Frontera alternatives

[BoxCleva]

[James Bass]

[yaki]

This is a question I have been pondering, thinking about possibly changing the Frontera next year and dunno what to get, it will be a toy not my daily drive but don't want to spend big bucks to have something dented and scratched


Yes I still love my 2.8 to bits and it may live on in another form for playdays (time and space permitting)

Would love a SWB LandCruiser and apart from that can't think of anything else that takes my fancy, Patrols and another option but they are too big for some of the lanes I squeeze down

[Drift]

[yaki]

Wifes brother had a 2.7 Terrano Automatic with an LSD and it performed very well off road and in the snow and her Dad swears by them and is now on his 3rd

Jeep Cherokee 2.5 diesel maybe

[dt1968]

have had the surf 2.4 td nice to look at, not to bad to drive.. but suffer from major head problems and blow head gaskets for a passtime
have also had the ford maverick/terrano 2.7td was a great truck to be fair. they go well but are a little bit juicy bud.

[BoxCleva]

I drove my Mums Terrano a good few times, but never in the snow or on the muddy bits. It was mega reliable though. I'm contemplating running it on WVO anyway. Getting addicted to the smell now

[Dannyboy]

I had a 2.5 jeep cherokee n it went everywhere i asked it to n very reliable, theres also the grand which have all the posh bits n there both cheep compared to others, think the 2.5td is the same engine as the fronty too isnt it!?

[adyclemo]

lada niva, under rated but quite rare

[BoxCleva]

Danny - yup , same lump mate

Ady - Three minor problems with that mate. 1. It ain't LWB, 2. It won't run on Bio 3. Are you havin' a larfff

[Dannyboy]

Asia Rocsta! retro with a mitsy engine. Shogun/Pajero maybe delica even?

[Rich]

Si how about a Kia Sportage 4x4

[BoxCleva]

Rich

[Dannyboy]

JEEP 2.5td then mate, just be like havin a yanky fronty! yeee haaa!

[Drift]

Also depends what you have to spend?

[Retro Pedro]

[hipplew]

Well you seem to lean to the terrono just to put a spanner into the works I have a 3.1 monterey ltd come's with lsd as standard engine is bomb proof and as for the shape well you could very easerly give it a face lift

like this one

http://s738.photobucket.com/albums/xx29 ... IM0588.jpg

or (must admit what I'm very seriously considering)


http://s738.photobucket.com/albums/xx29 ... chment.jpg

and the Icelandic wide arch kit cost in the region of £400 painted and fitted

so just to get you thinking a bit more


Howard

[BoxCleva]

I did look at them Howard but they were in a similar price bracket to the Troopers, and command a similar premuim

[Mr Mud]

Back in the eighties I had a company SWB Nissan 160 Series MQ Patrol, it had a big old straight 6 block and was almost unbreakable....everyone and his dog drove it all over the Libyan desert, which in some parts were the same as driving on corrugated iron, the vibration was incredible the whole truck buzzed and your fillings fell out! but the truck kept going, we also had SWB green ovals which just fell apart!
I've been a bit of a fan of Nissan ever since

[Retro Pedro]