Being very familiair with Daihatsu 4x4's (I drive a ‘92 Feroza) I can tell you that parts are very easy to find and not expensive at all. These trucks are still very popular in Europe.

Buying it in the first place was pretty dumb. (This goes for my previous car, a Hyundai)

And what about the Nissan Navara and the Isuzu D-max?

I’m currently on the verge of giving up on my project car, daily driver and only car, my Daihatsu Feroza. She was my first, I learned wrenching and welding on her but she failed her yearly road worthiness check and getting her up to snuff again will cost me to much time and money to make it doable so I’m pulling the…

Having lived with Renaults as long as I can remember (my dad is a bit stubborn) I say: O hell no. I will believe anyone who says this model is a reliable vehicle but I have to many bad memories to risk it. A Renault this old and with this amount of miles on it isn’t worth a single dollar for me.

I was young, she clearly wasn’t. That boxy blue body work, the narrow tires on steel wheels and the cute eyes caught me when I was around 7 years old. At the time I didn’t know what it was. I saw her every time I went to school en every time I went home, for about 5 years. And I had to look every time. That blue Lada…

I backed into my own car with a wheelloader while I wasn’t behind the wheel of either one of them.

It’s not the whole car they want, they want the parts. Because cars like these are common and parts are expensive there is a lot of money to be made. They usually take the parts they want and dump the rest of the car in the middle of nowhere within a few days. The chances of getting arrested are very little doing it…

I wish I knew that my truck had torsion bar suspension, or what it was, or that they are impossible to properly lift. I bought that truck for off road use so bigger tires and a small lift where planned before I bought the truck. Little did I know it was almost impossible to lift the torsion bar suspension without…

Daihatsu Rocky/Feroza. Jimny size, Toyota engine. What’s not to like?

Land Rover Defender - I loved those trucks as long as I can remember. It basically shaped me in the car person I am today.

The S2a version was 1,200 kg, about 100 kg lighter than a standard 88 S2a. I don’t know the weight of a S3 lightweight but probably not much more.

Hell Yea. Add a removable hard top and you have the perfect truck. From “comfy” and warm in winter to single cab, (very) short bed pick up in 10 bolts.

The wheel track thingy is easily fixed with different rims (why Toyota didn’t do it themselves is beyond me) and it is only a problem on the V8 model.

Had her one as long as I can remember (yep I was ruined from the start) and she has more miles on her than every car I ever owned.

I will never forget this one. Two years ago I worked on a farm in Canada (I’m from the Netherlands) for a couple of months. It was harvest time and they asked me if I could get some burgers for the silage crew. On the way back I decided a bit of speed was required, so I got the truck up to 140 km/h (speed limit: 100…

I have done worst. I once used a can of brake cleaner on my dads driveway.

I own a truck. Lifted, mud terrains, winch, lights, everything, even a roll bar. I own it for two years now and it’s my daily driver. I only took it off road once.

I’m okay with the Disco’s as long as they where diesel manuals. But the Freelanders, how could you?

It’s actually a brilliant marketing strategy. Think about it. Create something simple and cheap to get people excited and don’t spend the money to make it available. That’s cheap marketing right there.