Mike C

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Which is best?

£5000 buys me an excellent condition, low mileage 2004-ish Ranger Thunder with a top on it, you get full leather and all the toys.

£7000 would buy me a similar-aged L200 Warrior, also with low mileage, again looks the part, with a top, full leather and very well spec'd. The dash doesn't look as nice as the Ranger's though.

£7000 also buys me a 2005-ish Navara, which still has a healthy spec, but no leather and higher mileage. It does have a nice looking dash too, probably the best of the 3.

Any experiences and advice before I go out and test drive each?

From what I can see I'd be happy with the Ranger, probably get a top example and a few grand left over in comparison to the other two. But if either of the other two stand out as being vastly superior, then that would clinch it. From what I can see, a similar aged, similar spec'd Hilux would appear to be a lot more cash.

lead_foot

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Having driven and used all three. The Navara comes out on top, nice to drive, feels better built and seems to be able to carry more.

.Ross.

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Drove them all .. Buy a Toyota Hi-Lux D4D.

Paddy

Last Ranger we retailed was a 2005, 30k miler and the fucking dual mass flywheel went about 2 days after the customer bought it.

The Navara drives the best out of your choice in my opinion.

I don't like pick-ups personally [even though my signature picture may suggest otherwise] but if you're buying one to work instead of pose in, I think the Isuzu Rodeo needs some consideration too. The engines and running gear are the best of the bunch.

Obviously though, as said above, if you can stretch to the cost of a decent Hi-Lux, do it!

Mike C

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Cheers for the input so far chaps!

Mike C

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How long have they been putting the 2.5 TDCi engine in the Ranger?

I'm guessing the 03-05 plates I'm looking at have got a different, older engine in them, but what exactly?

liammcl

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I have a Navara, wish I'd bought a Hilux