thinking about a new truck

[Guest]

I first went to the Isuzu site to check specs/prices....takes about five minutes to load!

Finally get some jazzy bullshit music, specs in Thai no translation option.

Years ago I'd been on he Thai isuzu site and it was informative not bullshit.

fok'em I reckon i'm going to repaint the old land rover. New trucks are for cnuts.

[Texpat]

I've had a Vigo 4 door for nine years now. By far the longest I've ever owned a vehicle. It's only got 110,000 kms on it and I figure I can squeeze another five years out of it -- at least. It still runs great and has had no problems apart from normal battery replacement every four years and an air conditioning tuneup.

I hate to think of the money I've wasted over a lifetime buying new cars that I've kept for only a year or so. (too many trans pacific moves where keeping a car is unreasonable)

My outlook with cars is similar to stocks -- buy quality and hold.

[socal]

I first went to the Isuzu site to check specs/prices....takes about five minutes to load!

Finally get some jazzy bullshit music, specs in Thai no translation option.

Years ago I'd been on he Thai isuzu site and it was informative not bullshit.

fok'em I reckon i'm going to repaint the old land rover. New trucks are for cnuts.

could buy slightly used. But thailand has a smaller lease market then NA so i doubt there is as many good used vehicles around

[Guest]

I've had a Vigo 4 door for nine years now. By far the longest I've ever owned a vehicle. It's only got 110,000 kms on it and I figure I can squeeze another five years out of it -- at least. It still runs great and has had no problems apart from normal battery replacement every four years and an air conditioning tuneup.

I hate to think of the money I've wasted over a lifetime buying new cars that I've kept for only a year or so. (too many trans pacific moves where keeping a car is unreasonable)

My outlook with cars is similar to stocks -- buy quality and hold.

Ya probably could go another 10 years!

My old beater 2wd Nissan extracab had over 500k when the odo quit working. Biggest repairs have been replacing the front spindles, door hinge bushings, seat covers and clutch. Still runs and drives great, gets 12km/Liter which is better than some of the new trucks.

[peterplonker]

the story on vehicles here is to amortize over a few years, buy them new and keep for at least 5 years, I brought a Vigo new kept it for 8 years and it only lost 50% of new value. Cheap running over 8 years, in that time tires and battery were the only replacements.

[socal]

the story on vehicles here is to amortize over a few years, buy them new and keep for at least 5 years, I brought a Vigo new kept it for 8 years and it only lost 50% of new value. Cheap running over 8 years, in that time tires and battery were the only replacements.

so you took a 50% bath on it

[peterplonker]

Sure, but contrast that on my previous car purchase brought a new GM top of the line Calais, brought that for about 50 k sold it 1 year later for 30k, did a trip up to the far north Australia maybe only 20,000 k the vigo 150,000. I am sure a economics graduate like your self socal will be able to work that out.

[Guest]

At some point I wanna consolidate all my old junk (2 beater toyota corollas, nissan p/u, ancient Landrover) to just one utilitarian single cab 4wd work truck.

Problem is I've taken great care of me old junk which works fine and has very little maintenance/tax/insurance overhead.
what to do....maybe I'll get over the new car itis, which I do anytime I drive the old Landrover in some nasty muddy stuff; flip in low range and click on the locking differential and chug through stuff no showroom stock 4x4 could ever go.