MWF
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Yet another "Buy what I've got" thread. True. But that's the schtick a lot of regulars do here. Post pictures of their ride in every thread and say, look how cool it is from ankle perspective. Blibber blabber, in every stinkin' thread, lol. It's getting to be like show dog people and their munters. Glad I'm not the only one who's noticed this.
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LowStandards
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Yup, thats what I thought! I mean, I love proper 4x4's, one of my must have cars, cause I love play days and such, but I wouldn't buy one to knock about in, there overkill, I don't need to traverse ploughed fields on a daily basis and as I mentioned before, snow is what you make of it, it appears were all soft in this country and an inch of snow causes chaos!
As for the person who mentioned the SJ, seriously? there Dire on the road, agricultural rubbish, cracking off it, but again, not what was asked for!
Vitara's are halfway there, but again, who needs a transfer box on a road going daily? If you've got yourself stuck enough in snow to require low range your already in a whole world of issues!
So I say Rav4 Freelander (awful I know) Pajero Pinin (the small engined one, without the t-box) Err, I cant think anymore, go for a Rav4! Did I mention the Rav4?
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MrT
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Just who did Mr Hitler REALLY think he was kidding?
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Yet another "Buy what I've got" thread. True. But that's the schtick a lot of regulars do here. Post pictures of their ride in every thread and say, look how cool it is from ankle perspective. Blibber blabber, in every stinkin' thread, lol. It's getting to be like show dog people and their munters. Surely a recommendation from personal experience is far better than "buy one of these coz they look nice"!? I think the majority of replies on this thread have been fairly constructive in one way or another. And as for "you don't need to buy anything with a transfer case" - badly worded advice, IMHO. What's complicated about a transfer case? You move an additional lever and drive the damned thing - not exactly rocket science . Don't discount a particular car because it's got a transfer box (for example) and you don't actually need one - I have no real need for one myself, and I don't even need four wheel drive as most of my driving is on the road. I bought mine as there are no affordable cars (I paid about £1200) that aren't 'traditional offroaders' that can s afely and legally tow my caravan... Dale
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LowStandards
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There's nothing difficult at all about a transfer box, unless, you don't offroad, you don't do any off road driving and you just want a car thats simple to drive to the shops in on the odd occasion it snows!
I'm not dicsounting any of the cars mentioned, i just don't believe anyone has actually read the OP past the 'find me a 4x4' part!!!
curse word it, lets all go buy jacked up uni-mogs!!!
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MrT
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Just who did Mr Hitler REALLY think he was kidding?
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There's nothing difficult at all about a transfer box, unless, you don't offroad, you don't do any off road driving and you just want a car thats simple to drive to the shops in on the odd occasion it snows! I'm not dicsounting any of the cars mentioned, I just don't believe anyone has actually read the OP past the 'find me a 4x4' part!!! dash it, lets all go buy jacked up uni-mogs!!! I did, and I don't see why a 4x4 isn't suitable: ""it needs to be able to do prolly 5-7k PA, cost about 1k and not be badly thirsty.""4x4's don't have to be thirsty, and most are no harder to drive or less civilized than a 'traditional' car...
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MWF
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True. But that's the schtick a lot of regulars do here. Post pictures of their ride in every thread and say, look how cool it is from ankle perspective. Blibber blabber, in every stinkin' thread, lol. It's getting to be like show dog people and their munters. Surely a recommendation from personal experience is far better than "buy one of these coz they look nice"!? I think the majority of replies on this thread have been fairly constructive in one way or another. Seriously come one, read what I said I think about what you'd said here. You've taken the point completely out of context. And as for "you don't need to buy anything with a transfer case" - badly worded advice, IMHO. What's complicated about a transfer case? You move an additional lever and drive the damned thing - not exactly rocket science . Don't discount a particular car because it's got a transfer box (for example) and you don't actually need one - I have no real need for one myself, and I don't even need four wheel drive as most of my driving is on the road. I bought mine as there are no affordable cars (I paid about £1200) that aren't 'traditional offroaders' that can s afely and legally tow my caravan... Dale Again read my post and think about what I was saying. I wasn't saying don't buy anything with a transfer box at all. I was just stating the simplicity of the 4x4 system should be a consideration in this case.
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Which is why an F-150 is the simplest, cheapest to buy/own, practical-est(?), and easiest to re-sell. Hands down, nearly always the best-selling vehicle in the USA of both cars or trucks, each year. And I don't own one. But all the parking lot snow plowboys do. (Although I do own a second cousin of the F-150. And I haven't started 18 threads about my truck or insert photos of it gratuitously into every thread I post in, but I may start! ;D Warning!)
