Anybody know Daihatsus well?

Anybody know Daihatsus well?

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GravelBen

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237 months

Wednesday 10th February 2010
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Getting tempted by a bargain deal on a '91 Rocky (aka Feroza/Sportrak) as a fixer-upper, have some fun then sell on for a profit kinda thing. Anyway the ad says "motor runs fine but overheats", any of you lot know of common/likely problems?

Its the 1.6 petrol lump which I imagine is pretty simple, only 88,000km (55k miles) on it too. Gonna take a closer look when I can, looks tidy enough in the photos - has been used offroad a bit I think though, has decent M/Ts on it, a dirty engine bay and you can see a hole in the guard where a snorkel has been mounted.






Rum Runner

2,338 posts

224 months

Wednesday 10th February 2010
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Don't know stacks but the ride is bad given the leaf springs, better vehicles about to honest.

GravelBen

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Wednesday 10th February 2010
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At the price of that one there aren't many other options at all let alone better ones - its going for slightly more than the cost of the tyres on it.

Part of the appeal with them is the removable roof/canopy too (for shooting) which is something hard to find in other comparable vehicles. It would just be a toy (to go with the Legacy and MX5) so the ride isn't much of an issue.

Edited by GravelBen on Thursday 11th February 00:00

Rum Runner

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Thursday 11th February 2010
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GravelBen said:
At the price of that one there aren't many other options at all let alone better ones - its going for slightly more than the cost of the tyres on it.

Part of the appeal with them is the removable roof/canopy too (for shooting) which is something hard to find in other comparable vehicles. It would just be a toy (to go with the Legacy and MX5) so the ride isn't much of an issue.

Edited by GravelBen on Thursday 11th February 00:00
Vitara is better and many about ......

GravelBen

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Friday 12th February 2010
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:facepalm:

Vitaras are nicer on the road yes, but not really as tough and capable off-road (at least in standard form), there is a convertible version but it appears much less practical, and I haven't seen any in remotely useable condition lately near the price I'm considering this for.

No offense, but I was more interested in answers to the question I asked than a suggestion of another option I'd already considered.

Edited by GravelBen on Friday 12th February 10:31

Rum Runner

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Friday 12th February 2010
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GravelBen said:
:facepalm:

Vitaras are nicer on the road yes, but not really as tough and capable off-road (at least in standard form), there is a convertible version but it appears much less practical, and I haven't seen any in remotely useable condition lately near the price I'm considering this for.

No offense, but I was more interested in answers to the question I asked than a suggestion of another option I'd already considered.

Edited by GravelBen on Friday 12th February 10:31
No worries

LC2

253 posts

180 months

Friday 12th February 2010
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Had one for a couple of years.
About the only thing that went wrong was a snapped clutch cable.
It didn't get much off-road use though, just gravel tracks and muddy fields encountered whilst watching rallys.

GravelBen

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Friday 12th February 2010
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No worries
Sorry, think that sounded a bit harsh there - just I had thought of that option already, I started out looking for an SJ!

GravelBen

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Saturday 13th February 2010
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Had a look at it today and think I'm gonna pass - its in pretty good condition all round really but is the version with full-time 4wd and a difflock as opposed to the one with the proper dual-range transfer case (they made both at the same time). But I'd be using the low range a lot for the places I'd take it, so even at that price its probably not worth it for me.