Auto trader , we are a dying breed :-/

I regularly have a scan on auto trader at most cars but can't help notice how few fronteras are on there now ! Last look there was 58 , I no a lot get sold via eBay now but even there the numbers are few ..........

You are correct. They are dieing very slowly. It was a hard desicion to break mine instead of putting another engine in him. I just lost heart with it. At least im trying to get my new one to a decent standard after the abuse she had been given. If a builder wants to carry sand gravel and crap then he should buy a landrover! :lol:

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For me the real tale tell sign was when the main dealers started coming up with the reply 'no longer serviced' when spare parts were trying to be sourced.
Judgment must be on how long breakers will be a supply for parts, after that, we're really going to be in cr*p. :thumbdown:

I've noticed a huge drop in A series numbers as time goes on and t B is going the same way. It bugs me the way people will just scrap one and get another.......one day we won't be able to and that ill be it. We all like our trucks and when available we should put some parts away for when that day arrives cos one day there won't be any. We're all enthusiasts and are always fettling our trucks so we all have bits and bobs lying about. We may not need the parts today but we may do tomorrow and someone else may need them too. This may not be a problem today but it won't be long before we will struggle to find parts.

Ok ...

So my car have 113.000 km...There is one in NL with 75.000 km and is looking very good but is around 3000euros...Someone may buy mine and i am thinking what to do next ? Should i invest in the current one or buy the one with 75.000 km and after that one will end it's life just drop frontera forever and buy other brand ?...

http://www.mobile.de/ro/marc%C4%83/opel ... 53085.html

The only "bad" about the above is lacking of Air Conditioning ... Can this be installed separately or the price will be too much ?

If i don't get a Real 4x4 i wouldn't bother having a car at all...Of course unless is exceptionally needed...I decided to own a car just because the off road but without offroad is not worth the hassle..I am not married and i am not having kids so at least in my current situation i can manage without car at all...
Well i thank to the OP for bringing this up because otherwise i wouldn't have realized the "Frontera" is dying slowly...I am may get a Pajero 2.5 but the problem is the taxes raises, the fuel consumption is the same as the frontera in the city and the diesel is a little more expensive than gas so basically i am calling for more money...Off course the pajero 2.5 may be more reliable, tougher but i question myself if it's really worth the money in my case...

Digressing a bit, what would the natural replacement be after the Frontera?
Personally I wouldn't want a modern pickup or a sensor controlled rear wheel additional half shaft drive SUV instead of proper strength rear axle. So what are options? Again, on a personal note, I always thought a
Mk IV 3.0 Trooper would float my boat but not so sure after all the issues with injectors.

Buy a 'spare'..... :wink:

look to summit at or around the 80 to 90k level. Then when you finally proper break the daily runner you can just swap over to the spare one while sourcing the parts to fix the other one.

Look to what actually wears out, and how often you manage to wear them out time vs mileage etc and build up a wee spares stock. That and good maintenance should see your truck go on for a good few years yet.

Don't forget, things like Brake Pads can (at a cost) be re-lined, just don't let them get to the metal! Wheel bearings (okay, bearings in general) can often be sourced using the reference numbers on the races via a specialist bearing supplier

When scarce & in good nick, prices usually go Up :dance:

. While i dont think they will reach the dizzy heights, of some of my previous vehicles (Rs2000 x2, Escort cossie, sierra rs500, M2 starion X2 & Fk knowz how many 350lc`s :sick:

) @ least prices may stabilize & hold. I thought about buying another for spares, but mines is running great @ the moment ,so there is no rush.

how many left (online website a few months ago) revealed only 79 2.8's still registered (sorn or tax). I was sad!

I keep a stash of parts in my man cave . Just been looking on eBay and there was only 79ish on there !
:-(

sad times !
Next car when I can't find another frontera I think I'll go back to a terrano .....

Dan, on a recent 1000mile trans-uk trip I saw a number of Fronteras but only one or two Terrano/Mavericks - it looks like their days are numbered too.

Bigdav , they are getting thin on the ground ain't they .... I was thinking about a delica at the beginning of the year ! Now they are really thin on the ground , there was 3 on auto trader last time I looked lol

Terrano is kinda expensive to maintainedThis is from people they had them... In general Nissan cars are expensive...
So we will have terrano wiped out from earth, fronteras wiped out too, anything else ?

i was looking for another fronty sport and i found 3 good ones one with 35k one with 55k and one with 65k so there still about but i did a lot of leg work before i found the right one....so now i have found it i will look after it.....wont find another like this one..... :clap:

My next choice would probably be either a l200 or the Isuzu rodeo, given that the frontera is also a Isuzu rodeo in some places that would lead me to think that the frontera has evolved into a pickup. Anything post 2001 will have sensors for sensors so you can't avoid that, but both the above trucks have proper ladder chassis and a live rear axle and ifs so the same sort of setup as our frontys