Thread: New car or second hand? Finance or not? Where and When? Help - I need a car!

Originally Posted by Nawty

Like if we have a spur of the moment to take 30 kids up the hoghway for a swim or something, can it just be ripped off quickly ?

Where does your kids sit when you have 30 in the back? Do you throw them in the back or strap up inside?

Here is one of the kids seats in the back...real comfy, not tied in yet.

They even have an esky for when they get thirsty so I don't have to stop all the time and checkup on them.

Tied in with ocky straps?

Please say it ain't so.

Alright, enoughs enough.

Tsk tsk to travelmate for his red....shame shame...I will accept 5 greens in a row as an apology though.

New car or second hand?... 17-01-2009 08:57 AM Travelmate Kids should be in the cab, at least give them a chance in life. Sorry Nawty you know what this red is for.

Anyone read this thread should know my stance on this.

https://teakdoor.com/thailand-and-asi...ed-pickup.html (7 children, 2 mothers killed in pickup wreck)

And here below is a photo of the rear of my car and the kids seats all buckled in snice and tight.

Haha classic!

When you first said It I actually believed you but when you showed a photo of it I knew you must have been taking the piss!

Good one.

Originally Posted by Nawty

..I will accept 5 greens in a row as an apology though.

Sure any time you need it.

Ta much.

Well just return from trip away last night, was going to be 4 days, but i got me days mixed up, so only 3.

The first river crossing of the new truck was an outstanding success....it has had its virginity cracked.

Very happy with it, even though I did not want to get a new car.

Getting the rear tray liner and some other stuff done tomorrow. Then got a price for a nice style roo....or mocy bar for the front and a neat roolbar for the rear, both of them and some kick arse spotties for 15k.

A warn winch for 40k if i decide to go that far and even found a wallaby jack for 3k, so will be getting that i think also.

We went to a country cowboy festival last night on the way home, just like an aussie ag show, all the stalls, bands, displays etc. Mixing with the country folk we waz.

I got to showup a thai cowboy, he had a huge bullwhip, now i had never cracked a bullwhip, only stockwhips, so he looked at me and said ...'go on farang, give it a go, ha ha ha'.....so I did, he shut up giggling when I let off the first crack, then a double crack, but just failed for a triple....practice.

Toyota also had a 4wd test track there, so I jumped in the vigo and give it a run. Was very good track, all the elements, 45 degree + hill and descents, big holes, 45 degreed bends, rocks, the works. Never driven an auto in 4wd before, performed very well, so happy now.

Are you gonna follow tudley advise and stick a bigger turbo in it?

Nope, no need, its got plenty of get up and go as it is. Don't need it at all.

Sounds like a lot of fun nawty but where are the bloody pics?

No pics this trip....was a work trip.

Went to get our land surveyed for chanote title upgrade.

^ you needed 4wd to get there? and you crossed a river as well.........

No....bitumen all the way.

We just happened to find a river on the way that begged to be crossed.

^ What river? The big muddy? (Mekong river)

no name river....flows out of Khao Yai....got tiger poo in it.

Just got this big Bad Boy Black rollbar fitted today



And his bigger Badder Bad Boy Black Bull Bar at the front end..



and a little teeny tiny fire extinguisher fitted in the front cabin.

Fok Nawty. You going outback?

Now's the time to get a deal on a great right-hand drive vehicle, eh?



Growing Stocks of Unsold Cars...

If you looked at the other pictures, it is the same for left hand drive cars too.

So....I had an accident recently....a knob....not the one we all know and love......hit the back of me, no great damage but enough to get the insurance involved to cover it.

So my Oz licence was not a problem, even went to the copshop to get a statement from the other party as they could not afford to pay for it upfront.

So with the insurance company and the cops the Oz licence was ok.

A copper stopped me a couple months back and said no no....even read the licence details and got it all correct. Then took it off to his superior to looksie....came back as all ok.

Thats interesting to know Nawty.

Sorry about the ding in ya rear end though. Thankfully mine is still ding free.

Well we do a lot of travelling.

Bumper will be new and replaced at 20k's soon.

Already scratches down the side form the bush....oh well, there goes my stress at having to try to keep it spick and span for at least 12 months before any offroad adventures......its a 4wd now.