What ute do you drive?

[havenoideaatall]

I've got a 1995 Triton Dual Cab 4x4. The old style -there are stacks on Epay.

Nice, I couldn't afford the Hilux.

Have

[E. maculata]

Just one of the Mob(it would seem around here anyway) who covort around in a dusty old Navara STR dual cabby thingo:cool:

[Ashore]

The SIL when I need it :D

[shep]

gday ive got a 24y/o 2wd deisel rodeo drive it every day for work. its even got a radio:eek:

oohroo
shep

[masoth]

13 February, 1984 I first regisdered Hilux 4-door 1.8lt, manual, petrol, two wheel drive. It's travelled 113597 km and other than service costs I've spent less than $1000 on it and that includes one new set of tyres.

Is it 'run-in' yet?????

Shep - I, too, have a radio and it has ONE station.

[Daddles]

I don't like travelling in the ute any more - the law says I have to wear a leash and the boss gets niggly when I bark at the other cars :D

Richard

[mudgutts]

I have a 1999 ford courier and a ford F350 4x4 both on LPG

[Groggy]

2002 Hilux 2wd with an extended aluminium tray. Have done 85,000km; had to replace a front gearbox bearing at 70000 (warranty period plus one day :( )

Spent $1200 fitting boxes to the back and underneath - VERY happy with the boxes setup. Also have ladder racks I can put on if needed. Other than the bearing it has run like a dream.

[journeyman Mick]

1999 Rodeo, single cab, drop side, 2.8L turbo diesel 4wd. (all my work vehicles for the last 10+ years have been 4wds, always handy when trying to access a new house on fresh earthworks:rolleyes: )

Mick

[Cliff Rogers]

Corolla wagon turned into a panelvan.(back seats removed & cargo barrier installed)
Not really a ute but that's what I use it for. :D

[Guy]

Cliff
Thats what i did with my 1996 Frontera, removed the rear seats and built a big box in the back with lift up covers. Stuck some Rhinorack roof racks on and i can carry 6 18mm 1200*2400 sheets of MDF on any more then the roof creeks to much.
Planning on changing it this year as it has got 230,000 on it now.

[maglite]

I have a 04 BA Falcon ute.......bought it this time last year with 8000ks on the clock. My first new or near new car...........have added about 37000 ks in the 12 months so will be looking for another in 6 months or so.

[Tankstand]

Had a HR for a while, now have a 2.7ltr '05 Hilux Workmate.

[Auld Bassoon]

2005 Audi A4 2.4 Multitronic :D

[Tikki]

2005 Audi A4 2.4 Multitronic :D

and is it fitted with a lid or a canopy Steve??? :p ;)

Cheers
Tikki :)

[Lignum]

Ute:confused: I wish:o I just put small stuff in the boot and big stuff on the roof racks of the old commodore:rolleyes:

[havenoideaatall]

The Navara seems popular nowadays, the new Triton seems to be making larger inroads in to the market. The new Hilux I can't take seriously.

Chief hates large wagon 4x4s so its my way of keeping a useful 4x4.

[macca2]

1998 2wd Automatic Triton. Thirsty little so and so but a nice ute.

[journeyman Mick]

Corolla wagon turned into a panelvan.(back seats removed & cargo barrier installed)
Not really a ute but that's what I use it for. :D

Cliff,
what happened to the Rodeo you were driving?

Mick

[Jack E]

A nice shiny red XR6:D

With a lockable roller top the same as this one

http://www.blueys.com.au/graphics/rtop27.jpg

And ladder racks like these

http://www.blueys.com.au/graphics/carryrack35.jpg

I am very happy with it.

Cheers, Jack

[doug the slug]

Its not a ute but my work vehicle is a 97 nissan patrol waggon, compromise between a work vehicle for heavy towing and the family car. just because its the work vehicle doesnt mean i dont take it out to play on the weekends when i get the chance. it will tow a 2.5 tonne trailer for work and carry 7 people (more at a pinch - just dont tell DanP or he will come up from victoria to get me :D :D :D :D :D )

If i had a ute it would have to be an orange Triton with all the accessories;) ;) ;)

[Harry72]

Currently 98 Mazda Bravo 2.6 tray top duel fuel with ladder racks... good work horse no aircon but. I know it'll carry one of those wood packs that Emac organised from Lismore(1.2Ton, construction pack)

Ute before the Maz, falc BA 5.4 V8 auto style side... had all the mod cons plus a few enhancements of my own which made it very impractical!(was the very 1st V8 ba ute in SA... XR8 wasnt released yet... only would have cost an extra $1000!) Would you beleive I traded it in on a Focus 2ltr 6speed hatch, from one end of the scale to the other.

