Hello all, just thought I'd share an experience I had a couple of weeks ago when looking for a dual cab to replace my 100 series.
I headed down to Kalgoorlie with the Cruiser and van to hand over to the new owner who was flying in from QLD.
For a replacement there were a few late model secondhand dual cabs in the yards for me to have a look at. They were mainly Tritons one of which I was particularly keen on if it checked out. There was also a couple of Navarras one with very low kms and a couple of BT-50s.
The Navarra with the low kms was in the yard closest to me so it was first port of call. Was a 2006 model ST-X with 38,000kms on the clock. bullbar, sidesteps, towbar, cruise, auto, diesel. Was ticking most of the boxes so far. No tub liner or hard lid. Didn't really care about the lid as I would be getting a canopy for it anyway. They wanted $32,990.
I had a chat with the salesman and asked him a bit about the history, in particular the low kms. There were no service books in the car so that was a big cross straight away. He wasn't sure why such low kms and that's fair enough. I asked him if there were any books for it and he said there was and he'd get them. I'd had a quick look in another couple of dual cabs there before the Navarra and they all had their books in them. I told the salesman that I was heading down the road to have a look at another couple of cars and while I was gone if he could get the books I'd swing back by.
Had a look at the GLX-R Tritons and head back to the dealership with the Navarra. Books were now there so I started having a look. The service history was all in there, right up to the 90,000km service which was done last year. WTF? When I asked about this he looked a bit sheepish and said he didn't know, it was a mystery, perhaps the instrument cluster had been changed. I still went for a drive in it, it actually felt very nice to drive if you could get past the service history and all the rattles and squeaks eminating from it. He asked if I was still interested and I told him, 'What do you think?'
I went back to the other dealership with the Tritons and actually ended up buying a new D-MAX instead.
That was 2 weeks ago. I notice that the Navarra is still on carsales and is still being advertised in the Kalgoorlie Miner as having done 36,000kms. (they've actually got a photo of the odometer showing 37,000kms. At least they've dropped the price, they only want $31,990 for it now, lol.
I just hope people are asking for the books when they go to have a look at it.