Whats a GREAT pick up

[Mattock]

Looking at getting myself a pick up.

Any do's or dont's, avoid or get, what to look out for when buying second hand. Top of my list is a Mitsubishi L200, Ford ranger or Toyota hilux.

What do you think?

[Mopar440]

Mattock said:

Whats a GREAT pick up?

Girl, you're so hot my zipper is falling for you!

[vx220]

Brat

Or "Can you drive? Then back on to this!"

[Mr Tidy]

Holden Maloo.

[f1nn]

Toyota Hilux.

[xuy]

The yellow one on top gear

[xuy]

The yellow one on top gear

[poing]

Having just watched Topgear I might be slightly biased towards a Ford F150

[Mr Tidy]

Ford F150 is good, but Dodge did a RAM with the V10 from the Viper IIRC - that is probably the ultimate pick-up for PH!

[Matttracker]

I've always had a fancy for tge crap that is the Ford F-150 Lightning. Would love one of those from about 2003

[OldGermanHeaps]

For the road ram srt, offroad ford raptor, out your shortlist hilux, l200 is unreliable and unrefined.

[justanother5tar]

Hennessy VelociRaptor.

[OldGermanHeaps]

Are you looking for a great pickup or a practical cheap daily?

[Willy Nilly]

Mattock said:

Looking at getting myself a pick up.

Any do's or dont's, avoid or get, what to look out for when buying second hand. Top of my list is a Mitsubishi L200, Ford ranger or Toyota hilux.

What do you think?

A friend had an L200 from new. It was worked very hard and he sold in January with 189,000 miles on it, I doubt he new D4 will serve him as well. We have a Ranger at work and have had a Hilux that the s helped themselves to.

For a work vehicle you need to check out towing capacities and bed size, if you are going to use it as a car seek medical help.

[C.A.R.]

Guy at work had an L200 crew cab - it was a tax-dodge (as I suspect many of them are that you see driving around) because it was classified as a commercial vehicle. It was terrible. Drove like a really old bouncy transit, was terrible on fuel and the headgasket failed before it even reached 3 years old.

The only pickup trucks I like are those big American things, or the ultra - tough Hilux. The F150 Lightning was so tacky it was good, too.

[klunkT5]

Peugeot 504.

[Roo]

klunkT5 said:

Peugeot 504.

Good call.

[Northernchimp]

Anybody have owt good to say about those Great Wall things? They're pretty big in Australia from what I hear.

[Condi]

Northernchimp said:

Anybody have owt good to say about those Great Wall things? They're pretty big in Australia from what I hear.

They're not. Not at all.

Hi-Lux's are by far the most popular when you get into the bush, with a few L200's and Navara's as well. But probably 50-60% are Hi-Lux's.

Go into town and you see a lot of Ford and Holden utes. I forget their names.

Great Wall are cheap - very cheap. But the engines are 10 years out of date, the crash protection is shocking, and the quality in general is crap. If you're driving away from town and potentially 3 hours from the nearest mechanic shop a Great Wall doesnt cut it. See a few around town, but not very many.

[OldGermanHeaps]

Build an xe,let v6 duratorq or yb powered p100?