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Any L200 Owners out there ??
Roofus:
I'm in the minority I accept.....but I do off road my L200 & I don't mean green laning with the shinies & claiming to off road......I mean off roading! I've been to Drumclog, Weardale etc & followed, lead, recovered & been recovered by Landies, Zooks & everything else! & the vehicle coped admirably!
The weakness is the bizarre positioning of the alternator....which sits well down in the engine bay! However.....in two years it's let me down once! & that includes a drive round the Sahara desert!
My truck has a 2" suspension lift, a 1" body lift & 285/75/16s M/T's. It also has a locking rear diff!
A consideration is certainly the rear over hang.....a bobtail is on the cards! Serious off roading has knocked the rear over hang about a bit!
Roofus
Darkside4x4 :twisted:
ben_haynes:
--- Quote from: "toger" ---Serious question.
Is the Animal or the Warrior worth buying for it's off road capability please?
regrds
Toger
Disco owner
--- End quote ---
we had a l200 warrior on a laning trip it got through the same as me in the disco and a shogun and the series motors went got stuck in the same places only because it had a large bar at the rear with a tow bar on it (53reg with road tyres and i had MT's on :oops: )
BLUEProfile:
2 dead alternators and Mitsi tried to void the waranty on the second due to seeing pictures of me off raoding on L200.org. It doesn't mention wading depth in the manual and Mitsi support failed to supply the information when I phoned them.
Power issues from 15 months old and still waiting for Mitsi to fix it, it will be 4 years old in Novemeber.
Clutch at 15K, not covered by warranty
New head as every expansion chamber cracked.
Dealer snapped bottom pully bolt when changing timing belt, engine out and crank reworked. Then a few months later the con rod leaves the block and Mitsi won't touch it because the warranty expired.
More replacement fog lights than I can remember and they still fill with water.
Yes I had some fun in it on and off road and it did pretty good at Weardale. But ask how many L200s went home on recovery trucks after a day at Bures...... My Zook has been in water 4 times deeper than the L200 and got through, even after it flooded in the deep water at Kirton this weekend it started after a little WD40 was sprayed on the HT leads.
I'd say if you want a super bling look good toy get an L200, but I'd never buy another. It was £27K of wasted money and the worst after sales service ever. I'm happy to send copies of the complaint letters and replies if anyone wants to see them, just think before you buy. Roofus is OK as Mitsi Ireland seem to have a far better level of custome care than Colt Car Company in the UK.
Roofus:
I'd agree there Blue! Mitsi ireland get top marks from me! =D>
Lardy:
Check out www.darkside4x4.com and you will see plenty of piccys of L200's offroad. They are alot better than people think. I had one and was surprised at how capable it was - its just a bit too long.
That said had a big accident in mine and wrote it off - and swore blind I would never buy another - they can be very lary on the backend in the wet and let go easily when they arent carrying a load.
Got a Disco 2 now and its heaps better!
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