yidoharry Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Hi there......me and my dad are going halves on a truck for shooting....only over fields and not going to have any serious off road use, will also be used on the road as a run around for my dad so needs to be half decent on fuel, cheers in advance for opinions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Grand vitara Can't fault them I'll wait for the abuse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yidoharry Posted January 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Grand vitara Can't fault them I'll wait for the abuse why do you say that? Have they got a bad reputation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbiter Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 +1 for the grand vitara......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 why do you say that? Have they got a bad reputation? No not at all they have a very good one , every one is different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andypaint Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 You would get a tidy fourtrak for that money, they will run on clean veg oil as standard whi is really cheap at moment or just use diesel. Very reliable motors and will tow anything. And rear bumper is great to stand on and use roof as gun rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddoakley Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 L200! Mine is great. Its a 2003 warrior with high milage and has been fantastic. Conpletely reliable. Drives well on the road and (with a proper chip in it) returns decent fuel economy. Never given it much to do off road but its never failed in anything I have tried. Thouroughly reccomended. Ps. Mine is for sale. Lol. Edd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dankidd Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 You could get a very good Isuzu Trooper for that kind of cash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinchesterDave Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Suzuki jimny? Few on auto trader for that price 50k plus mileage in good nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy1950 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Just love my Pajero 2.5. Mk 2 LWB (1993). Hell of a lot of motor for the money. Rarely have had to go into 4 wheel drive. Drives all over the Mendips as a shooting wagon. Reasonable performance on road, but is a marathon runner not a sprinter. Will happily use veggie oil when on offer from Tesco, or Bio diesel if you have that opportunity as well.. What you save on the base vehicle price you may have to use to contribute to the fuel costs (you have to buy some any way, so might be only pennies extra as you have a few extra tank fulls a year, so no hardship really in the overall scheme of things). All the usual stuff for the home mechanic is easy to deal with and they are built like the proverbial S**te houses, everything is over engineered. If you off road a lot the SWB is better but you sacrifice a lot of space. I average about 25 MPG but recon I got about 32 on a road trip to North Wales a week or so ago which included a crawl around the Snowdonia national park. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil3728 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Landrover 90 or 110, although with the way prices are going at the moment you could struggle to get anything for that price Have a look at a Discovery 1 or 2, very capable vehicle not that bad on fuel and you will get a lot of car for that money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 9R Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 I have an 03 plate Nivara 136k on the clock, works well for me, 32mpg with reasonably chunky tyres on (as long as I keep them pumped up right). I did have the bottom end sorted by Billcar (fantastic guys there) as Nivaras have a reputation for leaving half the engine on the road with no warning, I budgeted that in the buying price to get that done though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiebald Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Landrover series 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbart Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 You can have my l200 and my beretta silver pig for that money and I will throw in an english side by side to boot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigman Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Disco 1 with all welding done . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Just love my Pajero 2.5. Mk 2 LWB (1993). Hell of a lot of motor for the money. Rarely have had to go into 4 wheel drive. Drives all over the Mendips as a shooting wagon. Reasonable performance on road, but is a marathon runner not a sprinter. Will happily use veggie oil when on offer from Tesco, or Bio diesel if you have that opportunity as well.. What you save on the base vehicle price you may have to use to contribute to the fuel costs (you have to buy some any way, so might be only pennies extra as you have a few extra tank fulls a year, so no hardship really in the overall scheme of things). All the usual stuff for the home mechanic is easy to deal with and they are built like the proverbial S**te houses, everything is over engineered. If you off road a lot the SWB is better but you sacrifice a lot of space. I average about 25 MPG but recon I got about 32 on a road trip to North Wales a week or so ago which included a crawl around the Snowdonia national park. Hope this helps. Really? I didn't rate them too highly for off roading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy1950 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Really? I didn't rate them too highly for off roading. Speak as you find. My small shooting group has 4 of them within it, 2 x 2.5TDis and 2 x 3.2 v6s. One of them is a landscape gardener/builder and an avid off roader, what he puts his car through, I wouldn't ! He genuinely would need a helicopter to extract it from some of the trails across Mendip if it "Broke" (He graduated to Mitzi`s after going through 6 Range Rovers in 2 years). He always has a 2 ton trailer hitched up to it during his working week. I do accept that this may not be the vehicle for yidoharry and his dad as it is a work horse and they need something principally for road use and occasional off road field work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 get a ford fiesta xr2i with nobbly tires on it,,use to use one off road, went like **** off a shovel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartynGT4 Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 get a ford fiesta xr2i with nobbly tires on it,,use to use one off road, went like **** off a shovel ha ha brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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