Nonsense Thread

[bangn]

So picked up this thing on the weekend with a gearbox. 960km round trip to get it which was just super but I think it will be good fun in the 323. You could say room is a bit tight right now with everything in and the door shut.

[econti]

Otherwise I have half a mind to just get the nicest Land Rover LR4 I can find and try to keep it alive forever instead of continually upgrading the larger daily.

Brilliant cars but boy howdy the maintenance can be a killer. Mum has one, had it since new, now got 240,000km on the clock, 150k miles or so. It hasn't had any major failures as its the 2.7 diesel not the 3.0, which snaps cranks and has myriad other issues, but still needed a new torque converter, is hard on bushes and shocks, and the trans will blow up at some point.
God it is nice to drive though. Tows like a champ too. The V8s are great as well.

[roguetoaster]

Toast, are you going to rock Ranger instead of the F150?

That's the plan, if it's any good at least. I've been shopping an impossibe to find, at least in the sub 15k range, 2015-19 F150 2.7 regular cab shorty, and want to change it up in the interim. Ideally that next F150 will be an 18 or 19 as the 2.7 got port injection in addition to DI. No 2020s for me with the additional safety shit I don't want.

It's amazing how hard it has been to find that truck with power windows, bluetooth and tow prep. Have found a few but there's always something wrong, and it's hard to get a real answer from dealers.

If I had to I'd settle for an 8ft bed, but it would need to live outside.

[MrBurgundy]

Toast, are you going to rock Ranger instead of the F150?

[roguetoaster]

That would be a good option, but I'm trying to find something that can fit in my garage and close the door. I'm estimating the garage will be around 204" when finished and the internet says your truck is 197 in. So it might fit, but that's super tight.

That's why I was thinking about a small cab short bed mini truck.

I have another 20 inches of depth in my garage and I would say it fits conveiently. However, typical 8ft regular cab trucks either just don't fit or fit with nothing to spare if you tap the rear wall. It's funny since I ended up picking this one because of how it fit in the garage.

LOL oh yea, from 2021 the Year of Trucks on R3V

I think 2024's theme is cheap shitboxes

It would seem so, averaging $1040 per vehicle over five so far this year. The classic buy a cheap car and spend 2x the purchase price on maintenance has pretty much been accurate.