Off on a tangent

[etivejunkie]

Having all but ended my little renault coupe driving through quarries and tracks the time has come to get a new fishing buggy!

 

I'm looking for some info from you guys n gals on handy motors. Was thinkin medium 4x4 or a pickup that aint gonna cost the gulf to run! Any suggestions? Cover on average 250 miles a week on trips! mostly on tar mac!

 

I know it isn't strictll afishing question, but i thought i'd ask anyway.

 

cheers,

 

D

[spanner]

Subaru Legacy estate. 4x4 with low ratio as well, plently of space for all your gear, and much nicer to drive thna most 4x4s without costing an arm a leg to buy or run.

[tugmistress]

did you see the top gear ( i think) programme that tried to 'kill' a toyota? i can't remember the model except it was a pick up type vehicle.

they drowned it in the bristol chanel? (sea anyways) for about 12 hours, it started after being squirted with wd40 and only using a spanner, they ran it into brick walls, trees, dropped it from being suspended by a crane, and it still ran! i would go for one of them if the old fart of a dog stood a chance of getting in it (i don't fancy lifting 11stone of dog in and out especially after a visit to the beach)

[David.W]

Paula,

 

I remember seeing that. I took the 4runner (same as the one shown but with a covered back) from Rosyth to Birmingham and back and it took £110 in diesel. I would love one but it would bankrupt me in about a month.

 

I agree with the Subaru, looks like an estate car but with 4x4.

 

David

[chesters1]

it was an old hilux

[tugmistress]

that's the one chesters1

i think fuel consumption has improved, or if it is deisel, go to the local chippy - get the oil - make your own!

[David.W]

Yup, a HiLux, I had a mate that had one of them, more rust than metal but a great engine.

 

I looked into making "diesel" from chip fat but to make it legal you have to pay tax which makes it almost the same as regular diesel, and it still smells like a chippy

[tugmistress]

yeah but what a smell coming away from a fishing trip and you are going home to cook your catch lol

[Newt]

tugmistress:

 i would go for one of them if the old fart of a dog stood a chance of getting in it (i don't fancy lifting 11stone of dog in and out especially after a visit to the beach)

This should sort out the doggy loading/unloading. Just a suggestion though - buy one like the TV demo vehicle but don't buy that specific one.

 

[John S]

Re the HiLux - don't forget they put it on top of a 40+ storey block of flats and then demolished it! Still worked....

 

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