And the ute before that was a Falc XH'2 V8 S'pac with all the mod cons... plus my enhancements, was good ute should have not traded it on the BA Id be about 40-50K richer right now if I just kept that XH... not counting the fuel difference(ba used double the xh)

My ideal ute would be a small 2-3ton truck with a 4-5m tray!

[Waldo]

G'day,

I wish I, I wish I had a ute. :(

current series Hilux,

or a current model XR8,

or a Tornado,

or a F Series V8

or a Dodge Ram V10.

But I'll just have to do with my SXR6. :)

[Christopha]

2004 Navara DX, no poofy STR for me. I like the vinyl floor covers and the wind up windows, electric windows annoy me. Canopy, roof racks drawers for tools etc.... 77,000kms, good bus!

[Dan]

A nice shiny red XR6:D

With a lockable roller top ....and ladder racks

Are the racks removable and are the roll tops as good as they look?

A nice shiny silver 2004 XR8 falcon for me.:)

[bill_h]

Took my wife on first date (with my parents) in a Vauxhall Velox, later had an FB, then HD, then yellow ex Highways Dept WB, then white ex E&WS (Water Board) WB, then ex farmer red WB with fats (ute, not farmer), then gun metal grey WB Statesman Caprice look alike

Now I have a VY Crewman....would have a ute except I need to have a booster seat for the grandaughter in the back

[Shedhand]

my 2nd last ute was a Triton GLX 2.4 4X2 tray ute. Sold it when I got Commodore Berlina fleet car for work.
Then bought a 2000 Mitsubishi Challenger 4x4 asy retirement present. All the bells and whistles in and out including electric brakes for towing really big stuff and 10 stack CD and really big fat all terrain tyres. I love it. Would really lerve a Ford F350.

[Grahame Collins]

A Maxda Bravo B 2600 2wd with a Aluminium trayback.
My dogs are of the belief that the vehicle is theirs and is specifically for the purpose or taking them for rides. When I am not chaffuering canine passengers,I sometimes get to use it for going to school and the week end trips to the hardware shops.The trayback is big enough to take a 8 x 4 sheet.

The ute before that was a TATA Telcoline 2 litre diesel turbo. In the four years I owned from new it averaged once every 72 days in the repair shop.The Indians have yet to understand automotive terms like build quality,reliability and customer satisfaction.If you are considering the purchase of one of these Indian automotive disasters PM me immediately and I will regale with tales of misery and woe regarding these sad examples of mobile scrap iron.Truly these things are lemons.

A public service announcement
from
Grahame

[Cliff Rogers]

Cliff,
what happened to the Rodeo you were driving?

Mick

Lease ran out & deisel can be anything up to 10cents/litre dearer than ULP so we traded it on another Corola wagon.
For the few times we need to shift something that won't fit in the Corola, we borrow or hire a trailer.

[journeyman Mick]

.......................The ute before that was a TATA Telcoline 2 litre diesel turbo. In the four years I owned from new it averaged once every 72 days in the repair shop.The Indians have yet to understand automotive terms like build quality,reliability and customer satisfaction.If you are considering the purchase of one of these Indian automotive disasters PM me immediately and I will regale with tales of misery and woe regarding these sad examples of mobile scrap iron.Truly these things are lemons.

A public service announcement
from
Grahame

:D :D Grahame, I saw these advertised locally and they weren't a lot cheaper than the mainstream brands. I don't know why anyone would buy one if they're only about $2K less than well known brands.:confused: :confused: I hope you paid very little for yours.;)

2 vehicles back I had a Kia Ceres 1.5tonne 4wd Diesel. It was slower than a wet weekend and noisy enough for me to leave my earplugs in.:eek: However I went from about $500 per month on LPG and petrol for my V8 Hilux to $160 per month on diesel for the Kia. It carried about 3/4 of a tonne in gear all the time and was often loaded right up to the limit (or over). Besides blowing a couple of radiator hoses and needing the back diff lapped it gave 5 years of solid reliable service - right until the gear box disintegrated that was:( Had to get one sent up from a wrecker in south Australia and modifiications to cross member and linkages to make it work. Did I get my money's worth? Yes, would I buy another? NO! :rolleyes:

Mick

[mic-d]

I've got a 2000 Hilux 2wd single cab. Bloody reliable.

Cheers
Michael

[Auld Bassoon]

Nah Tikki! Get real :) It has a 'lecky sunroof :D

[Tikki]

Nah Tikki! Get real :) It has a 'lecky sunroof :D

:D :D :D :D What a cooooool ute!!!!! :cool: ... but why do I have this mental picture of feeding out hay to the cows thro the sunroof :confused: :p :p

Cheers
Tikki ;)

[Auld Bassoon]

Must be the "Tikki Bombs" onto the peasants at the roadside :D

[Felder]

Holden (Isuzu) Rodeo, two wheel drive single cab. Think it's a 96 model, turbo diesel and she cops a flogging. Poor girl has been known to have a one tonne machine on the tray whilst towing another one and a half tonne on the trailer. :eek: Good ute but I wish she had a sixth gear for freeway travelling. Not fun driving to Melbourne in a diesel with the engine constantly around 3250rpm.

