You guy`s are really starting to worry me now [bighmmm]Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
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You guy`s are really starting to worry me now [bighmmm]Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
C'mon guys. Go easy on rangieman.
His little Willy is somewhat lacking compared to a 101.
That ones sold now... bummer, I'd almost talked SWMBO into it as well...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh
Ah well, next time.
There are others for sale. How serious are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave110HardTop
They're not worth $2k any more (yes, I know someone who paid that for his, lucky bugger). Are you prepared to pay the asking price?
Thanks Mick,Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh
I said I'd _almost_ convinced SWMBO :-)
In all seriousness, we know we're going to need something in the way of a 4wd truck for our place - the utes doing well, but some loads are going to be a little too much for it, and a rear drive truck wont cope. Another option might be a perentie 6x6, but I've always wanted a 101.
One of the principle hurdles is it has to be something that the other half feels comfortable driving - doesn't have to love it, but at least needs to be able to drive it. She drove my old 300tdi defer happily. Will drive the isuzu ute. Drives the disco3 happily. Doesn't like the series 3 at all as she doesn't like the gearbox, or anything else about driving it. Happy driving the tractor. She's a good driver in terms of performance stuff (was a mech eng and used to do a lot of testing for ford), but less so in terms of mechanical empathy for older/quirky vehicles. So, anything needs to be test driven by her first to see if its something she can adjust to - which means I then feel bad as I'm test driving something that I may end up not buying due to something that isn't a fault in the vehicle, which I feel isn't fair on the seller.
The one that came up in the for sale section came up a little too early if anything, theres a few vehicles here to be sold, and I'm still waiting on council to approve the extension to the shed to I can get the various vehicles under cover. But - the price was certainly fair, and not out of reach at all.
And that was a very long answer to a very simple question [biggrin]
cheers
Dave
Well how is the missus going to handle climbing up into the 101 and then handle the heavy steering - Ok on the highway but everywhere else - armstrong steering is required.
From what you have just said, while you might want a 101, it will not be suitable for your missus to be comfortable with.
Garry
Ah. To use on the farm.
Might I suggest you'd be better off looking for something like a Hino or similar. A mate picked up one at auction recently for about 10k. All he had to do was pay the rego transfer fee.
Umm... as someone who used to rock climb, and a (now retired) competitive kayaker, those are probably the two aspects she'd have the least problem with. [smilebigeye]Quote:
Originally Posted by garrycol
You may well be right. This may not be the time for a hobby vehicle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh
A women will hate driving a 101 especially if she hates driving a series Landrover.
Getting in and out of one is a really big issue. .....especially for a women because there is no swarve way of doing it.
Steering is a very big problem for a women........take it from long term owners.
A rock climbing history will not help.
The 101 was a strictly military vehicle with no intentions for civilian use and was intended for 17 to 25 year olds to drive them in miltitary service as a gun tractor with big loads.
The series landrovers were made with civilian use in mind.....not the 101.