Some of you will remember my deliberations after my Navara got written off - yellow Transit's, Isuzu pick-up's, VW Transporters etc...
Finally settled on another Navara - 3.0l V6 auto - 230bhp (same mpg as my old 2.5l manual) - leather, climate, sat-nav, sunroof, Bose sound etc, etc and got over £3k off the screen price. Plenty of haters, but nothing out there to beat them as far as pick-up's go from my experience.
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Seems a shame they slope the back and lose all the lugging space there.
Sorry, in the hater camp.
That back makes it look like a Humvee wannabe.
Nicer than the tranny and ANY T5
Does that say 'outlaw' on the back of it?
You'll be needin' a gun rack!
I like 'em.
Approve.
You were trolling with that transit weren't you?? 😉
It's the same back as I had on my old one - serves its purpose.
Outlaw will be coming off 😉
It's not the biggest truck I have seen today...
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Why does that pic make me think of a skinny dude giving his really fat girlfriend a piggy back?
(I have just opened a surprisingly nice bottle of red and slurped 2 glasses before eating)
Pic was on Twitter with the following tagline:
'Beats By Dre'
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Does it have proper suspension at the back, or 19th century leaf spring technology?
Do you live on a farm and use it to farm your land?
Have they sorted out the big-end trouble that the earlier d22s had?
Have they sorted out the big-end trouble that the earlier d22s had?
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Me likey. Not keen on the lid though.
Fancied one but went for a Ranger in the end. Wouldn't have anything but a truck now.
Not much else can carry 5 adults in relative luxury, tow 3 tonnes regularly and double up as a shooting wagon.
Glad you like it, but jesus my eyes. Looks like the back end was added as an afterthought by a drunk
ha ha those are such extensions
they all have really ridiculously macho names as well, Defender, Robber Baron, Ninja. That sort of thing
It's a nice truck but that canopy thing looks awful. I just don't understand buying a pickup and then essentially trying to turn it into a vauxhall Astra gti.
When I say awful, I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that but that really is just wrong on that truck. Sorry.
That would be no use to me whatsoever, wouldn't be able to get my sea fishing rods in! ( I assume there's a window between the back of the cab & the 'boot'?)
No likey.
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ha ha those are such extensionsthey all have really ridiculously macho names as well, Defender, Robber Baron, Ninja. That sort of thing
You'd giggle at the Mitsubishi Pajero then.
Sold in Oz to chaps with a deficit. (Everyone knows you really need a Toyota trayback to cart your hunting dogs).
I'll let you discover what a Pajero is. Doesn't seem to have affected their popularity in Oz though.
I suppose one should train for one's favourite sport. 🙂
A midlife crisis on steroids.
Why not get an Ifor Evans galvanised lid for the rear? 'twould certainly make it more useful.
There's not a single straight line on the truck, yet the lid is just straight lines and sharp angles.
Both designed by blind men.
Better than the other monstrosities you were considering! Please call it "Pussy Wagon"!
It's a beast. 😀
Lol at the haterz but they are a good motor for the intended purpose. My old man has just bought an older diesel one to replace a Land rover that was needing fixing all the time, it's far more comfortable (now he has fitted the up rated springs at the back so it sits in the springy/active bit of travel ) for a leaf sprung rear the ride isn't too bad.
It's perfect for shooting, lugging chainsaws and logs and a an on-site welder/generator around. I now get to sit on a proper seat on shoots instead of a sack of corn in the back of a Swb land rover.
Big end problems went away with the D22, clutch and half shaft issues went away with the early D40's. I'm used to leaf springs - having a tonne load capacity calls for them - remember, I had one of these before and loved it.
As for NCAP - I didn't feel a thing.... 😉
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I've an earlier ('96) D21With a full cab and 7' bed.
Oh go on then.....
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Normally seen in Africa With a maschine-gun mounted on the back...
Drove the anorak the other day, proper suspension is rather nice but it steered like a typical barge. Always liked the navara, good choice. You getting the tent kit artist?
Has a designer owned up to that? It looks from the side like the back end of a Range Rover Ewok has been grafted on imho. What was the brief to end up with that?
OP - hope you enjoy it and glad you survived the loss of the last one ok.
WHY GOD WHY?
all of those lovely vans, then you get a watered down little pick up wannabe.
fugly canopy. simply vile.
tymbian - did you buy it from a freedom fighter or are you one? 😉
Lolz ^^
My old one, so I know exactly what I'm letting myself in for...
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I thought you had to have a light coloured one for work?
I ought to really, but can get away with sticking yellow stripes down the side
It looks like it's been rear-ended by one of these
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I love that RR Sport
I love my navara, especially the kit inside and sun roof, don't think I've had a sun roof since the 1980's when they went thru a period of being pretty standard. Fairly pokey engine in mine as well
Have to agree with people about the rear cover, don't think they look nice at all.
PS I thought they only came in tekna and acenta flavour now?
That Range Rover would be ok if it wasn't the result of a cut n shut using the back end of a Navara pick up....
Fixed, shoddily, for all the haterz...
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The Acenta used to be called Outlaw, when the top spec was Aventura (now Tekna)
The Outlaw I'm getting is the range topper and only comes with the V6 auto.
Specced up a new one on the Nissan site with the loadliner and canopy - £40,367 inc VAT (£33,639) 😯
This is less than a year old with 11k miles and I'm paying £25k inc VAT (£20,833), so hopefully that's a good chunk of depreciation out of the way.
If you'd left a little more slope on that Jamie, it would have looked pretty decent. Get it patented 😉
Looks a decent bike wagon! Any pics of the interior/ dash?
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Jamie - send that to Nissan as the STW approved version (OP aside), I reckon they'll offer you a job!
