VW pickup?

[Agvg]

Amaroks are nice pickups but Hilux is still the king of the hill when the going gets thoug.

 

[Paystar]

Amaroks are nice pickups but Hilux is still the king of the hill when the going gets thoug.

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

 

[Wagtail]

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".

 

[Agvg]

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

You have seen a lot of them on TV, they are very popular amongst this customer group

 

[Oaktree]

You have seen a lot of them on TV, they are very popular amongst this customer group

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Yeah. Always wondered if that was a factory option in 3rd world countries. :laughing:

 

[ovrszd]

Ford version of mini 4drs. You see these in many brands overseas.

 

[Paystar]

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.

 

[Paystar]

You have seen a lot of them on TV, they are very popular amongst this customer group

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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

 

[Jstpssng]

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.

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.

 

[ovrszd]

Here's another variation. Used by the right people. I think. It's really hard to tell over there. Note the guy squatting behind the truck.......

 

[Agvg]

But the worst thing is the cost of destroying these worn out pickups, planes, flytime and rocket's is quit expensive vs the value of the target.

 

[ovrszd]

But the worst thing is the cost of destroying these worn out pickups, planes, flytime and rocket's is quit expensive vs the value of the target.

The value of the target can vary greatly. Most dependent on whether it is shooting at you or not.

 

[Agvg]

The value of the target can vary greatly. Most dependent on whether it is shooting at you or not.

Yes, but it was the hunting of parked old pickups just collecting dust in the dessert.

 

[ovrszd]

Yes, but it was the hunting of parked old pickups just collecting dust in the dessert.

Then that would be a low value target. Unless someone that means you harm is using it to hide behind.

 

[fried1765]

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.

Perhaps you can clear up a question that I have had for some time.

I have a summer home in Nova Scotia, so I see the crazy CAD vehicle prices all the time.

Wouldn't it be worth your time to take a trip South, buy a vehicle, and drive it back over the border?
As I understand it, you would have to pay the 5% GST (or HST depending on your province), but that would still seem less expensive.
You could shop different US dealers on the internet to get the best pricing too.

It would seem that this could be done with used rust free vehicles from the South and Southwest US as well.
I have a nice 1997 GMC 2500 4x4 Suburban (registered in US.) that I bought used on E-Bay, in New Mexico, 11 years ago.
I store it in MA each winter, and drive it up to NS each summer. People are amazed at it's rust free condition, but of course, it has never seen salt.
Ah ha... I did forget to factor in that a CAD is currently worth only about 77 cents US, but still, it seems there is a major difference.

 

[Paystar]

fried1765......I don't know all the details how it works. I know you can do it with used and last I heard Ford was one of the only new ones we can bring back for some reason? But I don't even know about that because a guy I know buys new F450 duallies from the states and he has his salesman drive them until they get so many miles on them.