VW pickup?
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Thank's Renze. My plastic belly pans are all broke too. Just from the winter driving here.
I have never seen the Hilux before Agvg
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- St Helens, Tasmania, Australia
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I run a '07 Hilux. V6 4L Petrol. Over 230,000kms on it so far. Bullet proof... but, then again, there's no salt/slurry on our roads to rust them away. Just the intense UV rays to contend with.
No worries hauling a 5x4 round of hay or an implement in the back, or towing a horse float. It's done everything I've ever needed it to do.
There are 'full size' N.A. pick-ups available here, at astronomical prices! (A$85k - A$100k) They're used for specialist uses or for people with deep pockets who 'just want one'. It's the import duties and RHD conversion that jacks the price up here.
I believe that, in N.A., the reason that they're unavailable is due to something called the "Chicken Tax".
No worries hauling a 5x4 round of hay or an implement in the back, or towing a horse float. It's done everything I've ever needed it to do.
There are 'full size' N.A. pick-ups available here, at astronomical prices! (A$85k - A$100k) They're used for specialist uses or for people with deep pockets who 'just want one'. It's the import duties and RHD conversion that jacks the price up here.
I believe that, in N.A., the reason that they're unavailable is due to something called the "Chicken Tax".
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Yeah. Always wondered if that was a factory option in 3rd world countries. :laughing:
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I run a '07 Hilux. V6 4L Petrol. Over 230,000kms on it so far. Bullet proof... but, then again, there's no salt/slurry on our roads to rust them away. Just the intense UV rays to contend with.
No worries hauling a 5x4 round of hay or an implement in the back, or towing a horse float. It's done everything I've ever needed it to do.
There are 'full size' N.A. pick-ups available here, at astronomical prices! (A$85k - A$100k) They're used for specialist uses or for people with deep pockets who 'just want one'. It's the import duties and RHD conversion that jacks the price up here.
I believe that, in N.A., the reason that they're unavailable is due to something called the "Chicken Tax".
Same here in Canada Wagtail. You can get a loaded HD pickup in the States for $56,000 and they are 80 to 90 here for the same thing.
Even the half tons. A Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn is over $80,000 where I am.
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I saw somewhere that they used to use Ford Superduties from over here too. I was hoping that is where mine went because the motor was just about to go again for the third time again when I traded it in, LOL
I wouldn't even pay that much for a pickup. All of those "extras" don't help the truck go 1 mile farther before it dies, yet they do add to the list of things which can go wrong.