Pebble
Likes Bikes and Dirt
Ours is a turbo model. We actually traded in a newish Subaru Forester XS for it (yeah bit of a mistake getting a more standard sort of car when used to 4x4's). Anyway with the turbo and the hilux being a lightweight vehicle (alloy tray and all) I never found any lacking in the power department, the acceleration and everything seems to me as good in day to day stuff as the Subi, but with the benefit of that diesel torque - gee I missed that when we owned the Petrol Subi!
Hubby's cruiser is significantly heavier (well steel / wood tray for a start) and being used to that he doesn't like the Luxe's handling on the gravel roads - it's more likely to want to drift around corners if you go too fast becasue it's so light weight Not that I have the skill to do a good drift on the bike (yet) but I like it because it reminds me of riding
Me being used to the Lux, his ute feels a bit like a truck when you first get in, and to me it doesn't feel significantly more powerful, he reckons it is.
That seems like a pretty good price you've got. I found the RedBook doesn't seem to agree with the market price. A good way to check is ring you insurance company & see how much they would insure it for. But then with Toyota's there is nothing much you can do about that because of the whole demand etc they do keep their value.
We decided to go for a turbo model straight up rather than putting a turbo in, mostly because then we have an engine that was designed for a turbo in the first place, and really we probably wouldn't have saved all that much doing it the other way around, in fact if we got one without a turbo hubby probably would have wanted a big noisy Chev V8 in there instead. Well I know if he had the money he'd probably put on in his Cruiser!
Hubby's cruiser is significantly heavier (well steel / wood tray for a start) and being used to that he doesn't like the Luxe's handling on the gravel roads - it's more likely to want to drift around corners if you go too fast becasue it's so light weight Not that I have the skill to do a good drift on the bike (yet) but I like it because it reminds me of riding
Me being used to the Lux, his ute feels a bit like a truck when you first get in, and to me it doesn't feel significantly more powerful, he reckons it is.
That seems like a pretty good price you've got. I found the RedBook doesn't seem to agree with the market price. A good way to check is ring you insurance company & see how much they would insure it for. But then with Toyota's there is nothing much you can do about that because of the whole demand etc they do keep their value.
We decided to go for a turbo model straight up rather than putting a turbo in, mostly because then we have an engine that was designed for a turbo in the first place, and really we probably wouldn't have saved all that much doing it the other way around, in fact if we got one without a turbo hubby probably would have wanted a big noisy Chev V8 in there instead. Well I know if he had the money he'd probably put on in his Cruiser!
