Ben_Copeland
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posted on 23/4/05 at 05:10 PM |
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New Car
Got my new car today!
Nissan Navara Pickup, 133bhp and an obscene amount of torque. 2.5TDi
Bought it for work, but it'll be brilliant at towing cars around on my trailer.
Big Grins all the way home  
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subk2002
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| posted on 23/4/05 at 05:20 PM |
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Very nice 
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JoelP
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| posted on 23/4/05 at 06:52 PM |
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when you getting some of these to go on it?!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=28648&item=7969153303&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 23/4/05 at 06:59 PM |
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Na dont think so, just bought a box for the back tho !!!
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OX
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| posted on 23/4/05 at 07:14 PM |
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very nice ,i want one
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phelpsa
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| posted on 23/4/05 at 07:45 PM |
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I prefer these:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10400&item=4544910717&rd=1

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colibriman
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| posted on 23/4/05 at 09:22 PM |
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cool....good choice..
need a bike engine? - www.colibriman.com
SVA ready Mk Indyblade possibly for sale.....if the offers good...!
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Chris_R
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| posted on 23/4/05 at 10:47 PM |
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Mmmmmmmmm, shiney. Shame to get it mucky with an old engine in the back.
A bit of slapstick never hurt anyone.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 24/4/05 at 07:07 AM |
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Also has 2wd, 4wd or low ratio 4wd for when the M25 has a mud slide covering it   
Air conditioning, 4 electric windows, electric mirrors... all standard
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phelpsa
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| posted on 24/4/05 at 08:47 AM |
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Is this the one that invades Scrapheap Challenge every 1/4h???
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Peteff
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| posted on 24/4/05 at 09:20 AM |
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Daughter's bloke has the Ford Thunder which looks very similar and his has the covered load area,very handy and really impresses the kids.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 24/4/05 at 02:51 PM |
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Ah yes... Ford Thunder, tis similar. Had a test drive. Made me want the nissan even more. Nissan has buckets more power  
Yes, it's the one that invades scrapheap challenge
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 24/4/05 at 03:05 PM |
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I've heard these things are very thirsty even to the extent of folk getting rid of them soon after buying. It seems they can't get their
heads round the weight and aerodynamics problem and can only see an economical diesel engine 
If you want a good tow car then i would recommend the new transit. We have 2 one of them a 125 280. Both capable of towing a brian james trailer with
the 760kg hotrod on it and 3 adults and 3 kids ( 2rows of seats and belts and side windows) all the race fuel and even sometimes a spare engine. It
goes 300miles on just over 3/4 tank of fuel. Others with there jeeps etc need to refuel on the way home usually.
Sorry went off on a tangent there.
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clbarclay
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| posted on 24/4/05 at 03:52 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by Ben_Copeland
Also has 2wd, 4wd or low ratio 4wd for when the M25 has a mud slide covering it   
Even with a mud slide on it, theres only one esential item a car needs for the M25 and thats a handbrake. How long before they put pay and displays
along the hard sholder?
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 24/4/05 at 07:37 PM |
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it's not too bad on MPG... it's around 31 mpg if you dont go mad. Even though it seems fairly capable of loosening the rear wheels off
the lights 
If they put pay and display on m25 i bet it would be £3 per hour and they'd still put road tax up    
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john_p_b
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| posted on 25/4/05 at 02:38 PM |
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love the pick up! looked at getting either one of these or the mitsi warrior before xmas but then i went and had a bit of a outburst of insanity and
bought a totally impractical cosworth which now just sits there being polished cos i'm too scared to drive it! might find it's self being
replaced with one of these by the end of the year!
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clbarclay
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| posted on 25/4/05 at 03:56 PM |
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Cosworth's are not too impractical, i've known farmers use them as day to day run abouts.
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john_p_b
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| posted on 26/4/05 at 07:52 AM |
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quote: Originally posted by clbarclay
Cosworth's are not too impractical, i've known farmers use them as day to day run abouts.
when you work in the war zone that is leicester it's not practical to park and running 330bhp and only giving me 15-18mpg it's not great
on the wallet for a 25 mile roundtrip for work my heart deffinately got me to buy it rather than my head but i still love it when i do get to drive
it 
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locoboy
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| posted on 26/4/05 at 08:16 AM |
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My new boss has one of those pickups, very nice!
ATB
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 26/4/05 at 08:20 AM |
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Dont get the mitsi warrior, heard some bad things about them. Badly made, etc... plus the nissan has more power and better MPG
Cosworth.... sierra??? DONOR   
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drmike54
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| posted on 26/4/05 at 10:29 AM |
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Lucky I looked at the Nissan USA site and I could not found any turbo diesel engines.
Started Welding the chassis!!!!
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flak monkey
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| posted on 26/4/05 at 10:31 AM |
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quote: Originally posted by drmike54
Lucky I looked at the Nissan USA site and I could not found any turbo diesel engines.
[sarcasm]Why have a deisel when you can have a petrol car that uses 3 times as much fuel?[/sarcasm]
Sorry, sounds about right for the US market though..
Sera
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