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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    There is lots of reasons that wouldnt work but just say I was in the market for a new ute petrol 4 seats car like ride height and handling what is there I could buy?
    Right back where you started but it wouldn't be new. Those crewmans have a shit rear seat for adults but kids can probably survive in them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 223nut View Post
    Being a Chev it will handle like an obese drunk man sitting inside a shopping trolly that has been run over by a Chev so that only 3 wheels may touch the ground at any one time with one seized castor pointing 10 degrees left and the diagonally opposite rear wheel seized solid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mathias View Post
    Right back where you started but it wouldn't be new. Those crewmans have a shit rear seat for adults but kids can probably survive in them.
    exactly.
    "Hunting and fishing" fucking over licenced firearms owners since ages ago.

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    sounds like you have decided then go hit the buy now

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    @Dundee somehow drives one of these, I reckon she's got a autopilot sometimes.


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    Quote Originally Posted by stub View Post
    sounds like you have decided then go hit the buy now
    Yea I think I have....have to find the right one tho.

    Shame there is nothing else in this market !
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    Had a couple of beers but what was the issue with diesel?

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    RUC, common rail maintenance costs
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    Hilux common rail fuel filter

    A big fast bullet beats a little fast bullet every time

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    Almost get 4 Donaldsons for that price

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    Quote Originally Posted by gimp View Post
    RUC, common rail maintenance costs
    Have you had a add up of how much you have tipped into that cruiser?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    The 3.0 Legacys are ok. Anything Audi, Volvo, Euro no way Jose! The V6 Adventras will fuck you over like nothing else. Google where the thermostats are..
    All of the VZ alloytecs are like that, its an American front wheel drive engine. The timing chains are probably a bigger problem than the thermostats though. Then there is having to remove the top of the inlet manifold to change the spark plugs!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by longrange308 View Post
    Have you had a add up of how much you have tipped into that cruiser?
    Not my reasons........

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    ^^

    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    I cant afford a new diesel and there is no way I can afford to maintain a high mileage common rail and everything that is mechanical injection is old and fucked too.

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    What model land cruiser have you got veitnamcam? Is it a diesel sounds thirsty.

 

 

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