Also have a 2003 Toyota Hilux 4x4 Dual Cab, 3.0l diesel. Nimble footed, comfortable (compared to Rodeo), tows well. Has fun on weekends ;). Just wish she was turbo....imagine driving to Queensland towing over two tonnes of machinery. Slow trip.

[Iain]

it will tow a 2.5 tonne trailer for work and carry 7 people (more at a pinch - just dont tell DanP or he will come up from victoria to get me :D :D :D :D :D )
I have a 98 Landcrusher and pull up to 3 tonnes (11'9" horse float and two huges mules), which is legal as it is fitted with 4 wheel brakes and breakaway.
Also have airbags if the suspension decides to drop a bit.
Apart from that I reckon the Suzuki Mighty Boy is one of the best utes I have seen:D :D
We just bought daughter a Falcon Wagon, does not impress me at all, wallows around and has no road feel at all compared to the Toyotas we have.
Had it checked out and got a clean bill of health, nothing wrong at all, so much for Jap crap.

[Cliff Rogers]

... a Falcon Wagon, does not impress me at all, wallows around and has no road feel .....

What model? The EA wagon (late '80s) was bloody dangerous.
It has/had cart springs in the rear & a big donk up the front & if you had your foot down & hit the slightest rough spot (even on the bitumen) the back would flick out & try to pass the front. :eek:

[Iain]

97 el 6 cyl 4 litre (I think, if not 3.9).

[ozwinner]

the back would flick out & try to pass the front. :eek:

:confused: is that wrong? :confused:

Al :D

[Auld Bassoon]

Just wish she was turbo....

Just hook up a big Felder D/C to the air intake, and give the fuel pump whatsit a tweak :D

[BrisBen]

2003 Navara turbo diesel STR duel cab with alloy tray and racks

Only change was to put Cooper Discoverer ATR tyres on it (OEM Bridgestone HT's were a joke, 25,000 k's and were shot)

Goes like ##### off a shovel, give it a squeeze on the highway and you can actually overtake!

Although I did come out of a 4.2l naturally aspirated diesel Ford Maverick (The best Ford that Nissan ever Built) that I used to open the door and kick like Fred Flintsone when I wanted to overtake going downhill with the breeze behind me.

Takes one tonne in the tray without a problem, tows two like a dream, Flat 1800 x 1800 tray size is pretty much all I need without wheel arches in the way.

Handles the odd weekend in the mud well although it could do with a JC bar for SWMBO:D :D

[shep]

Shep - I, too, have a radio and it has ONE station.[/quote]

mate in 98 the ute spent 3 days under water and now to turn the radio off i push in the ciggi lighter. the wipers turn it of as well. ist been a good ute. fixed the glow plug timer on the weekend by smaking it with a hammer.

oohroo
shep

[shep]

my 2nd last ute was a Triton GLX 2.4 4X2 tray ute. Sold it when I got Commodore Berlina fleet car for work.
Then bought a 2000 Mitsubishi Challenger 4x4 asy retirement present. All the bells and whistles in and out including electric brakes for towing really big stuff and 10 stack CD and really big fat all terrain tyres. I love it. Would really lerve a Ford F350.

[Felder]

Just hook up a big Felder D/C to the air intake, and give the fuel pump whatsit a tweak :D
:D:D

[fred.n]

2003 Hilux

Goes like the clappers:D :D

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[havenoideaatall]

Good ute but I wish she had a sixth gear for freeway travelling. Not fun driving to Melbourne in a diesel with the engine constantly around 3250rpm.


snap! My wife is always asking me to change down. "That's it!" I say. Used it to commute for 18 months on c.3000 rpm.

[Jack E]

Are the racks removable and are the roll tops as good as they look?

A nice shiny silver 2004 XR8 falcon for me.:)

I have never tried to remove the racks but they are all held in by two 17mm bolts at the base of each rack. Shouldn't be too hard.

The roll tops are good.
They are infinitely better than a torneau.
They are also better than the lift tops or hard tops because you can have ladder racks.
If you have a load that is higher than the roll top you can just leave it open rather than having to remove it as you would with a hard top.
The whole setup was allready on my ute when I bought it but I think the racks and top would set you back $3500.

BTW, I am thinking of selling my ute with the roll top and racks, if anybody is interested PM me. It is a 2000/2001 (unsure:confused: ) red AU II XR6, 103k, 17" wheels, nudge bar.

Cheers, Jack