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Car Forum / UK Car Forums / 4x4 Cars (UK group) / February 2007Double-cab pickup that's fairly economic?
Wotcher all. I currently have an old Defender and a 1997 Audi A4, neither get used much so I was hoping to be able to combine the two of them into one double-cab pickup type vehicle that has fairly decent miles per gallon. All it needs is to have decent MPG, ideally over 40 in diesel, automatic, be fairly comfortable and look reasonably smart as I'd be going to client sites in it (I'm a computer techie). No need for off-road ability, I've got something else covering that. Load area doesn't need to be large, but needs a removable cover. Price something in the £5K-£7K range. I've not bothered paying any attention to the car market for a long time, and so don't even know what the names of half the cars are these days, so if anyone's got a vehicle that matches the above description then I'd be interested to hear about it. I'm going to start getting the car comics to see what's about these days too.  SignatureBlast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! > I'm going to start getting the car comics to see what's about these > days too. What a depressing window onto humanity that turned out to be. SignatureBlast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! > Wotcher all. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > going to client sites in it (I'm a computer techie). No need for > off-road ability, Over 40mpg, double cab pick-up, automatic, smart and £5k to £7k. You are having a laugh aren't you? Maybe a 25mpg four year old one at that price. An old model leather clad Mazda or Ford pre registered model may still be available for around £13k plus VAT A new super cab Ford should be around £12k+VAT which will return 30mpg from its common rail diesel but is effectively a cab and a half. All these are manual transmissions. You may be able to find an used Nissan automatic at around 12k+VAT if you are lucky. If you are not VAT registered then I would not even consider such a beast. Most used models will also be advertised +VAT. Huw > Over 40mpg, double cab pick-up, automatic, smart and £5k to £7k. > You are having a laugh aren't you? Heh, just underestimating how good my landy and audi were doing! I get a little over 30MPG out of the landy and 47MPG out of the audi, it seems most of the pickups are worse than the landy. I'd hoped that something more car-like than the landy might do the job. Checking out the car mags was a tad depressing, rather than cars getting better they're just getting bigger and more daft looking. I'll keep perusing the car comics, but there doesn't appear to be anything that fits the bill, and I'm not prepared to spend money on a car that's just going to be used for transport. SignatureBlast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! "Ian Rawlings" > I'll keep perusing the car comics, but there doesn't appear to be > anything that fits the bill, and I'm not prepared to spend money on a > car that's just going to be used for transport. I'm curious as to what other uses you have for a car? Huw > I'm curious as to what other uses you have for a car? Coveting ;-) For me, a car that's just going to be used for transport is something that I'll not spend more than £5K on normally, and replace after 5 years, if I spend more than that then it's got to be a special machine for more than just transport. I've got an old dismantled Lotus in the garage and a Pinzgauer 712M on the drive, they're not just transport, they're toys. Transport gets worn out and dumped, toys get looked after. My toys, totalled up, would buy me a new mid-range Jag but what's the point in getting that? SignatureBlast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! >> I'm curious as to what other uses you have for a car? > > Coveting ;-) My toys, totalled up, would buy me a new mid-range Jag but > what's the point in getting that? Hmm. Finally someone sadder than me LOL. How about coveting and loving and caressing the beautiful Jaguar. All that leather and wood, yum. Best of all, you would get to use and enjoy its seductiveness each time you wanted to go somewhere. Your could even nurse it through thick and thin until you are an old man with failing eyesight and needing your third set of artificial hips. Go on, spoil yourself. Huw what about a american model with a petrol engine and fitting LPG?. james > what about a american model with a petrol engine and fitting LPG?. No thanks, I prefer diesel, plus of course LPG tanks take up room and I don't like the idea of a pressurised fuel that is constantly trying to return to its natural state of a large cloud of explosive gas.. SignatureBlast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! > How about coveting and loving and caressing the beautiful Jaguar. Not really into the moderns, maybe an older one, but I'd rather spend the money on a pre-war Riley, that's if I could afford such a car! > All that leather and wood, yum. Once it's covered in grease and scratches, doesn't look so good ;-) None of my cars ever get cleaned in the usual sense, I'll spend a weekend picking mud off the underside of the pinz or cleaning oil off the lotus but the scratches and bird sh.t stains have been there for years... Occasionally I'll take a hose to them. > Best of all, you would get to use and enjoy its seductiveness each > time you wanted to go somewhere. Yes and fret about whether it'll still be there when I get back, or whether it'll have been scratched, or watch the paintwork slowly deteriorate and the inside get shabby! Naah, the audi is invisible, just like transport should be.. Give me a juicy pinz and a sleek little lotus any day! SignatureBlast off and strike the evil Bydo empire! |
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