Thread: Which pickup truck should I choose and why?

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by Ratchaburi

Thanks for the red & thats number 2 for the Fortuner, I will post a picture of it just to rub it in.

Only 2? I will do a search and red you for every mention you make of Dullota.

Thank mate the more reds the merrier.
Marmite I did look at the fords at the motor show & the waiting was to long.
Then Fondles had the problem with boby parts & then he took it for a small dip & ford tell him to fuk off.

Now my 1st Toyoto 430,000 & I still have it, now this is my 2nd Toyoto.
Today clocked up 700 kilometre.

Originally Posted by supernovadw

Back on topic if I were going to buy a new pickup it would be the D-Max

.. which is the best pickup I have driven.

I thought that Navarra was a nice drive...

Originally Posted by sabang

Marmites beloved car will not even see 100mm of water, ne'r mind a mind boggling 300mm. Might sully the wax job.

Exactly! I've not taken it off the driveway since March. Should stop raining in November.

Originally Posted by sabang

toyota tuff. nuff said.





first choice of smart jihadi's anywhere. aircon hummers, well they just hum dixie.

Yu don't see them running around in a ford do yu good on yu Sabang

Originally Posted by Ratchaburi

Originally Posted by sabang

toyota tuff. nuff said.





first choice of smart jihadi's anywhere. aircon hummers, well they just hum dixie.

Yu don't see them running around in a ford do yu good on yu Sabang

Yeah they got Fords as well.

^ Uniforms. Obviously an amerkin bribe job, or US aid.

Originally Posted by Ratchaburi

Originally Posted by sabang

toyota tuff. nuff said.





first choice of smart jihadi's anywhere. aircon hummers, well they just hum dixie.

Yu don't see them running around in a ford do yu good on yu Sabang

Old A47s and shitty RPGs. Think it more boils down to choices!

Originally Posted by sabang

^ Uniforms. Obviously an amerkin bribe job, or US aid.

US Aid.

Having driven a Hilux Tiger for the last 12 years I was up for replacing it with a current model. However, students of mine who work as engineers in the QA dept at Toyota tell me that the company has lost much ground in sales due to their outdated platform and work in underway to bring out a new model in the next couple of years. Add on a couple of years to iron out the kinks.

On that basis I did a trawl of the ususal suspects for a new model. Ford didn't have any in stock, Isuzu had a showroom model but didn't have the keys either for a test drive or a gander inside, Nissan's was the cheapest but the salesman was such a dickhead (I sat with the Mrs for a full 10 mins before asking the Mrs to ask him who he thought would be buying, driving and paying for it? To which he begrudgingly replied 'the farang' at which point I asked her to ask him when he thought it might be a good idea to say hello to me?). Theirs was the cheapest of the lot coming in at around 640,000bt with free insurance.

I settled on the Mazda Pro but after a phone call from the 'sales' department telling my wife that their discount campaign was only open to Thais, I knocked that straight on the head. However, when the Mrs copped an ad for the Pro Series on facebook we both decided to revisit and confirm Mazda's position on their racial discrimination. The salesman we had been dealing with assured me that I would qualify and at 736,000 it was money well spent.

Luckily, they had one in stock in Pattas so I bought it. It sure is a headturner, filled with gadgets and goes like stink. Will keep it for the next 3 or 4 years and trade in for the next Toyota, maybe. Here are some pics
https://www.google.co.th/search?q=ma...w=1366&bih=572

Originally Posted by Bung

Oh, I wouldn't buy a Ford. Their reliability is seriously questionable, their service is crap, their resale value is low and they don't look great. Ford just went with the "lets just build the biggest truck and everyone will go ooh" design philosophy.

Only the Mazda Bt50 is uglier, I can't fathom how someone looks at one of those and thinks it looks good.

New Hilux coming, it will have to be a Ranger beater. In development now, I would wait for those.

I have a Fiesta, and yes, it has needed warranty work (steering column changed) what a bunch of numptys working there (main dealer Chiang Mai) every time I have been there there is someone in an animated conversation with the service dept complaining about some aspect of their cars.

Have a read of Fondles experience with his Ranger, I won't be buying another Ford.

Should have gone for the Mazda, squire. Check out the pics of the pro series in my post above and you might revise your opinion, somewhat

Nope. The BT50 is still the ugliest looking truck money can buy today.

Still, you obviously need to be able to carry many hundreds of kilograms of large objects around or tow a large trailer and never need to park it in public so you choices are limited to huge 1 tonne pickups.

If you just needed to carry some shopping, bags, golf clubs etc you would have just bought a car.

Right?

Originally Posted by Fondles

Yeah they got Fords as well.

It's broken down. They are waiting for somebody to arrive in a Toyota to give them a tow.

Originally Posted by Bung

Nope. The BT50 is still the ugliest looking truck money can buy today.

Beauty is obviously in the eye of the beholder because I quite like the looks of the BT-50. Anyway, it comes off the same line as the new Ford, right? I like the looks of the new Ford Wildtrack but by most accounts the new Ford is shite, or to be more accurate, the after-sales service is shite.

Then again, opinions are like arseholes, everyone's got one!

Originally Posted by Rocksteady

Should have gone for the Mazda, squire.

Apart from the BT-50 being the ugliest car for sale in Thailand, it is the Ranger.

Originally Posted by quimbian corholla

Originally Posted by Fondles

Yeah they got Fords as well.

It's broken down. They are waiting for somebody to arrive in a Toyota to give them a tow.

We have delivered more than 40,000 Rangers into Afghanistan and they proven to be more reliable than the Hilux.

Originally Posted by Fondles

Originally Posted by quimbian corholla

Originally Posted by Fondles

Yeah they got Fords as well.

It's broken down. They are waiting for somebody to arrive in a Toyota to give them a tow.

We have delivered more than 40,000 Rangers into Afghanistan and they proven to be more reliable than the Hilux.

I presume they don't have puddles in Afghanistan.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

I presume they don't have puddles in Afghanistan.

Now you are being silly ! Of course they have puddles just like everybody else but the Taliban have forbidden puddles which are nearly 300 mm deep or more than that. Water is a precious resource and is not to be wasted on fecking up Rangers.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by Fondles

Originally Posted by quimbian corholla

Originally Posted by Fondles

Yeah they got Fords as well.

It's broken down. They are waiting for somebody to arrive in a Toyota to give them a tow.

We have delivered more than 40,000 Rangers into Afghanistan and they proven to be more reliable than the Hilux.

I presume they don't have puddles in Afghanistan.

Old model.... not the new one that claims to wade 800mm.

Originally Posted by Bung

Nope. The BT50 is still the ugliest looking truck money can buy today.

Still, you obviously need to be able to carry many hundreds of kilograms of large objects around or tow a large trailer and never need to park it in public so you choices are limited to huge 1 tonne pickups.

If you just needed to carry some shopping, bags, golf clubs etc you would have just bought a car.

Right?

Wrong. Pick-ups are the way to go out here given the tax rates on cars. Furthermore, given the state of the roads off the beaten track (and often while still on it) the extra height pays of when negotiating pot holes and subsidance. Of course, it also helps to deter the big trucks/Fortuners and buses from cutting you up.

Still, if you drove in Thailand you would know that, right?