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Huw
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"rnf2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Huw" <hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > "rnf2" <[email protected]> wrote > >
> > >
> > > Personally I ( biasedly ) reccommend a Isuzu Trooper, the 2.8
diesel
> > is veyr
> > > cheap to run and I've done 600Km out of a tank of diesel while
for
> > half of
> > > that I was towing a trailer loaded to the gunwales with SCUBA
tanks
> > up
> > > hills.
> > >
> > > rhys
> > >
> > >
> >
> > You should know that the Trooper is no longer built [but will be
> > available for some time due to a large stockpile built before June
> > 03]. That there is no replacement. That a 2.8 diesel has not been
> > available in the UK fitted in a trooper for the last 10 years.
> >
> > Huw
>
> I know of the trooper no long being built, in favour of a
monocouce(sp) made
> in USA freelander type clone.
Only pick-up's are being imported to UK.
But the stockpile means they're going VERY
> cheap.
The stockpile is why production was discontinued. They sold very
slowly but steadily.
and they last pretty near forever.
>
Mine is certainly not wearing well. It started to drop apart at around
6 years old. Not major mechanical items but electrics and trim plus
shocks and things. The electrics are the worst. Switches are very
prone to failure and parts are frighteningly expensive in the UK. The
chassis also rusts horribly in the UK while the body is very well made
and rust free. It is a nice drive with either 3.1 or more efficient
3.0.
> I didn't know about the 2.8 I've seen 99 and 00's here in NZ with
the 2.8
> from factory, they were kept as an option in Japan long after they
were
> discontinued as a stock engine in favour of the 3.1.
>
> besides the 3.0, now it is over the "new technology" teething hump
is
> supposed to be more efficient and more powerfull than the 2.8 or the
3.1. I
> haven't driven one myself yet.
It is certainly a powerful and efficient engine. About average or
worse for reliablity but repairing it is a very specialist job and
takes time. It is therefore very expensive when it does go.
Also, even my 3.1 model of 1992 is problematic to repair. The abs
failed on mine and it has proved impossible to repair because no one
seems to possess the computer interface to interogate the system!
>
> As to parts for those discontinued troopers, you can still get new
factory
> parts for 1984 models... no need to worry about getting parts for
the 03's
> in years to come.
>
Dealerships are likely to drop the marque due to a lack of new
products to sell and therefore new owners will likely be up a creek
without a paddle when it comes to parts and repair within a
surprisingly short time. For this reason, I would not touch a new one
with a barge pole at any price as things stand.
Huw
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