Bigjobss wrote:Nice buy on the DMAX mate, probably as safe a bet for a newish ute you can get.
As oldbloke said 4x4 is not always needed, many people would be better investing in good tyres and a 12v air compressor.
On the Navarra front, now that you know they are dodgy you will start seeing them everywhere blowing smoke, and I mean a lot more smoke than the normal regeneration you see from common rails
Tough buying a new ute these days, I feel the whole movement of making a work ute that doubles as a family car and a weekend toy sucks, it cant do all well whilst being reliable.
We have my 2000 hilux which is a weekend hunting toy, the mrs forester for shopping and family stuff and work provides a POS Navarra, yeh servicing, rego, insurance etc would cost more but how many injector replacements does it equate too?
When/if the lux craps itself I would like to regress technologically even further to a FJ40, man I love those cars.
I used to own a FJ40 SWB many years ago, it was a tough ol girl but used to drive all over the road like a drunken tart and had bad brakes and dodgy electrical system but I loved the ol girl (rolled it) unbolted the roof etc and put a roll cage and rag top on it and removed the doors, put some commodore bucket seats in it and she was good to go again - great for hunting out of with the fold down windscreen.
She was slow but got the job done most of the time and was simple to work on, not like these bloody new vehicles!