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Lamping wagon, Izuzu Trooper or Nissan Terrano


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Whats the best out of these two vehicles for MPG and general reliability. I have heard that the older 3.1 Trooper is a better bet than the 3.0 model. I know a lot say Disco,s are about the best on MPG, but a lot of them don't seem as in as good condition for same amount of money as a Terrano or Trooper. I cover a fair distance to get to my lamping grounds mostly by motorway and at the moment am in a van which is fairly cheap to run, now i know a 4x4 is going to put a dent in my pocket fuel wise, but would like to give one a go again. So have any of you lads ran either of these models or what do you run and what MPG do you get ? Bearing in mind this will be a second car just for dogging so will be at the older end of the scale price and age wise.

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trooper everytime terranos are shit an engines are shit cant take abuse off road get a trooper mate bit dearer but worth it pal atb o t...

now old timer i dogged f**k out of a 3 door terrano and it never let me down ive got some wet land up here aswell i went out in a trooper and it was terrible ,them diesels are all slow except the landcruiser there a different story ,pesonally id sooner have a scooby doo ,compfy fast enough

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well my mates must have dogged is terrano harder it was fukced after 2 month admit troopers aint best off road but they fly an thet got better engines then terrano.. an yes scooby for me an 300 tdi ninety when its wet but at min a got a shogi engine not bad but shit off road buddy :thumbs:

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I've got a trooper 3.1 with A/T's on and always been good as gold, loads of room, comfy but juicy ! As you said get the 3.1 NOT 3ltr. Can't comment on the others but i go offroading, Greenlaning with my Landrover pals and always get anywhere i want. Granted i don't do every thing they do but mine is also used as a family motor so can't drown it or risk breaking too much :D

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I've got a trooper 3.1 with A/T's on and always been good as gold, loads of room, comfy but juicy ! As you said get the 3.1 NOT 3ltr. Can't comment on the others but i go offroading, Greenlaning with my Landrover pals and always get anywhere i want. Granted i don't do every thing they do but mine is also used as a family motor so can't drown it or risk breaking too much :D

 

Why not the 3ltr?

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I've got a trooper 3.1 with A/T's on and always been good as gold, loads of room, comfy but juicy ! As you said get the 3.1 NOT 3ltr. Can't comment on the others but i go offroading, Greenlaning with my Landrover pals and always get anywhere i want. Granted i don't do every thing they do but mine is also used as a family motor so can't drown it or risk breaking too much :D

 

Why not the 3ltr?

the 3ltr had some injector probs and needed recall,which isuzu done for free,unlike nissan navaras that all the engines put a rod threw the side(have a look on ebay loads needing engines).the 2.8 ,3ltr rodeos,3.1 troopers all high millage motors.ive tried to smash several of these to bits and they keep on .and on.a 1999 pickup with 200,ooo on the clock will still fetch 1500 to 2000 on ebay cause all the tasanians buy them to export same with hiluxs.

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I have a Terrano MK 2 fitted with ordinary road tyres and get about 29 mpg. I have only had it 6 or 8 weeks so that figure may change with time. I have not used it off road much, mainly just across fields when ferreting and it coped fine. The body panels do feel a little flimsy to me compared to other vehicles.

 

My friend has an Isuzu Bighorn (the trooper import) and it feels much more robust and more solidly built than the Terrano. It is about 6 or 7 years older than my car with 2 or 3 times the mileage but you could never tell. It is automatic so I suspect the mpg is less than mine.

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i have just about smashed every 4x4 you can get terrano's are ok but they have these anti roll bars/supports that can snap and make the motor like a boat to handle, troopers shit them selves and there front drive shafts come out, thus leaving you 4x2. subaru legacy do the same and the foresters go through rear shocks like a fat man through cakes..

 

shoguns are head cases, break the front diff and the outo locking hubs break, again leaving you 4x2 and proberbly in a tight spot, same as daihatsu fourtraks engine will not die but the electric 4x4 select go's rong and the front axles are weak.

range rovers are like trying to handle a hot air ballon and if its petrol will bankrupt you if its diesel tdi good engine but still wont handle and if its a p38 burn it!

jeep cherokee's are fast on the road and in the field but again the petrol ones are very juicy the diesel are ok but the rear axles f**k up and the transfer boxes snap.

landrover 90's and 110's are good but very pricey and like there front prop changed quite a bit but other than that there ok and sensible on diesel,

the discoverys not a bad motor again suffering from the prop shafts and they rust very very bad, nissan patrols and toyota land cruisers with the 4.2 are pretty much bomb proof but very heavy and exspensive i seem to get a lot more punctures in these motors maybe the extra waight or the power i dont no..

a 4x4 as good as any for a lamping mobile is a vitara 2.0 diesel or the v6 petrol comfy little motors and the 2.0 diesel and 2.5 v6 in the newer grand vitara have a lot of power same size engines as motors twice there size, but this is just my oppinion from years of breaking motors off roading and lamping..

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