What would you buy with $20,000

Hi Ron, yeah I know I haven't given much detail. I don't have a great deal of time right at the mo so I thought I'd just pose the question first and get some dialog going. My friend (who is in the market for it) is watching the stream and she may comment. I'll come back in a while with some more detail. Just got to get the kids off to bed first. Chat soon.

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A good 80series would be my choice if my budget was $20k. Look for as low as km as possible with lots of accessories added.

Batt, 10 years ago I would have agreed with you re the turbo but then I also had the same opinion regards aircon in vehicles...drove hundreds of thousands of km on/off road in a Holden ute, no power steer, no air, no 4x4 and had no issue that I couldn't get myself out of...nowadays I like the air, steer and not having to wind up. For 1 km to slingshot past a slower vehicle.

I always liked the defender also

You had better change your plans slightly. Cattlewater Pass is now closed.

I second the Pajero 3.2 diesel.

Rangiphil

That's a brave call.

Cheers

Funny the local sales manager was telling me how he wished he had never laid eyes on them lol.
The paj I found above is only just coming up to 5 years with only 84000ks, I know which one I would rather trust, and I am a Jack man.
cheers Pete

When a Sales Manager says that it means that they don't sell and stick in stock and his boss jaws at him all the time because they go off floor plan and the boss has to pay for them.

That is painfully obvious from the 2012 MY new cars available.

But the same happens with Renaults. there were a lot of 2012 models around recently.

Falcon GTs didn't sell either!

However IMHO the Great Wall situation is like Hyundai 20 years ago.
Everyone thought they were crap, but many of them are still putting around, and they are a Mitsubishi sponsored clone like the Great Wall

If you want to know you have to talk to owners, and maybe service managers, but not Sales Managers.

NO, he was worried they are ruining a reputation built up over 60years, because of unhappy clients, and great wall are not really coming to the party on warranty claims. This was two years ago,so they may have improved.
My old mate was a former mechanic and service manager.

I paid a visit to Cocos Island last July. The owner of our accommodation has a petrol-powered, dual-cab Great Wall ute, that he bought brand new in 2008.

It's done 20,000kms in total and has never exceeded 50kmh in its life, because the blanket speed limit on the Island is 50kmh. West Island is only 15km long, anyway.

The ute is rusted out beyond belief, for a vehicle that age. I took some pics, and they're in the link below.

Great Wall ute - Cocos Islands

I know the environment it's in, is not conducive to long vehicle life (hot, humid, and moist salt air) - but the the bloke with hire cars on the Island has Hiluxes, and they are in much better shape for their age.

The brake master cylinder on the Great Wall failed and Ray tried for weeks to get the right replacement part.
He said the agent sent 3 master cylinders in total - the first 2 didn't fit, and even the 3rd one wasn't right - although he made it fit.

Ray said he offered the ute for sale for $2000 and couldn't get any interest in it. He said it wouldn't be long before he just dumped it.
I might add it costs $7000 to freight a vehicle to the Islands, so you'd think someone would have taken up his offer.

Cheers, Ron.

Axle I use to drive my bosses old 100 series down to Sydney to pick up horse floats, one of the nicest 4wds I have driven, I much preferred it to the early diesel v8s 200s.
Use to get down to 13/100 on a quite run.
cheers Pete