YEAH! Finally got my 3rd gen today

[stormforce]

It will probably be late afternoon/early evening i get there but i'll ring you first anyway

[stormforce]

later! im hungry!!!
carlisle to worcester half tank at, er, 70mph (if mr plod asks..)

oh, and it clocks up in miles too..... must have been converted at some stage, so 106,000 shown on the clock is part mailes, part kilometers \I assume.

what do they usually come into the UK at? 60000km? so 40,000 is actual miles and 60k=40k miles give or take - so about 80k miles total.

engine bay is clean and no oil leaks visible.

coolio!

Hell ANdy you must of been hungry if your still eating....

[legendgamesmaster]

yarp! yum yum.

[legendgamesmaster]

dude heres my car

well, here are some images of the new truck... er, and the old un just can't keep itself out of the limelight too!

[mud skipper]

nice truck Andy, just a couple of pointers
1. someones robbed your rear wheel already
2. needs clear indicators
3. needs a lift
4. needs mud

[legendgamesmaster]

no! its on the drive, looking pikey!
its VERY illegal, so i removed it - its (AFAIAA) illegal to have an illegal spare, but its legal not to have one at all.....
and yes!
plus the alloys are in bad shape - might just get a set of rims and tyres all in.
I shall be applying mud - the type in a bottle labled 'autoglim - for the shineys....'

[Algol]

what do they usually come into the UK at? 60000km? so 40,000 is actual miles and 60k=40k miles give or take - so about 80k miles total.

I was wondering this too. Mine's got 100,000 on the clock but its 1st UK MOT is at 60,000. So, that would work out at 80k miles in total

[jeffo]

I wonder if this is a usual thing. Ive got one lined up. P reg at 88.000 so if that's Kilometers it would be about 55.000 miles, surely I couldn't be lucky with my first surf!

[Algol]

I wonder if this is a usual thing. Ive got one lined up. P reg at 88.000 so if that's Kilometers it would be about 55.000 miles, surely I couldn't be lucky with my first surf!

Well, it's possible you are, as long as it's an import.

Does anyone know what importers do to the speedo/odometer on arrival from Japan? I presume they change the gears somewhere in the system to read miles. But do they wind em back to reflect miles rather than km?

[Apache]

If you have an electronic speedo (later 2nd gens / all 3rd gens AFAIK) the speedo is often fitted with an electronic converter. They dont wind them back, but if you know the mileage at import date (written on the truck somewhere usually) then its straighforward to work out how many miles.

[BUSHWHACKER]

I wonder if this is a usual thing. Ive got one lined up. P reg at 88.000 so if that's Kilometers it would be about 55.000 miles, surely I couldn't be lucky with my first surf!

When I bought my 2nd gen back in 2003, it only had 47k miles on it.

[Bogus]

If you have an electronic speedo (later 2nd gens / all 3rd gens AFAIK) the speedo is often fitted with an electronic converter. They dont wind them back, but if you know the mileage at import date (written on the truck somewhere usually) then its straighforward to work out how many miles.

But, just as often, they simply stick on a MPH speedo face so your odo continues to record km. ( lazy gits)

The winding back gets done by some geezer in Japan before it hits the auction

Bogus

[mud skipper]

all the ones i have seen just have a mph sticker, odo is in kms

[BUSHWHACKER]

My 3rd gen was converted from new. The mile/odometer is digital and displays miles.

You can tell the stick on faceplates, the numbers won't be as bright as the tacho's at night.

[mud skipper]

My 3rd gen was converted from new. The mile/odometer is digital and displays miles.

You can tell the stick on faceplates, the numbers won't be as bright as the tacho's at night.

yours is special
mine was a mere '97 model