Oldbloke wrote:That is a pearler Daddybang.
Well known for quality/reliability issues. Does anyone here have the balls to own up to owning a Jeep?
madang55 wrote:Sat in a Navara today. Navara owners must be midgets, couldn't get my legs under the steering wheel. Sat in a couple of Tritons, much better. Sat in A D-Max, even better.
Having a look at a couple of B3000/BT50 soon.
Oldbloke wrote:That is a pearler Daddybang.
Well known for quality/reliability issues. Does anyone here have the balls to own up to owning a Jeep?
madang55 wrote:Mazda BT50. Same age as my trade in, Same km, drives very nicely, has a bullbar and 20000lb Warne winch almost new, 5 almost brand new BF GRich tyres. Is wired for UHF and has an arial attached. I need to get a canopy for it. Been looking at Gumtree and ebay. If anyone sees a 2nd hand one, preferably black, PM me. Thanks guys. By the way , Mazda radios suck.Will certainly install one with BluTooth etc
Lifesaride wrote:madang55 wrote:Mazda BT50. Same age as my trade in, Same km, drives very nicely, has a bullbar and 20000lb Warne winch almost new, 5 almost brand new BF GRich tyres. Is wired for UHF and has an arial attached. I need to get a canopy for it. Been looking at Gumtree and ebay. If anyone sees a 2nd hand one, preferably black, PM me. Thanks guys. By the way , Mazda radios suck.Will certainly install one with BluTooth etc
I know 4 people who have or have dad bt50s. An 08, 2 2014s, and a 2015. All have been very impressed due to no major issues, and they are a bloody comfy car to drive.
As for a 2nd hand canopy, good luck, you have to be quick. If you’re on Facebook there should be a buy, swap, sell group for bt50s. A lot of gear gets moved through them, or you can ring around wreckers but generally you won’t make much of a saving off new.
On a side note, if you’re handy, strip down and regrease the winch. Warn are renowned for only packing half of what they need in the housing which will cause plenty of dramas long term.
Cheers
madang55 wrote:You'd reckon that buying a car would be simple. So, I decide to buy this car,(BT50), the salesman agrees to give me whatever for my car as a trade-in. I pay a deposit, sign some papers, during which I comment to the salesman, "your handwriting is crap" and go home with a smile on my face. On my way home...salesman calls me, says there is a financial hold on my car, the one I own and am trading in.(refer to PPSR) My comment, "bovine droppings!!!" A week later, after some very creative detective work and some descriptive emails, several visits to 2 different bank branches, I discover....that......4 years after I pay cash for my car, a car is sold in Wodonga. A highly educated, highly motivated sales person in Wodonga, writes down the VIN for the vehicle they are selling, and........the next person in line, types that VIN, transcribes the VIN, to the sales contract and finance agreement. ONLY ONE THING WENT WRONG. Who ever was the primary school teacher of the person who wrote down the VIN didn't cane the little toad enough during handwriting class. The VIN for both cars is EXACTLY the same except for the very last digit. My VIN ends in 20525, the car they sold has the VIN ending in 20528. 10 days later and I'm still waiting to pick up my BT50. Wodonga have contacted the bank with the hold on the wrong car. The bank say thankyou. I'm ready to bite the heads off budgies, neither of them have contacted me. When I do pick my new/old car up, guess what they are going to do.....re-write the whole contract in legible hand writing. This is why Asylums were invented, I'm booking in.
madang55 wrote:Just saying....anyone ever put a 20,000lb winch on a dual cab?
Bigjobss wrote:madang55 wrote:Just saying....anyone ever put a 20,000lb winch on a dual cab?
I am no auto elec but that sounds like a problem in the making without some electrical upgrades, I may be wrong but surely a standard setup would struggle to run that at capacity for any usefull period of time under load.