Thread: Dual cab choice?

Hope I'm not going to offend you here... But the first two on your list are the two I'd avoid!! Both very ugly... The Mahindra's build quality is not gud, and both have huge and I mean HUGE depreciation... Your money would be well spent (IMO) on a second hand/ex demo Amarok, or one of the last (original) Holden Colorado's. Now, I never thought I'd ever recommend a Holden, but my works ute is a Colorado, and I love it. It drives really well, looks good, seems to go places, and I'm half way thru a 3000km round trip with work (and collecting my ex army trailer), and I can't fault it!! We've always owned VW cars at home, so if I was in the market for a double cab, that's where I'd spend my dough!

If you can stretch budget to a 2012 or 2013 auto isuzu dmax you will be onto a good thing.

Jc

Originally Posted by justinc

If you can stretch budget to a 2012 or 2013 auto isuzu dmax you will be onto a good thing.

Jc

Is that a biased opinion

Nah Sitec – I reckon the Mahindra looks way cool....but then I loved my Lada Niva too.



I took yours and Justins advice seriously and spent two days surfing the net looking at hundreds of pages of mechanics and owners reports/experiences of all the major players utes. Then I went looking for cars for sale. As an aside if I was buying a used car then it had to be an auto. The cars mileages I was looking at in the $20G to $30G thereabouts bracket seemed to be at mileages which indicated major maintenance/repairs were imminent.



I also looked for petrol engined cars which seemed to be in the main trouble free – much more so than their diesel brothers - but there were very few available. I only looked at dealer cars. I have no intention of buying privately.. For my sort of use – lots of short runs - a petrol is probably ideal for me.



So it seems to come down to taking a chance on a used diesel car with major repairs being imminent or a new/demo Mahindra or Xenon with a new car factory warranty and for less dollars than a used mainstream car.




Dunno really – more thinking to be done.



Justin – you seemed to be on the money about the Isuzus too. I battled to find any issues at all. They were also very light on the forecourt as well.



Thanks guys.