a window wiper mechanism, electric window thingy power steering pump and abs sensor cable that had a break in it.

Also had a 60 plate and a 64 plate but those didn't do as much heavy work as the last 2.
 
hendrix's rifle said:
Don't get a ranger, they have a tendency to blow up if you don't get the wet belt changed relatively frequently. Awful design.
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A friend had the 3.2 version, brand new, had nightmares with the adblue system, it kept going into limp mode saying there was no adblue in it, when it was full, dealer tried all sorts, ended up blaming him for putting non ford adblue in it! It went back had the adblue system drained, dealer stuff put in ----- and it broke down again, he got his money back and bought an Isuzu!
 
I looked exactly a year ago what to buy moving from a Discovery 4, I looked at my budget what I was willing to spend and how long I would tend to keep it and what extras were a must. After a lot of research of various brands Izuzu, Nissan, ford etc and looking at size/spec and reliability I decided on a Hilux. Nissan felt like a transit van had use of one of these as my father in law owned one, Izuzu felt sluggish on the road and ford very juicy and well known for engine issues. So settled on a hilux invincible X

My preference of what I would buy now.

Another Hilux
Izuzu
Mits L200
VW Amorak
Ford Ranger
Nissan Navara
 
I'm not a car tax expert but I would imagine that people will keep the double cab they've got now? so the price of second hand ones will go up, I was changing mine next year but it's in for the long haul now🤔
 
I have a 2015 Isuzu Dmax with 150k miles on it it’s a load carrier for me. All it’s required apart from regular service items is a new exhaust pipe and a couple of sets of tyres. The bit that transformed it was I changed the suspension as it sat at just the wrong height for my trailers (it’s a dmax thing) I fitted an aftermarket kit from Pedders I believe it’s the same spec they fitted to the huntsman version, they should have done it to all as standard. I will happily sit in it for 12 hours to Scotland from the south coast it has been great.
 
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