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Abi_Young87

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Hi All,
Just my "required" introduction thread here.

I am now on my third Navara.

I started with a green D22, which I absolutely adored. It was an old banger I paid £750.00 for, but I was soooo proud of it. I had always wanted a pick-up, and this was my first. Unfortunately, a £750.00 pick-up was never going to last long. It failed it's MOT 10 months later due to chassis rot, so I sent it for export.
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I then managed to get myself a promotion at work... meaning I could afford a proper truck! So, naturally, having loved my big green beastie, I got myself another Navara. This time a D40 Tekna. I adored this truck for the 4 years I had it, and I have only just sold it. As much as I loved it, it did have it's issues. EGR valve, tracking was a blooming nightmare on it, 2 new starter motors, windscreen washer light being stuck on, clunking gearbox, snapped back door handle... the list goes on.
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So, after saying goodbye to Blue Betty, Goldfinger has rolled into my life.
A 2016 NP300 Tekna. So far, so good. Nothing bad to report!

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All my trucks are use for day-to-day commuting, I have 2 gundogs which spend half of their lives in the vehicle with me, I also have 2 large horses that my poor truck has to lug around.

I wouldn't say my vehicles have to work hard, but they do a bit of towing and a bit of offroading in the shooting season so they aren't total Chelsea tractors!

Well... I've run out of things to waffle on about now...
Cheers!
 
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Even with the problems I had with the first 2, I couldn't bring myself to buy anything else! I did look at the Rangers, but some of the reviews really put me off... I think it's a case of better the devil you know! :)
 
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My Mum always goes Toyota, she has had absolutely nothing but problems with her latest one, straight from the dealer. It's been back to the garage 3/4 times in the year she has had it. Like you, I think they are over-priced anyways!

The Isuzu I think is a bit farmer spec... It's all a bit rubbish inside and basic functions.

The VW's are way out of my price range.

Iw as left with the Nave, Ranger or Mitsy. I personally think the Mitsy's are too girly looking, and the Rangers seem to stick owners with massive bills after warranty expires!

Left me with just the one choice really :)
 
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mrw27 said:
Hello, Abi, welcome.

Very interesting truck usage, and very nice truck choices!

Nav all the way, simple as.
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The D22 was a better truck than the D40 for a working vehicle, Had mines for over 15 years now and the chassis still perfect the only issue I got with corrosion was the cab rearmost supports we’re starting to rot due to salt spray passing the rear wing splash guards was not a bad job to repair, Regarding the Ranger heard to many bad reviews about them. The Isuzu s are not to bad but a lot more basic than the Nissan.
 
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Welcome on board
So it looks like your a die-hard navara fan? Got to admit though i do like the colour of your latest!
Im even contemplating having my d40 plastidip'd in a similar colour
 
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Abi_Young87 said:
My Mum always goes Toyota, she has had absolutely nothing but problems with her latest one, straight from the dealer. It's been back to the garage 3/4 times in the year she has had it. Like you, I think they are over-priced anyways!

The Isuzu I think is a bit farmer spec... It's all a bit rubbish inside and basic functions.

The VW's are way out of my price range.

Iw as left with the Nave, Ranger or Mitsy. I personally think the Mitsy's are too girly looking, and the Rangers seem to stick owners with massive bills after warranty expires!

Left me with just the one choice really :)
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Hello Abi and welcome!

I didn't even know the broke down rate is high of Toyota these days, would like to hear more! As in my mind Toyoya shoud still a solid brand with reliable mechanics.The new hilux turns me down because of overpriced and the power performance/equipment not as good as Nav.
 
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gfromleeds said:
Welcome on board
So it looks like your a die-hard navara fan? Got to admit though i do like the colour of your latest!
Im even contemplating having my d40 plastidip'd in a similar colour
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I think you could class me as a die hard ha! I've looked at every other brand and always end up back at the Navs!
I adore the colour of the new one, I'm so pleased I managed to find one. I don't think you can go too far wrong with dipping your D40 in a similar colour
 
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JoePGM said:
Hello Abi and welcome!

I didn't even know the broke down rate is high of Toyota these days, would like to hear more! As in my mind Toyoya shoud still a solid brand with reliable mechanics.The new hilux turns me down because of overpriced and the power performance/equipment not as good as Nav.
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The one my mum has has been back for turbo issues, break issues, EGR issues and paint peeling.

She will still claim it's the best thing since sliced bread, but to me, a brand new truck shouldn't need to go back to the garage continuosly.

Even when she went to pick it up, the numberplate was on wonky and they hadn't cleaned off all the sticker residue from it being transported.

As one of the higher priced vehicles, I would expect better service and better quality than that.
 
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Here in OZ the hilux has always had a good name for quality and reliability in our conditions but our son has two, one now only used for hunting and the other for work, both have done over 250k but have had much more problems than the earlier models, including gearboxes and DPF in the one used for work but the resale value kills most others especially the Navara.
All toyotas have good resale value here, especially the 4x4's and without doubt the build quality is better than almost all but they do now have more problems as they try to compete as a metro 4x4 for ride, comfort and power rather than a tough rural go anywhere unbreakable work vehicle although I have managed to break a few but they always got me home.
I like the D22 because it's not too complicated or fancy, has good height and offroad ability and can catch a pig in the first half a klm on a ploughed paddock, the old 2.4, 2.8l hiluxs struggled even on flat paddocks but they were real 4x4's.
 
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I think the reputation is pretty much the same here in the UK, they are the top end of the market really, and they are known for being comfortable workhorses.
They just seem to be developing more and more problems in my experience. I don't know if it's trying to add too much technology, or being complacent because they are the top dogs.
 
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That’s true there adding more electronic control units into vehicles now which causes a lot of issues when it comes to reliability, Also when they started to fit dpf s to the exhaust systems there not designed for urban driving that why a lot of private car buyers are changing from diesel back to petrol vehicles again, Diesels vehicles are more costly to repair.
 
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