Farm jeep/crewcab.

My reason would be it's an awful looking yoke, if i had to look at that thing every morning i'd pack it all in.

Auto be the way to go with towing maybe. Hard to see value in most of the yokes for sale at any age really, but giving out isn't likely to change it.

Was searching a bit as well for second hand and an Indian brand came up on an aussie YouTube channel, Mahindra. Looked an alright thing for farm work and selling for half the price of a hilux out there. Engine is euro 6 but doesn't seem to be any sign of them out this way. The aussies seem fond of em anyway

I have a 17 reg hilux for the past 4 and a half years. I went from an 05 landcruiser . The step down in power is very noticeable, the 3 litre torque was great. I find the hilux is far steadier and the leaf springs carry a trailer far better. It feels more underpowered during normal driving but actually has nice gearing and torque band when towing..

If you intend keeping it until it dies the Hilux would be the one.

And the truth is the modern hilux is not a patch on it due to rust issues.

The old land cruisers were the king of them alright.

Any practical difference in towing between the HI Lux and LC? For models of the same year, do they have the same engine? Is the wheelbase the same?

I've been a LC driver for a while now but a man came in my yard the other day with a Hi Lux and it looked impressive.

I think you can get 12V dehumidfier. Another option is Silica gel it's a desicant ( a substance that absorbs water. You can buy it on-line. You just put it into the jeep leave it a couple of days take it out and dry it out( it remains hard even whennit absorbs water) and put it back into the jeep again.

Keep repeating process

Another option is this different product but it seems to work much the same way

https://www.micksgarage.com/d/glass-care/products/3408695/twin-pack-pingi-reusable-car-dehumidifier-condensation-catcher-for-cars-mobile-homes-and-more-?loc=ie&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA1-6sBhAoEiwArqlGPqBqYREXh4WWg50xuOA1HCmoAgd8be4fb15p9e0yPDyDjxLHw12o0BoCpdwQAvD_BwE

I got these from micks garage. It says when they are full of water you can renew them by putting them in the microwave. I found them fantastic when new, but they decreased in performance after each time. Probably for 3-4 goes out of one before I binned.

my jeep is always full of condensation in the morning, and frost this weather. It’s a nuisance

Microwave on a medium setting for a shorter length of time. I have loose silica gel, pink when moist and blue when dry. Some turn black permanently if microwaved on high.

Prices are supposed to be dropping for landrover jeeps around London due to insurers not covering due to theft being rife apparently, may be worth checking down there. Dunno what the VRT is for one of those in terms of selling the wife's car, may get more selling it down here maybe if it was reg in the North all the time?

Any one have a Renault traffic or master, the 2 litre engine. I’m hearing good things about them. Talking ten year old about.

what would they be rated for towing?

The fix was simple in the end regarding the injectors, few cents for Washers and check the sump gauze every 3rd service.

There is a reason Toyota jeeps are out numbering all other jeeps on the road by about 10 to 1 after about 10-15 years.

They are of course very expensive to buy even second hand so they aren't everyone's cup of tea

The RAV is a superior machine to a land cruiser. I believe the reason the land cruiser is popular is because of group think. There's always flimsy bits of bumpers and crap falling off doors and all around.

I drive an old dmax and I know several people with them and we are all very happy. Bought it for 5k six years ago and I've no intention of changing it. Great on fuel. About 800 KMs to a tank.

I feel the same as that Straight and have a dmax as well. Little underpowered with a 3 tonne load behind but easy enough live with it if you drive accordingly. Mine is 06 and failed a cvrt on a rusty brake pipe 3 years ago and never any other bother. A neighbour has an 06 hilux with 100k less on her and less towing because his land is all in one block and the chassis is like a patchwork quilt where it has been repaired over and over. The dmax got a hole in the load bed but that was my fault as there is no liner in it and I spilt white lime in it, which got wet, and I never cleaned it out (it was under a few stakes, wire etc) so it burnt through. She has got a new hardy spicer on the drive shaft, a set of back leaf springs 2 years ago, a clutch at near 300k kms, starter rebuilt last year (€90) and a set of rear shackle bushings every 2nd year, they are about €100. The engine is timed with gears so no belt or chain to worry about.

I paid €8000 for the dmax in 2011. As bass said about the rav, she is still worth a lot of it. A hilux of the same age and condition would have cost about €14000 at the same time. I just don't see the value of the toyota premium.

Ya, the RAV is like a jeep for the wife like. What I meant was reliability wise it is superior.

They all seem to have their issues, did the last gen of dmax have an issue with diesel in the oil?, rust on the Toyotas, the ranger engines had bother I think as well the 2.2 anyway. Nissan had the chassis issue, The amarok it's nearly always the emissions software/ hardware that causes the issues, same as other vw group cars. Had to delete the adblue off the skoda ecu here cos of it acting up

There was a consumer survey in the states of top 10 most reliable cars, 6 out of 10 were Toyota, 3 Honda and for some reason a BMW in there as well. Spose when most of the cars are either petrol or hybrid they don't have half the emissions hardware to feck up the show

Do they not come from south Africa?

Has anyone used a Kia Sorento as a farm car?

We have an 05 Serento here with 105k kms and the only bother it's ever given has been with injectors. Had an issue over the summer where the injectors weren't giving enough diesel under load and the jeep would conk out. €500 to sort it and its running perfectly again. They are a beast of a yoke to tow. I've often brought 6 Bullocks or cows no problem, not sure how legal I was but she pulled it no bothers.