Farm jeep/crewcab.

The RAV isnot a car, it is a SUV and it was the first one, not to be confused with Crossovers.

Up until early 2015 it was a beast of a machine. While it has not the Towing capacity of a LC or crew cabs it Will actually out tow many of them. A few lad used to larger jeeps than mine have been surprised when they were in it.

There was 3-4 makes similar to it, the early Vitara, Honda CRV are the two most notable. The Vitara would not be as easy to maintain and the CRV is not as easy on juice and always a bit more expensive to buy.

Other than that is the Santa Fe but it's a bigger machine.

However since the Introduction of tge Quasqai most small jeeps have moved into the crossover market.

Will upgrade to a 2014/15 2.2D in a few years time.

The old ones are a big strong yoke and have a great plated towing capacity.

The injection system was the weak point. Both the pump and injectors. Not cheap sort either.

04 trooper here with a 98 3.1l engine in it. Very reliable yoke and doesn’t get over loved. Often wondered why no company went back to making them.

Have a 03 2.5 navara here. Great machine. 5 seats. The back is seperate to the front unlike a rav or the likes so its easy to keep clean.

They have a great rep

I think isuzu stopped as they had an engine warranty on them that nearly broke them?

A bit hazy but the neighbour had one for decades...Best thing he ever had to tow according to him and he got a "free" replacement engine in it he said

I was in one a couple of times as a passenger and thought it was agricultural but stable and well able to tow.

Was it the 2.8 version had a worse rep?

Hasn't been mentioned yet but there was another auld lad I knew had the old style jeep cherokee ....late 80s/early to mid 90s....box type ones....must've been petrol, he was happy with it in terms of towing and said it was a bit of a rocket🤣 the speed would creep up on you! Had it for decades too....told me stay well clear of any of the "newer piles of shite" when I was asking him about cherokees

3.0 litre had the bad engine

Bought an l200 2 years ago and am very happy with it. The old SWB LC is still running but I couldn't get it past the NCT (rust). Use it on farm for pulling a trailer, feeding etc. Still running fine, basically a fancy quad with a bit of shelter!

They're still being made but not being sold in Europe, its called an MUX. Have a 05 trooper here since new, 215,000 miles on the clock. Its on its third engine. Once you keep the oil checked to make sure its not rising you'll be fine. The injectors and the O rings on them were they're biggest failure. Our keep has a lot of trailer work done and appart from the engine nothing else on the jeep was touched.

If its not registered for road use and not used on the road they would have a job to prove its not solely a farm vehicle esp when a road going jeepbis there as well. Have never heard of em testing in a yard like that

Though technically possible I think customs coming in dipping on farms is the stuff of urban legends, the chances of getting caught are vanishingly small. There are plenty of chancers years driving on the road on green diesel and never caught never mind on private land.

While I honeslty do find the above a little hard to believe it is somewhat more plausible on a building site in full view of the road than on a farm.

I'm trying to remember exactly but it must be 15 years since I went through a customs checkpoint (I've never been dipped) they are very very rare from what I can see.

I was pulled in a good few years ago and they asked was my car diesel or petrol.

It was a 1.4 petrol Golf.

Find it hard to believe all you like. It happened.