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MWF
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Sadly we don't really get any of the F-Series over here, the Ranger is considered a full size pickup. Sad because I'm sniffing around after a mid eighties one myself.
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just a point I have noticed recently rather than disagreeing with MWF, after having land Rovers in the past and finding them clunky, the transfer case lever on our truck is so easy to shift I often think it hasn't gone into gear when it has, so worth trying to shift it if thinking about buying one for a girl, ours has electric freewheel hubs on a button the dash as well which makes life easy, the warning lights on the dash still work too
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How are Terranos? I guess that they share the mechanics with the King cab, which often seems to have satisfied owners... They look good, are powerful, works quite well off road... And usually, Japanese trucks are quite good AFAIK? Someone with experiences? I had one of these, actually much better than the later versions off road, but mine was an auto and when the box died i found out they are known for being weak and expensive to replace/fix.
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Not really, i've driven through conditions like that in 2 wheel drive cars in the past rly? Uphill through more than axle deep drifts? I've found that 2WD cars are ok if you keep the momentum up, but there are situations where that's impossible. The cars in the video are clearly losing speed at points but still keep plowing through grille-high drifts. Mine was fine, we were mucking about on the closed M25 at midnight and trawling through the lanes near me, i also pulled a few cars out of ditches with it, including me mates well stuck Fiat Regatta, my ol' granny was legendary round these ere parts i drove it quite a few hills that night through a lot of snow as it was a suprise snowfall, in fact we only gave up with it when the engine bay filled up with snow, blocked the rad and overheated it blowing a core plug out.
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Sadly we don't really get any of the F-Series over here, the Ranger is considered a full size pickup. Sad because I'm sniffing around after a mid eighties one myself. No lie? Wow! That seems a huge miscalculation by Ford, given the rural needs of 90% of the UK. Where are all the SBF engines coming from, then, used in various project cars there? Most boys tell me their SBF V8's are "ex-truck" or "ex-commercial", so ASS-u-med that meant you had access to the F-line someway somehow. Pity that.
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Our Rangers not even the same as yours, its the same as our red Mazda in my siggy but with a different front on it, in fact the bed cover and (fake) roll over bar are both marked with genuine Ford part stickers.
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MWF
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Sadly we don't really get any of the F-Series over here, the Ranger is considered a full size pickup. Sad because I'm sniffing around after a mid eighties one myself. No lie? Wow! That seems a huge miscalculation by Ford, given the rural needs of 90% of the UK. Where are all the SBF engines coming from, then, used in various project cars there? Most boys tell me their SBF V8's are "ex-truck" or "ex-commercial", so ASS-u-med that meant you had access to the F-line someway somehow. Pity that. Hand on heart, scouts honor and all that. We don't get Ford best selling vehicle. Domestic pickups are a relatively new phenomena to the UK full stop, they've only been popular recently, and that's because they are classed as vans so self employed people could buy them and claim back the VAT.
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Those Mazda mini p-u's started off here as the "Ford Courier" and the "Mazda B2000", depending on which dealer you attended to. Ford recently downscaled its ownership position in Mazda, so it'll be interesting to see what happens with future tie-ins like this, or the 323-based Oz Capri, and some of the "Zetec branded" engines so forth.
Hard to imagine Ford didn't bring the F over to Yurrup, at least as a commercial line. Dumbfounding to me. But then I am so easily dumbfounded.......
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To big for parking spaces here in the old world i guess, that would put off a lot of private buyers. The Mazda sticks out of a supermarket space by about a foot and i guess the commercial buyers are happy with the Transit van.
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MWF
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As Popuptoaster says, ultimately the size is an issue. Even the swb F150 is a huge car by UK standards, especially in width.
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Gotcha, I guess that size explains. But then ofcourse, you do have AK's fleet to contend with. ;D We are able to buy Ford-Europe's Transit Connect here now. That, and the MB Sprinter, look like a stiff breeze would flop them over to me. Hey, if you fold the mirrors in, the 93 full-size Bronc isn't *that* wide.
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Team Blitz Ford Capri parts worldwide: Restoration, Road, or Race. Used, Repro, and NOS, ranging from scabby to perfect. Itching your Capri jones since 1979! Buy, sell, trade. www.teamblitz.com blitz@teamblitz.com
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Have a go in one of those Sprinters, suprisingly fun to drive for what we class as a big van and they have a bit of go in em, not sure if you can turn the TC off in the newer ones but the old ones drifted lovely.
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MWF
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Team Blitz I'm afraid I also have to inform you that retrospectively importers tended to go for C10s and Blazers. In fact the US Army bought a lot of them over.
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