Help Me Choose a New (Used) Car

If you want a Land Rover, I've got a nice sieve I'd be willing to part with for much cheaper.

How come noone Jason mentioned a 1997ish ford 7.3 diesel or ford diesel yet. There are a lot of good cars you just need to look atound. I drive a 97 dodge 1500 with the 5.9 and right now I want to to kill it but other than that a great truck.

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Originally Posted by Stuart

If you want a Land Rover, I've got a nice sieve I'd be willing to part with for much cheaper.

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So you're saying you've not had good experiences... [Tooth]

I always used to want one, but every time I looked into them, they always had such a bad rap for leaking all kinds of fluids and nickle and dimeing you to death with things. No matter the year.

I want a Toyota Landcruiser, but the motor is a gas hog and under powered (the year I want anyway) and I wish I could put a diesel in one.

The British never could build a reliable vehicle. I've worked on them for over 39 years! Wow am a glutten for punishment or what?

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Originally Posted by Cman

The British never could build a reliable vehicle. I've worked on them for over 39 years! Wow am a glutten for punishment or what?

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Yes. I did my fair share of them 30+ years ago. I could not find the attraction then or now.

I have worked on them for about 3 days now and I wouldnt take one if it was given to me.

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Originally Posted by Cman

Just my .02 worth. I work on vehicles for a living. The Dodge/Ford/Chevy diesels are over all a low cost vehicle. Keep the fluids changed and they will last a long time. All of the trucks have light front suspension componets and will need to be replaced in the 100,000 mile to 150,000 range. The Blazer falls apart a lot. Tahoes and Yukons are a little better than Blazers. The Ford versions are better than the Chevys. The Dakota/Durango with the 5.2 we see have the lowest cost of repairs with reasonble gas milage and good power. The v6 version doesn't have enough power for CO. The Honda Rigdgeline has a timing belt engine which will need to have the timing belt replaced at 105k, with water pump $1,300 +.
They are a little under powered towing up hill in CO. YMMV
Hope this helps, good luck.
Cman

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can't recommend my durango enough. love both the 5.2 and the 4.7

of course i love my 05 ram turbo diesel more

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Originally Posted by rockhound

can't recommend my durango enough. love both the 5.2 and the 4.7

of course i love my 05 ram turbo diesel more

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That's another one I hadn't even considered yet. Hence the thread I guess. I'd forgotten Durangos even ever existed but from what I'm reading they're pretty nice.

I only have one experience with a mid-nineties Land Rover, and it was always busted and real expensive to fix. The windshield alone was brutal and the defroster is just a ton of tiny wires running in it. You could see them if you looked real close