hintonroadhero
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- Waikato, NZ
The local SAR team who cooked us lunch at the Top Hut at the Oteake conservation Park......and who were mainly farmers, thought I would be just a little too high to get an old ewe up there... but hey, I say find a trailer or a youngster to lift her !!Is the new 'lux a bit too low?
Beautiful country
some doI thought all the kiwi farmers drove about in land cruiser pick ups
Way over priced in this country, can't believe the price of them, plus underpowered with that 4 cylinder. Bet they've got a proper engine in them in NZ.....??The land cruiser looks like the dogs doo dahs to me, proper truck with a good chassis only ever seen one before in Cornwall. Someone had it at a sale.
Way over priced in this country, can't believe the price of them, plus underpowered with that 4 cylinder. Bet they've got a proper engine in them in NZ.....??
3.0 4 cylinder 177bhp diesel over here is only diesel engine option. Think you can get a V6 petrol but never seen one. Can never understand why we get all the cooking engines.Landcruiser . . .
They havent had a 4 cylinder engine since maybe the 40 series in the early 80's
They've had about 3 different 6 cylinder diesels around 4 litres & the current engine is a 4.5 l v8 turbo diesel
just got back from testing the above in the South Island high country between Omarama and St Bathans. Over 200kms serious off road driving up to 4200 feet....one puncture and one Hi lux stuck in a deep rut... Great vehiclesView attachment 608880 View attachment 608880 View attachment 608884 View attachment 608886
Hilux ute ( in various guises, single cab, double cab, tray back, etc ) is the highest selling vehicle in Australia. Lots of dual cabs are basically bought as family cars
Hiluxes are very popular as work / farm vehicles although i personally have not owned one since about 1992
My harvesting contractor recently bought a new dual cab hilux to complement his aging Landcruisers
In his words " its only a commuter vehicle, to go back & forth from work, maybe as an escort vehicle or need to carry a few passengers. Its lovely to drive & good on fuel, but it's no work vehicle. They told me it had a 3.5 t towing capacity, but looking at the chassis & towbar I find that hard to believe. I wouldn't like to tow a fuel trailer, my air compressor or comb trailer behind it. I won't be getting rid of the Landcruisers . . ."
I don't know why we don't get petrol pick ups over here.they must be available elsewhere in the word.obviously more envoiremently friendly than diesel now and cheaper to buy and run
Nick...
No one, we've never had them although these guys seem to have started importing them recently.So who sells land cruiser pick ups in the uk