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I'm looking at getting my first 4x4 and want some of your ideas as to what I should look at.
Criteria;
Up to $13,000
Must have air con
Needs to tow my race car (about 1600kg with spares & trailer, but not long distances)
Will be my daily driver
Reasonably economical or at least the same as my current car (V8 Fairmont that uses about 420kms/68L = 16L/100kms city)
Auto or Manual
Ute or Wagon
Will be using it for light-medium off road & a little beach stuff. Won't be rock climbing or anything like that.
So, please give me your opinions and thanks in advance.
Can`t believe I`m saying this but a early GQ would be the go, or a 60 series cruiser. If you looked around hard enough you`d find an early carbied 80 series but it would have very high km`s on it.
zukin wrote:a1zook is still for sale i think its a good rig top 4wd and its in your price range and ya cant get anymore economical then a zook surely :o
Dunno how it'd tow though, probably weighs less than the trailer and race car
Have a look at a early to mid 90's LWB factory intercooled TD Daihatsu Rocky. You should be able to pick up one with around 120 000km with everything, P/S, A/C, even electric windows in excellent condition for around $10k. Some people will snicker but, your towing requirements are more than adequately catered for, they are more capable off road than what a lot of people will give credit, and being 4 cylinder, cheaper rego than a 6. You will get around 10km to the litre, regardless of whether you are towing or not. Try getting all that in a more popular 4wd, for the price, and the lateness of the model.
Nice pic Moose, but with enough oil on the ground even th Mrs CRV can smoke them up.
I just heard from a few dealers that the trade in values on 3L gq was real low and that they were a bit of a lemon for Nissan. Dont know much about their mechanics or reliabily. :wink:
Joe.
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