I drive a 20 year old hardbody with a 7.5' bed because it has become almost impossible to buy a modern longbed regular cab in Australia. I often haul stuff, but I rarely have a passenger, so a longbed reg cab is perfect. I just wish I had the split bench seat so my german shepherd could come along for the ride in the…

Ugh I meant ED6, it was a couple of years back. D15B4 in Australia, dual carb, 101hp, 5 speed. One trim level ‘GL’.

My 1.5l PGM-Carb ED3 hatch did 5.5l/100km on the highway which converts to 51.3 mpg, on reasonable but stock sized rubber at 24 years old, so I think they weren’t overstating much.