What pick up to buy?

how does the Amarok get on with no low box ? my hilux can burn the clutch if reversing with loaded trailer up a slope and dropping into low box is the only way to counter this .

Never had any issues in nearly 40k miles. A friend has one with 100k miles on with no issues either.
 

Lincsman

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
How much are they?
I'd sell you my Ranger Limited 2.2 automatic with full service history, reasonable tyres, under 40k miles, fully valeted and like new for £14500+VAT. No comebacks [I'm not a dealer] but it is working perfectly and recently had a new EGR valve [modified type apparently]. It is 3 years 10 months old.
Leather electric seats with heating, automatic, one down from top of the range and perfectly adequate power output and chassis waxoyled and protected from new [by me]. Service intervals officially 20,000 miles but serviced every 10,000/yearly [happily coinciding] and the rear axle oil changed at 10,000 miles [just because I look after stuff].

Is my asking price in the ballpark? I ask because I am tempted to change in May when its four years old. Will sell this pristine pickup sooner in all probability in order to get a straight deal on a new one.

I know it should be worth more, but is it worth doing all that and selling at 4 years? Only a private sale would get you the extra?
 

Cowabunga

Member
Location
Ceredigion,Wales
And warrantied?!
Are you seriously interested?

Its warranted to be good when I sell it. I'm not a dealer, just a farmer. The price reflects this, at around £1700 less than a dealer's price. I could point someone towards a third party warranty at their cost of course.
The only, and I mean only issue I've had with it since new is the EGR valve which was changed for a modified unit just before Christmas. It cost around £350 plus fitting. Receipt copy in the service record book.
 

kill

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
South West
Hi, we have never had a 4x4 pickup, so we though it’s about time to start looking.
Looking for a 3-4 year old. Atm we like the toyota hilux and the Isuzu d max.
We are looking at a hilux with 46k miles, 3 litre auto on a 65 plate and a D max blade with 43k miles manual, on a 64 plate. The Hilux is £500 more. Which one to go for? Or neither!!
Both have sat nav, leather etc. Thanks
Personally I think the money you will be spending is getting sooo close to a new price for vehicles that are rapidly approaching 50k miles that I would be off into a Nissan or like garage and thrash out a deal for a brand new truck with full 5 year warranty and zero miles as in 3 years when you wanta change your 100k truck in for new expect to be laughed at with your trade in.

Good discounts around for MVF and NFU members so get asking as an extra years finace maybe cheaper than changing in 3years, and no little twit will have trashed your truck with in a inch of its life with a cattle box in tow?
 

madscientist

Member
Location
omagh N.I.
The 2.0 engine would appeal to me. Daily hi clearance workhorse and occasional towing be my demand. Cars just can't cut it or wee vans no good for tote bags etc. Maybe Isuzu 1.9 twin turbo be as frugal?
 

roscoe erf

Member
Livestock Farmer
Ahhh but you can' get more OCD than me ....this one has never had a 4 legged critter in the cabin ...never had a smoker in it ....never had foodstuffs allowed inside ....washed religiously every week ...virtually never towed anything .....never had the back seat christened. ..:)View attachment 635370
what did you buy It for to look at :rolleyes::D
 

H200GT

Member
Location
NORTH WALES
There’s only 1 pickup that is leagues ahead of the rest and that’s an Amarok. We’ve ran Nissan (d40 and np300) and Mitsubishi L200 and Amarok. There’s no comparison as the VW is miles ahead in everything except towing capacity. Presently we’ve got a NP300, L200 and Amarok in the yard so can compare properly. The VW does close to 40mpg where as the others are late 20’s on a mix of driving. Off road there’s not a lot in it although the VW is the better of the 3, L200 very close second and then the Nissan. Long drive comfort Amarok every time. Gearbox Amarok every time. Service costs are similar but VW service interval is 18k miles. The new V6 Amarok is then another step forward again.

Am i the only one that was seriously unimpressed with the VW?

Test drove the v6 few weeks ago, yes it was nice enough, really liked the engine and box, but the rest of is did not seem any better than the competition, certianly the ride was no better than my current D40 in my opinion.

I really wanted to like it, as thats what i had top of my short list at the time, but i did not find it worth the premium over the other offerings.
 
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DrDunc

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Dunsyre
To expensive. Not a farm truck imo. Lots found in cities, there you go its found its place.:ROFLMAO:

Aye, you see a lot of them amaroks posing in the "cities" up here too (y)

With the awful build quality, ridiculous poor residual value, and just plain nasty bad comfort, it's no wonder you never see them actually working :p

pickup snow.jpg
 

fermerboy

Member
Location
Banffshire
Ahhh but you can' get more OCD than me ....this one has never had a 4 legged critter in the cabin ...never had a smoker in it ....never had foodstuffs allowed inside ....washed religiously every week ...virtually never towed anything .....never had the back seat christened. ..:)View attachment 635370

Thats a smart truck, would do me just fine as my old Ranger is getting pretty done.

You would be crying though if you saw it after I had it a month or so. Kids seats and stuff inside and mud and sh!t everywhere else. :cry::cry::cry::cry:

Is it a 3 litre? If so how do you find it? My father in law has a 3L Invincible and its damned poor on the 12 ft stock trailer. I always thought thats what I'd get next but his has put me off big time. Really need to try another in case his is a dud.
 

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