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| Betsy Member Since: 05 Aug 2024 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 10   
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Talivan
 is that because it looks like it should belong to the Taliban!
Jokes aside I have my td5 defender and a 17 plate hilux, I prefer my defender however the hilux is a better all rounder as a work/family vehicle for my line of work Tyre wise I put discovery att’s on mine, there about a 60/40 road/off road, they have handled well but the front have worn fairly quickly |
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7th Jan 2025 9:23pm |
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| Oldyellar Member Since: 04 Sep 2015 Location: Central Posts: 400  
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I've had plenty hilux's in the form of 3.0d4d - 2.5d4d the 2.4 as mentioned and the new 2.8 all very good currently running a 2.5d4d 2015 active, genuinely they don't make any better all round 4x4 pickup than the hilux. They might not be the best to drive but they are durable and usually age better than their counterparts.
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7th Jan 2025 10:13pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6105  
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I've also got a 2019 invincible. auto. loving it.
Mine needs a new set of boots as well, but I was genuinely surprised how well it managed to crawl around on nearly worn out "general terrain" tyres. |
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8th Jan 2025 6:30am |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1977
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I had it waxoiled as part of the purchase, the chassis looked great but I couldn’t see a downside and from what I’ve read the chassis is the weak spot with these in our climate.
She jiggles a bit on the lanes with the potholes, leaf springs and no cargo don’t help! PWR heat is handy in this weather, it would be good to do it via an app / remote. No CarPlay in my vehicle, and I’ve been quoted £600 to fit an adapter behind the dash which uses the stock screen and reversing camera….something to ponder on. There must be more cost effective options. |
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8th Jan 2025 8:47am |
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| mini Anaconda Member Since: 23 Aug 2016 Location: Thames Valley Posts: 795
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Any photos of the Hilux? BORG - Bucks & Oxon 4x4 Response Group  |
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8th Jan 2025 1:06pm |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1977
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There you go…
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8th Jan 2025 1:25pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17485 
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I prefer to have full-time 4WD. There is a lot to be said for the classic Defender and the Grenadier drivelines. That being said, what part-time 4WD vehicles have there been which don't let you engage 4WD on the fly? I am having trouble thinking of any. There are those (like an older Landrover) which won't let you deselect 4WD on the fly, but I can't think any that won't let you select 4WD. |
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8th Jan 2025 2:22pm |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1977
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You’re undoubtedly right Blackwolf, part time 4wd drive is new to me and just turning a dial on the dash made me quite happy! No idea how other manufacturers / systems work.
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8th Jan 2025 2:36pm |
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| mini Anaconda Member Since: 23 Aug 2016 Location: Thames Valley Posts: 795
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Looks great, I'd like that  BORG - Bucks & Oxon 4x4 Response Group
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8th Jan 2025 3:21pm |
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| Nidge Member Since: 27 Jan 2008 Location: Kildare Ireland Posts: 819  
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Recently bought one here too, 2020 Invincible X Auto, very disappointed in it
was to be my daily driver but can't warm to it at all. It sits in the driveway most days and i end up taking the Td5 defender. Very choppy and skittish on the road when empty and suspension is way too hard. Autobox is clunky and rough and I find the cabin very enclosed.... For the money they cost I was expecting a lot more. |
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8th Jan 2025 8:21pm |
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| Chris86 Member Since: 15 Jul 2014 Location: South Yorks Posts: 791 
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Lots of our customers run Hiluxes, and I have recently done quite a bit of work with Toyota with their prototype Hydrogen Hilux.
I really like certain things about them, the interior does feel very solid and I like the driving position compared to most of the current crop of of pick ups. The autoboxes can be a bit strange, but I think like most autoboxes they are adaptive so will improve with more driving, I have experienced this with multiple manufacturers where initially an autobox feels horrid, but then settles. I had a particular bad example with a press car I was given to use that drove awfully as it had been driven hard by a journo the proceeding few weeks, by the end of the 4 days I had it it was fine. I'm in agreement with the comments about the ride quality- when unladen the rear springing is very stiff- with the addition of a canopy on the back and a partial load they improve a lot. The only pickups that can run in AWD currently on sale are the new Ranger and Amarok- even then it's spec dependent. Previously all of the mid-high spec Mitsubishi L200s course run RWD/AWD/4wd (locked centre coupling) and high/Low. We run a 2014 L200 Trojan as one of our training cars principally because of this, it works really well in poor weather, and for towing- 2wd is only ever really used on long motorway runs. Likewise the older Amarok 4motion was an AWD system, and the mercedes X350d....... We are currently looking at what to replace the L200 with and a Hilux appeals, but it it will likely end up being another L200 or a possibily even a Fiat Fullback cross, which is the same as the Series 5 L200, but also has a rear difflock, which the L200 didn't apart from in the low spec 4wd system. Chris |
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9th Jan 2025 8:23am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17485
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Don't forget the Grenadier Quartermaster, which is full-time 4WD in a very similar way to the proper Defender. None of this Haldex nonsense! |
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9th Jan 2025 11:00am |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1977
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I should probably add that I drive very steadily, years of a 4.0 P38 ingrained that habit. I imagine if I tried to push the Hilux is would be pretty bouncy and unpleasant, but I don’t, I just beetle from a to b. Having said that the 2wd caught me out last night, coming through the farmyard about 150m from home and the track was covered in ice, I accelerated to get up the hill and the back end squiggled all over the shop….back to Blackwolf’s point about liking perm 4wd…
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9th Jan 2025 6:05pm |
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| Bowbearer Member Since: 12 Aug 2022 Location: Norfolk Posts: 184 
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Borrowed one several years back for towing with a view of getting one to support my 110.
Big thing for me was you couldn’t use low ratio without locking the 4 wheel drive system. Not good on slippy inclines on road with 3+ tons on the back. Not sure if you can on the new ones. Agree Grenadier system on Quartermaster better but payload is not good enough. As an all rounder the Toyota is hard to beat. |
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11th Jan 2025 10:24am |
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