Haha Cheers Andy, That's what I initially thought too, and I suspect that's what I'll end up doing just to keep my options open- assuming I buy a pickup first! with a bit of forward planning I suppose even water and things like that could be kept in the back leaving the demountables tanks empty. I p...

Thanks again everyone for the replies so far, I've also had a few pm's with members going into quite a lot of detail which I really appreciate. I thought I'd narrowed it down following some of the great advice that's been given, but have been thrown another curveball so I'm back to square one. I ini...

Cheers zildjian, I'll look at the Mazda options a bit more, I think from a glance they're the same body as the ford ranger? I've a long standing love/hate relationship with landrovers following years of ownership.. Definitely looking at pastures new. What is it for you that stands out about hilux's?...

Ahh ok, so the re-plate is more of an official process following a few different upgrades... I'll look into it a bit more, cheers. Mpg is a bit depressing but to be fair it's to be expected. If I could ask another question, how do you find the handling when it's rigged? I'm a pretty steady driver an...

Cheers Peaky, sorry to sound daft but is the replate just having the strengthening plates added, or something else?

What sort of mpg do the navara's return?

Cheers

Cheers truedink, great reply. I had seen the thread about the chassis plates, I'd be looking at sorting air suspension ASAP so I figured a bit of welding at the same time wasn't a deal breaker.. I too had noticed some of the navara's seemed really nicely specced. Ps, not intending to cause any offen...

Hi All, hope everyone had a grand weekend ! I'm still lurking and trying to learn as much as possible, very much looking forward to the social in June, just trying to sort some time off work so I can pop over :D Something else I figure I need to start thinking about is which pickup. I'm guessing mem...

Cheers everyone for such a warm welcome.

Thanks bookend, that's a very kind offer, have a great trip and I'll perhaps drop you a message when you return to maybe sort a visit our.

It's in Matlock! Couldn't be more perfect if I'd planned it 8-) Sounds like it will be a perfect opportunity to figure out what's what, then I can either make peace with my van ( which now feels very inadequate ) or start planning and saving. Cheers fellas for the replies so far, I appreciate it Bes...

cheers Andy!
You posted while I was typing, I'd better not miss that if its in Derbyshire!

Must be fate