Thread: Disco 1 days are numbered - which dual cab ute?

Originally Posted by edddo

How about go 25 front , -25 rears.
Or 20 front , -20 rears......close enough.
Then one of each for the 2 spares

A guy I was working for has a 100 series and put slightly wider wheels on it before leaving Perth towing a boat to do a job in Vic.

Had issues snapping wheel studs before he'd got 200 k's into the trip. Turned back and got them all replaced with aftermarket from memory.

DL

Ive been looking around at 76’s the last few weeks.
**** me dead...cant get a GXL with under 300000 on it for under 50g and I wont be spending that much on anything with as many ks as the car Im replacing as I plan for this car to be a long termer.
If i want a low km one , say 150000, with some add ons, then goodbye to 70 to 90g or more in some cases.
Could get a workmate for a bit less but I do want some basic creature comforts..at least match the 23yo disco.
The value is just not there for me for these things.
Its a process.

Originally Posted by edddo

Ive been looking around at 76’s the last few weeks.
**** me dead...cant get a GXL with under 300000 on it for under 50g and I wont be spending that much on anything with as many ks as the car Im replacing as I plan for this car to be a long termer.
If i want a low km one , say 150000, with some add ons, then goodbye to 70 to 90g or more in some cases.
Could get a workmate for a bit less but I do want some basic creature comforts..at least match the 23yo disco.
The value is just not there for me for these things.
Its a process.

SWMBO's brother just sold his 3-4 year old GXL for $95K, not sure of KM but he lives out past Dubbo and works in Cobar so there would be a few. He has a new one on order which wont be here for 7 months.....

Regards,
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Originally Posted by edddo

Ive been looking around at 76’s the last few weeks.
**** me dead...cant get a GXL with under 300000 on it for under 50g and I wont be spending that much on anything with as many ks as the car Im replacing as I plan for this car to be a long termer.
If i want a low km one , say 150000, with some add ons, then goodbye to 70 to 90g or more in some cases.
Could get a workmate for a bit less but I do want some basic creature comforts..at least match the 23yo disco.
The value is just not there for me for these things.
Its a process.

Does the $90K 76 wagon still have wind up windows ??

Originally Posted by pop058

Does the $90K 76 wagon still have wind up windows ??

$90K,that would be fully modded i would think?


One of my sons picked up a new one for $67K,18 months ago,after having a Puma for 12 yrs.

After paying just under 9k for top of the range aftermarket suspension,it rides almost as well as the Puma it replaced.....

And unlike the Puma,hasnt had an issue,so far,touch wood.

Nicer to drive as well,off idle torque is great,pulls like a train.

But i recon the Puma Traction Control was better,than the 76 TC,although the 76 has dual diff locks.
Puma body paint is definitely better quality,but not the chassis paint.

Originally Posted by scarry

$90K,that would be fully modded i would think?


One of my sons picked up a new one for $67K,18 months ago,after having a Puma for 12 yrs.

I noticed some pretty plain ones for sale the other day for over $90,000. I suspect that people are asking silly money for them because they're the last of the V8s - although I'd understood that it was only the LC that was losing the V8, but maybe not.

Originally Posted by pop058

Does the $90K 76 wagon still have wind up windows ??

Originally Posted by scarry

$90K,that would be fully modded i would think?


One of my sons picked up a new one for $67K,18 months ago,after having a Puma for 12 yrs.

After paying just under 9k for top of the range aftermarket suspension,it rides almost as well as the Puma it replaced.....

And unlike the Puma,hasnt had an issue,so far,touch wood.

Nicer to drive as well,off idle torque is great,pulls like a train.

But i recon the Puma Traction Control was better,than the 76 TC,although the 76 has dual diff locks.
Puma body paint is definitely better quality,but not the chassis paint.

BUT does it have wind up windows ??

Originally Posted by scarry

$90K,that would be fully modded i would think?


One of my sons picked up a new one for $67K,18 months ago,after having a Puma for 12 yrs.

After paying just under 9k for top of the range aftermarket suspension,it rides almost as well as the Puma it replaced.....

And unlike the Puma,hasnt had an issue,so far,touch wood.

Nicer to drive as well,off idle torque is great,pulls like a train.

But i recon the Puma Traction Control was better,than the 76 TC,although the 76 has dual diff locks.
Puma body paint is definitely better quality,but not the chassis paint.

Sorry, Scarry, but I can't believe people today! If I spent 67k on a vehicle and then had to fork out another 9k to make it fit for purpose, I'd be pretty ****ed off!

Yes, Yes. I know, there's no option, but it's people buying these vehicles, (which a lot probably don't really need) that is aiding and abetting the vicious circle.