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Please excuse the dreadful pun in the thread title. There's another one at the very end of this post. I apologise in advance.
Sup.
I bought a car. Well, sort of. It's technically a truck. 4WD. SUV. Off-roader. Choose your poison.
Bought it through TradeMe - New Zealand's eBay - for what was in my opinion a good value (given its condition) $3990. Using the pics the seller uploaded to TradeMe because I'm lazy and can't be bothered taking my own photos just yet, and my phone's camera is pretty pants:
It's a 1992 Isuzu Mu 2.8L diesel (4JB1-T) automatic with 179,000km on the odo - 111,000 miles in inferior imperial units. Known as the Vauxhall Frontera Sport (lol Vauxhall and 'Sport') in the UK and the Isuzu Amigo in the States. 4-speed auto, 4WD with high/low range, manual locking front hubs, 31x10x15in Bridgestone Desert Duelers on the front, 31x10.5x15in Hankook somethings on the rear, all near new with 8-9mm of tread. Power steering, power windows, fires up literally first crank of the starter, doesn't blow any smoke, nice aftermarket sound system with a VDO Dayton 2703 head unit and speakers, front-mounted fogs, heavy-duty anti-rock plate thingymajig on the front and has a faint and vaguely ricer whistle from the turbocharger when on boost
Fuel needle was on E when I collected it, and I had to put in 63L at the pump to fill it - that was a rather painful $95 at $1.51 per litre - which means with the 83L tank the truck has, E actually means a quarter of a tank A full tank should be good for 600+ km, pretty sure I'll be able to comfortably average better than 14L/100km (17mpg) with the engine running as well as it does; 12L/100km - 20mpg - would be a nice 700 which should last for at least three weeks just commuting to work and back (15 or so km round trip).
Exterior is mostly tidy, the only real blemishes are faded paint in the middle of the bonnet and front edge of the roof, flaking chrome paint on the grille surround and a small vertical dent in the extreme right-rear corner of the car (on the rear, beside the edge of the bumper) and a bit of cracked and peeling plastic at the base of the windshield. Interior is tidy, the central vanity lamp is missing its casing but the bulb can be pushed back into the hole in the roof lining so that's a minor fault, seats are all in excellent condition bar a small tear on a corner of the backrest on the near-side (left) rear seat.
It's my first car and I'm very happy with it Public holiday in Canterbury this Friday so my first weekend with it is a long one, my hope at this stage is to go on a 4WD excursion with a couple of mates and put my cow (Mu, moo, cows go moo... I'm so funny) through its paces.
To the observant: it's not an MR2, no.
Sup.
I bought a car. Well, sort of. It's technically a truck. 4WD. SUV. Off-roader. Choose your poison.
Bought it through TradeMe - New Zealand's eBay - for what was in my opinion a good value (given its condition) $3990. Using the pics the seller uploaded to TradeMe because I'm lazy and can't be bothered taking my own photos just yet, and my phone's camera is pretty pants:
It's a 1992 Isuzu Mu 2.8L diesel (4JB1-T) automatic with 179,000km on the odo - 111,000 miles in inferior imperial units. Known as the Vauxhall Frontera Sport (lol Vauxhall and 'Sport') in the UK and the Isuzu Amigo in the States. 4-speed auto, 4WD with high/low range, manual locking front hubs, 31x10x15in Bridgestone Desert Duelers on the front, 31x10.5x15in Hankook somethings on the rear, all near new with 8-9mm of tread. Power steering, power windows, fires up literally first crank of the starter, doesn't blow any smoke, nice aftermarket sound system with a VDO Dayton 2703 head unit and speakers, front-mounted fogs, heavy-duty anti-rock plate thingymajig on the front and has a faint and vaguely ricer whistle from the turbocharger when on boost
Fuel needle was on E when I collected it, and I had to put in 63L at the pump to fill it - that was a rather painful $95 at $1.51 per litre - which means with the 83L tank the truck has, E actually means a quarter of a tank A full tank should be good for 600+ km, pretty sure I'll be able to comfortably average better than 14L/100km (17mpg) with the engine running as well as it does; 12L/100km - 20mpg - would be a nice 700 which should last for at least three weeks just commuting to work and back (15 or so km round trip).
Exterior is mostly tidy, the only real blemishes are faded paint in the middle of the bonnet and front edge of the roof, flaking chrome paint on the grille surround and a small vertical dent in the extreme right-rear corner of the car (on the rear, beside the edge of the bumper) and a bit of cracked and peeling plastic at the base of the windshield. Interior is tidy, the central vanity lamp is missing its casing but the bulb can be pushed back into the hole in the roof lining so that's a minor fault, seats are all in excellent condition bar a small tear on a corner of the backrest on the near-side (left) rear seat.
It's my first car and I'm very happy with it Public holiday in Canterbury this Friday so my first weekend with it is a long one, my hope at this stage is to go on a 4WD excursion with a couple of mates and put my cow (Mu, moo, cows go moo... I'm so funny) through its paces.
To the observant: it's not an MR2, no.
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