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Evilgoat:
I may well find myself needing a reliable LWB 4x4 very shortly. It'#ll be for business and it'll at the least need basic offroad mods, winch and roof rack.

It has to be able to carry a lot of IT equipment in the back in reasonable saftey, will need ladder on the roof and its going to be going up dirt tracks, byways and around farm and industrial yards.

Its going to have to cover a LOT of milage too, so its almost certainly got to be a mid range TD engine of some sort, no V8s or petrols. It has to be ultra reliable too, I'm talking about 1000s of miles between bits dripping off.

Trying to decide right now between a Hilux with a truck top or a 110. Its the Reliability thats leaning me towards the Hilux. LWB Paj is out as they cant actually carry that much and have a habbit of eating £400+ injector pumps.

P16LET:
After now owning a 110 for 5months I think its brill but its not to say Im not thinking of adding another S2 Disco to the stables at somepoint in the next 6months aslo...

Have you thought about a S2 Disco good milage very comfortable remove the rear seats and you almost have 6ft in the back....  Just another option for you...

see you in a few hours at Bling.


Dave aka HRH_Dave

L90OOK:
I'd go for a 110...better offroad & lower depreciation & easier to mod.  As long as you look after it it should last well...plus there is plenty of support here should it throw it's teddies out the pram  :roll:  :lol:

There again I am biased... 8)

thermidorthelobster:
In Gambia I had a conversation with a Toyota owner who had a '89 4.2L NAD model.  I was in the 101.

By that time I'd had to tweak & balance the carbs, replace the crank oil seal, clutch plate, gearbox mount, engine mount, exhaust mounts, the exhaust manifold was blowing, a couple of hubs were weeping, the swivels were leaking, and the gearbox was leaking.  I'd also had to bodge a migrating anti-roll bar and replace a steering ball joint.  In 2 months.  I was shortly to bust a diff and lose 6wd.  (To be fair, Gambian and Guinean roads are capable of swallowing trucks whole, so the thing was getting totally hammered.)

Tony had driven right across Africa from north to south and back again, over many months.  I asked him if he'd ever had any problems.  "Oh yes," he said, "the switch for the headlights packed in once and I had to replace it."

 :twisted:

Evilgoat:
Its solely the lack of reliability (real or perceived) thats making me even consider another make. put it this way. Lift kit, hard top, roof rack and Winch for a Hilux will probobly cost more than a 110.

Also my budget is limited, meaning not a new veichle and depreciation isnt an issue. Also meas a D2 is unlikely too.

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